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Dave Gehman
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WebHelp: which uploadable file(s) contains the version numbe

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Scenario:
I failed to update the version number of a complete WebHelp help file before uploading the published HTML folder contents.
After updating the V number in Configuration > Common Properties > Title & Copyright, I'd like to upload just the files that affect the version number, rather than the entire HTML / images / js / etc. that makes up the WebHelp

Question:
Is there an easy road, a road that requires only the update of one or two files?

Or do I have to upload everything in the complete published HTML folder?
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Re: WebHelp: which uploadable file(s) contains the version n

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Hi Dave,

The version number set in Configuration > Common Properties > Title and Copyright isn't used anywhere at all in WebHelp automatically. It will only be used in the WebHelp output if you explicitly use one of the version variables yourself. 8)
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Re: WebHelp: which uploadable file(s) contains the version n

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Tim Green wrote:Hi Dave,

The version number set in Configuration > Common Properties > Title and Copyright isn't used anywhere at all in WebHelp automatically. It will only be used in the WebHelp output if you explicitly use one of the version variables yourself. 8)
As I said, I did update the configuration number. Which WebHelp output files contains it, or do I need to upload ALL the files in the resulting HTML folder -- the folder that is created by Publish? As far as I can see, it appears only in the header and (a custom addition by me) in the help home page.
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As I said, I did update the configuration number. Which WebHelp output files contains it, or do I need to upload ALL the files in the resulting HTML folder -- the folder that is created by Publish? As far as I can see, it appears only in the header and (a custom addition by me) in the help home page.
What do you mean by "configuration number"? I can only repeat that NONE of the WebHelp output files contain the version number you enter in for the version variables in Configuration > Common Properties > Title and Copyright unless you yourself have entered one or more of the version variables in your project or skin somewhere (<%VERSION%>, <%VERSION_BUILD%>, <%VERSION_MAJOR%> and <%VERSION_MINOR%>). If you mean some other variable or property you need to describe what it is, and where you put it.
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Sorry, mis-stated - meant 'version number'. And finally it sinks in - where I put it, there it is...
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Dave Gehman wrote:Sorry, mis-stated - meant 'version number'. And finally it sinks in - where I put it, there it is...
All good then. Have a nice weekend. 8)
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Re: WebHelp: which uploadable file(s) contains the version n

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Thanks - and you, too.
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