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bcampana1
bcampana1
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June 27, 2014
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Creating Links for Bookmarks

  • June 27, 2014
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I have created a robohelp file with all of the information that I need. Now, I am beginning the process of exporting the file to HTML so that it can sit in a report center and be referenced from there. I would like to be able to create links from each bookmark page to place in various locations on the report center. When I click on the bookmark I want and create a shortcut, the link I am given takes me to the appropriate bookmark but it does not display the table of contents on the side. Is there a way to make that link produce both the bookmark I want to be pulled up and the table of contents with it? I do not want to use the feature where you have to click "show" in order to make the table of contents appear. Thanks.

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    Correct answer Captiv8r

    Hi there

    Not sure I fully comprehend what you are doing. Especially when you say you "created a robohelp file with all the information" and you are "now beginning the process of exporting the file to HTML". Does this mean you are using RoboHelp for Word? If you are using RoboHelp HTML, you are already "in" HTML. That's what you work in.

    When you say you want to create links from a bookmark page (not sure what a bookmark page is here). Are you wanting to link from RoboHelp topics to your application somehow so that if a user is viewing the help, they click a link and your application opens? Or are you meaning the opposite? You are wanting links in the application to open the help?

    As for opening a page with the full frameset showing, you simply need the link you see in the address bar after clicking the Show link. So click a "show" link, and then look at your browser address bar and note the path.

    Cheers... Rick

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    Captiv8r
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    Legend
    June 27, 2014

    Hi there

    Not sure I fully comprehend what you are doing. Especially when you say you "created a robohelp file with all the information" and you are "now beginning the process of exporting the file to HTML". Does this mean you are using RoboHelp for Word? If you are using RoboHelp HTML, you are already "in" HTML. That's what you work in.

    When you say you want to create links from a bookmark page (not sure what a bookmark page is here). Are you wanting to link from RoboHelp topics to your application somehow so that if a user is viewing the help, they click a link and your application opens? Or are you meaning the opposite? You are wanting links in the application to open the help?

    As for opening a page with the full frameset showing, you simply need the link you see in the address bar after clicking the Show link. So click a "show" link, and then look at your browser address bar and note the path.

    Cheers... Rick

    bcampana1
    bcampana1Author
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    June 27, 2014

    Basically, I have a robohelp document which I have then published to view a HTML page.

    From there, I want to be able to capture links that bring the user back to this HTML page. However, I want the link to reference the user back to a specific bookmark within a book. But, when I copy the shortcut to that link, it does not show the table of contents with it. Is there a link that shows both the bookmark within the book that I want that also shows the table of contents with it?

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    June 27, 2014

    Still confused, but whatever.

    Please re-read my last sentence in the earlier post. The answer is there and it involves clicking the Show link and noting the link you will find in the browser address bar. That's the link you need.

    Cheers... Rick

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