Situation: Two or more users edit the same project (hmxp). When saving the project, the following problem occurs -- not always, but very often (i.e. several times a day!):
After saving, the table of context has vanished, i.e. the file .\Maps\table_of_contents.xml is empty (header only).
At the moment, we copy the table_of_contents.xml file manually at a regular basis and overwrite the empty file with the former version whenever the problem occurs. That helps, but it is definitely not the way to work productively.
We don’t have any ideas what may cause this problem. It occurs even when we just edit the topic files (not the structure/the TOC).
Is this a known issue? Are there any solutions?
Thx for your support!
Robert
TOC gets lost repeatedly
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Re: TOC gets lost repeatedly
Hi Robert,
This is very strange, we've never yet encountered TOC problems like this. I have some important questions:
This is very strange, we've never yet encountered TOC problems like this. I have some important questions:
- Are your users saving and refreshing the project before and after every TOC change and refreshing often? Since the TOC is editable by everyone this is critical.
- When one user is working on a topic, is it displayed as read-only with a red bar above it for the other users? If it isn't, file locking isn't working correctly on the server share where you are working on the project.
- Is everyone using the same version of Help+Manual and is it up to date (7.3.1 Build 4180)? If different users are on different versions you can experience serious errors.
- Do you restart Windows every day? Recently we have seen increasing instances of strange Windows errors caused by Windows running out of internal resources when it is not restarted regularly.
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Re: TOC gets lost repeatedly
Hi Tim,
find my answers inlinie ...
Note: The error occurs independently from having changed the TOC. -- Just a few minutes ago, a collegue added a snippet file, saved the project and the TOC was gone
I'll keep you informed.
find my answers inlinie ...
Yes they do. Sitting in the same room, they even inform one another to refresh the project immedeately after TOC changes.Are your users saving and refreshing the project before and after every TOC change and refreshing often? Since the TOC is editable by everyone this is critical.
Note: The error occurs independently from having changed the TOC. -- Just a few minutes ago, a collegue added a snippet file, saved the project and the TOC was gone
File locking works as it should.When one user is working on a topic, is it displayed as read-only with a red bar above it for the other users? If it isn't, file locking isn't working correctly on the server share where you are working on the project.
We are using the server version; to my knowledge it is installed only once.Is everyone using the same version of Help+Manual and is it up to date (7.3.1 Build 4180)? If different users are on different versions you can experience serious errors.
I don't think so. -- But I know that the error occured after a restart, too. Anyway, I will ask our IT how often the server/VM with H&M is restarted.Do you restart Windows every day? Recently we have seen increasing instances of strange Windows errors caused by Windows running out of internal resources when it is not restarted regularly.
I'll keep you informed.
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Re: TOC gets lost repeatedly
Hi Robert,
Thanks a lot for the detailed information. I'll get back to you on this.
Thanks a lot for the detailed information. I'll get back to you on this.
Restarting the server shouldn't be an issue, since all the work is performed by the Help+Manual running on the client machines.I don't think so. -- But I know that the error occured after a restart, too. Anyway, I will ask our IT how often the server/VM with H&M is restarted.
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