Using External Topic Link

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alanmcd
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Using External Topic Link

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I'm using PP Lime Green skin and CHM output.
I've tried inserting an External Topic Link
The TOC entry is made the project compiles OK (without error)
But when you click on the TOC entry, the topic does not show.
The next previous buttons skip over the inserted TOC topic entries. from the one prior to the one after. When you click on the topic, it remains on the previously selected topic

I've tried the skin Navigation Table f Contents settings On load expand and single click - they make no difference.

How do you make external links visible
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alanmcd
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Re: Using External Topic Link

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OK - I see I have to have the CHM files in the same directory
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If I wanted to edit one topic file and have it included in two separate projects/CHMs, what choices do I have?
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OK got it. A snippet Project... I just had to ask.. always helps to find it yourself when you ask out loud.
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alanmcd wrote:OK got it. A snippet Project... I just had to ask.. always helps to find it yourself when you ask out loud.
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alanmcd
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Re: Using External Topic Link

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trying...

I have a CommonTopics Project. It's a Snippet project.
I have one snippet linking to another.
I have now placed both snippets into topics of a help project (CHM PP LimeGreen skin)
How do I make the link work? i.e. it fails to compile because it can't find the topic (message: ... references undefined topic: "blah blah"

I've tried placing an anchor but still no link. Is it possible at all?
Just trying make the snippets a little more linked up internally
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ok - ok, the topic names have to match exactly
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