hi,
n00b question:
I want to automate the production of two versions of my project:
1 The full project to a CHM file
2 One particular topic to an HTML file
what's the easiest way to do this?
TIA
K
Publishing multiple documents
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Re: Publishing multiple documents
Hi Kenny,
You can automate different builds with the Publishing Task Manager. See this chapter in the help for details:
http://www.helpandmanual.com/help/index ... _tasks.htm
What exactly do you want to do with the single HTML file? When you generate WebHelp it includes the WebHelp interface, with a table of contents and a topics pane, and the topics files are integrated in this. You would need to use conditional output tags to exclude everything except the single topic you want to have in your project, but that would still be integrated in the interface. To "uncouple" it from the WebHelp interface you would also need to create a bare-bones skin to do that. I can provide/point to instructions for this, but first it would be good to know what you are trying to achieve here.
You can automate different builds with the Publishing Task Manager. See this chapter in the help for details:
http://www.helpandmanual.com/help/index ... _tasks.htm
What exactly do you want to do with the single HTML file? When you generate WebHelp it includes the WebHelp interface, with a table of contents and a topics pane, and the topics files are integrated in this. You would need to use conditional output tags to exclude everything except the single topic you want to have in your project, but that would still be integrated in the interface. To "uncouple" it from the WebHelp interface you would also need to create a bare-bones skin to do that. I can provide/point to instructions for this, but first it would be good to know what you are trying to achieve here.
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Re: Publishing multiple documents
hi, Tim,
one topic in our project contains a list of recent updates/bug fixes which i would like to put on our website so users can preview what's new before downloading and installing it. The full CHM gets included in the installer...
Does that make sense?
K
one topic in our project contains a list of recent updates/bug fixes which i would like to put on our website so users can preview what's new before downloading and installing it. The full CHM gets included in the installer...
Does that make sense?
K
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Re: Publishing multiple documents
Hi Kenny,
Then just post the list directly on your website. Trying to get a single simple HTML list like that out of Help & Manual, which is really designed for creating entire websites, would be overkill and much more work -- a bit like going after a mosquito with a shotgun.Kenny Tillet wrote:one topic in our project contains a list of recent updates/bug fixes which i would like to put on our website so users can preview what's new before downloading and installing it. The full CHM gets included in the installer...
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Re: Publishing multiple documents
hi,
Sorry, i must be being dense! Where do i find the native HTML? The XML version doesn't format correctly when viewed in a browser (is there supposed to be a "CSS" available somewhere?)
K
Sorry, i must be being dense! Where do i find the native HTML? The XML version doesn't format correctly when viewed in a browser (is there supposed to be a "CSS" available somewhere?)
K
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Re: Publishing multiple documents
Sorry, I wasn't clear: I meant, create it in your website the way you would create any other web page, rather than creating it in Help & Manual. The pages generated by HM are optimized for WebHelp, and you can't use the XML directly.Kenny Tillet wrote:Sorry, i must be being dense! Where do i find the native HTML? The XML version doesn't format correctly when viewed in a browser (is there supposed to be a "CSS" available somewhere?)
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Re: Publishing multiple documents
Aah, OK, i was hoping to use the H&M project as the central repository for everything to save editing two separate source files, but I guess that's not possible...
K
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Re: Publishing multiple documents
@Tim
For Kenny's query wouldn't this be a good use for the new Field-level WebHelp popups perhaps?
For Kenny's query wouldn't this be a good use for the new Field-level WebHelp popups perhaps?