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October 8, 2014
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Applied styles aren't showing up in preview or generated file

  • October 8, 2014
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I have added a number of new styles to my stylesheet. They show up fine in my Design view.  However, once I apply them, then click on the preview button or even generate webhelp to see what they look like as generated, the styles are not showing up.  What am I missing?

btw.. I am using RH10.

Thanks!

kb

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    Correct answer ktbFL

    OK... i just scoured my updated help and found 2 "{" brackets that were out of place!  Oh my gosh.. i'm so sorry... but I KNEW it had to be something simple I was missing... but i really had to go thru it with a fine-tooth eye!

    THANKS! SO SORRY FOR THE BLONDENESS ONCE AGAIN!

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    Willam van Weelden
    Inspiring
    October 9, 2014

    Is the style sheet you use present in the output folder? Does the output view show any errors? Is the problem only in preview/webhelp, or does it also occur in CHM/AIR?

    It's a strange issue and we need a little more information to find out what is going on.

    Kind regards,

    Willam

    ktbFLAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 9, 2014

    Hi... it's happening in the generated output as well as the preview.  I tried generating various outputs... same result... no styles applied - no apparent errors.  Here's what appeared in the Output View for each:

    Willam van Weelden wrote:

    Is the style sheet you use present in the output folder? Does the output view show any errors? Is the problem only in preview/webhelp, or does it also occur in CHM/AIR?

    It's a strange issue and we need a little more information to find out what is going on.

    Kind regards,

    Willam

    HTML/CHM

    Starting compilation...
    HTMLHELP preprocessor 10.0.0.287

    Compiling C:\Users\kbennett\Documents\My RoboHelp Projects\WEBHELP TEST\care console rev eng\!SSL!\Microsoft_HTML_Help\!chm_tmp_folder_0\wcareconsole.chm ...

    Preparing to create HTMLHELP...
    Clearing output folder...
    Preparing files for HTML Help...
    Copying files...
    Updating files...
    Finished preparing in 1 sec(s)

    Initializing compiler...
    Generating HTMLHELP (10.0.0.287)...
    Updating topics...

    Updating wcareconsole.htm...


    Warning: The size of stop file has to be limited in 512 bytes.


    C:\Users\kbennett\Documents\My RoboHelp Projects\WEBHELP TEST\care console rev eng\!SSL!\Microsoft_HTML_Help\!chm_tmp_folder_0\wcareconsole.hhp
    Microsoft HTML Help Compiler 4.74.8702


    Compiling c:\Users\kbennett\Documents\My RoboHelp Projects\WEBHELP TEST\care console rev eng\!SSL!\Microsoft_HTML_Help\wcareconsole.chm


    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "CommonTips.bmp" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "pencil.gif" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "downarrow2.jpg" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "downarrow1.jpg" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "ex_blue_sm.jpg" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "consolemain.jpg" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "HelpBook.bmp" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "Glossary.bmp" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "HotKeys.bmp" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "CTMtodo.jpg" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "todotip.jpg" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    HHC4006: Warning:
    The file "setup1.jpg" is already listed in the [FILES] section of the project file.

    wcareconsole.hhc
    wcareconsole.hhk
    wcareconsole.htm
    CommonTips.bmp
    consolemain.jpg
    CTMtodo.jpg
    downarrow1.jpg
    downarrow2.jpg
    ehlpdhtm.js
    ex_blue_sm.jpg
    Glossary.bmp
    HelpBook.bmp
    HotKeys.bmp
    main - disclaimer and copyright.htt
    HHC3004: Warning:
    main - disclaimer and copyright.htt :
    The HTML tag "?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?" is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).

    HHC3004: Warning:
    main - disclaimer and copyright.htt :
    The HTML tag "?rh-region_start type="body" ?" is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).

    HHC3004: Warning:
    main - disclaimer and copyright.htt :
    The HTML tag "?rh-region_end type="body" ?" is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).

    pencil.gif
    setup1.jpg
    SSbag03crop.gif
    todotip.jpg
    uparrow-Orange.bmp
    wcareconsole.glo
    wcareconsole.brs
    #BSSC
    default.css
    orange_up.jpg
    ACCESSccConsole.png
    BUTTON_heartstart.png
    HEADING1bar.PNG
    RoboHHRE.lng
    wcareconsole.hhc
    wcareconsole.hhk
    Processing keywords...
    Generating full-text search data...
    Compacting file system...
    Compile time: 0 minutes, 1 second

    4 Topics
    55 Local links
    0 Internet links
    0 Graphics


    Created c:\Users\kbennett\Documents\My RoboHelp Projects\WEBHELP TEST\care console rev eng\!SSL!\Microsoft_HTML_Help\wcareconsole.chm, 771,996 bytes

    Compression decreased file by 320,796 bytes.

    Finished compiling HTMLHELP in 3 sec(s)

    Compilation complete.

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    for AIR output - still no improvement and the output view shows no apparent errors:

    Starting compilation...
    Adobe AIR output preprocessor 10.0.0.287

    Compiling C:\Users\kbennett\Documents\My RoboHelp Projects\WEBHELP TEST\care console rev eng\!SSL!\Adobe_AIR\BrowserBasedHelp\index.htm ...

    Preparing Adobe AIR output...
    Warning (CommonTips.bmp) : Adobe AIR cannot render BMP image in HTML.Converting to PNG format.
    Warning (Glossary.bmp) : Adobe AIR cannot render BMP image in HTML.Converting to PNG format.
    Warning (HelpBook.bmp) : Adobe AIR cannot render BMP image in HTML.Converting to PNG format.
    Warning (HotKeys.bmp) : Adobe AIR cannot render BMP image in HTML.Converting to PNG format.
    Warning (uparrow-Orange.bmp) : Adobe AIR cannot render BMP image in HTML.Converting to PNG format.
    Finished preparing in 1 sec(s)

    Initializing compiler...
    Generating Adobe AIR SSL 1.0 (10.0.0.287)...
    Processing TOC data...
    Processing Index data...
    Processing Glossary data...
    Processing Context-sensitive-Help data...

    Updating HTML topics...
    Updating wcareconsole.htm...
    Finished updating HTML topics in 1 sec(s) : total 1 topic(s).

    Processing Full-text-search data...
    .......
    Finished processing Full-Text-Search data in 0 sec(s)

    Applying Adobe AIR SSL 1.0 Template...
    ...............................................................................................
    Finished applying Template in 1 sec(s)

    Processing Mark of the Web...
    Added result path to RoboHelp.cfg
    Finished compiling content 'Content' in 3 sec(s)

    Finished compiling Adobe AIR output in 3 sec(s)

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    here's what comes up for WebHelp:

    Starting compilation...
    WebHelp preprocessor 10.0.0.287

    Clearing output folder...
    Compiling C:\Users\kbennett\Documents\My RoboHelp Projects\WEBHELP TEST\care console rev eng\!SSL!\WebHelp\index.htm ...

    Preparing to create WebHelp...
    Preparing files for WebHelp...
    Copying files...
    Updating files...
    Finished preparing in 0 sec(s)

    Initializing compiler...
    Generating WebHelp 5.50 (10.0.0.287)...
    Processing TOC data...
    Processing Index data...
    Processing Glossary data...
    Processing Context-sensitive-Help data...

    Updating HTML topics...
    Updating wcareconsole.htm...
    Finished updating HTML topics in 0 sec(s) : total 1 topic(s).

    Processing Full-text-search data...
    .......
    Finished processing Full-Text-Search data in 0 sec(s)

    Applying WebHelp 5.50 Template...
    ...................................................................................................
    Finished applying Template in 2 sec(s)

    Processing Mark of the Web...
    Finished compiling WebHelp in 3 sec(s)

    Compilation complete.

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    anything?  It's a puzzlement for me... and I suspect I'm missing something really simple.

    Thanks for your help!

    I'm going to try removing the updated css and replacing it with the old one that did work.  brb.

    ktbFLAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 9, 2014

    ok... so I took screen caps of the updated CSS results in both Design and output views, as well as the original (and just reapplied) CSS results in both Design and output views... I must have done SOMETHING to the updated one to cause it not to generate properly because it looks fine in the Design view??????????????????

    • here's the updated CSS design view:

    • here's the updated CSS output view:

    • here's the original (reapplied) CSS Design view:

    • here's the original (reapplied) CSS outpout view: