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Nick27
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September 7, 2009
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Customising Adobe AIR Help

  • September 7, 2009
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RH 8 HTML.

Is it possible to customise the output of an Air help file?

I want to do a few things:

  1. Set the column width of the TOC so it is wider
  2. Change color schemes if possible
  3. Make my title page appear when first opened - but not be a topic (in the same way the RH8 help file does it)
  4. Remove the 'pop up' that comes when I hover over a topic, the title pops out above itself, it just looks strange and I dont like it.
  5. Set an indent on the text displayed in topics so it is further from the column that seperates the TOC and topics. I tried to do this with a master page but it didn't work with AIR.
  6. Also, is there anywhere to get more AIR skins??

Thanks.

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    September 7, 2009

    I have moved this to the AIR Help category partly to help you get an answer and partly to help others find answers later on. Please use the correct forum categories.

    To do most of what you want, you would probably need the same resource Adobe used, an AIR developer.

    1] I don't think so.

    2] You can select Themes and Skins. What is supplied is what you get, except as above.

    3] This is what I see when I open the help and that is a topic. Not sure what you want here.

    AirHelpDefault.jpg

    4] What popup?

    5] Edit the body tag in your CSS.

    6] Either get that developer or wait. These are still early days for AIR help and I expect Adobe will create more as time progresses.

    The more people who request a feature, the more likely it is to be actioned. Please follow this link to advise Adobe of what you want.

    http://www.Adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=38

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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    Nick27Author
    Inspiring
    September 7, 2009

    OK thanks for the move, hope I can get some answers. Buty I guess I probably need to get a developer involved :/

    3 - The topic Using RH HTML 8, displays as the main page, but it isnt a topic that you can go back to once you have moved away from it using the TOC. You can get back to it with the triangle navigation buttons on the top right of the topics only.

    4 - my Help that RH creates looks different from this, very different. There is a column seperating the TOC from topics, and when you mouse over a topic, a popup showing the topic name comes up. this is redundant as if shows the topic title text ontop of the same topic title in the TOC.

    Thanks.

    nick

    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    September 7, 2009

    3] As per the other thread you are in, not all topics are in the TOC. That does not stop them being topics. That was behind my point of not everyone wanting the TOC to control what is in a project. There are topics you want accessed from the index, the search or other topics, but not from the TOC. Using RH8 is one such topic. A moment ago you wanted only topics in the TOC, now you want topics not in the TOC.

    4] I thought you were talking about the supplied help, not home brew. Another example of where Adobe have customised things. Not sure if there is a setting for that.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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