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Nov 4, 2016 4:42 PM UTC
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Duplicate breadcrumbs

I suddenly have duplicate breadcrumbs in my output project. However, my master page doesn't show a duplicate. Suggestions?

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Captiv8r
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Legend
Nov 5, 2016 2:06 PM UTC

Okay, while it wasn't what I asked to see, it does confirm my suspicions.

I'm going to copy and paste an image of your code below:

This code should never be found in a SOURCE RoboHelp topic.

Background: In RoboHelp, you edit SOURCE topics. Just like in a kitchen, if you were making cookies, you would edit the ingredients. In RoboHelp, the "ingredients" are the topics you edit.

RoboHelp uses these SOURCE topics to produce OUTPUT topics. Just like in a kitchen, you take that raw cookie dough and bake it into delicious cookies. The cookies are the RoboHelp equivalent of the OUTPUT files.

It would appear that you have managed to get OUTPUT topics back into your project where they have now overwritten the SOURCE topics. So imagine you are baking several dozen cookies. And after baking a batch, you take the baked cookies and dump them into the raw cookie dough.

Hopefully you have a backup copy of the project that can be used to restore things to normal. If not, you are left with cleaning up your files. Fellow ACP Willam has a script you can purchase to assist with this. Click here to visit his page.

Hopefully this helps... Rick

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pgtsnqAuthor
Participating Frequently
Nov 5, 2016 7:43 AM UTC

Different issue but happened at the same time...........all of my "examples" have disappeared. The box you are seeing should have a screen shot within it. Should I post a separate question?

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Captiv8r
Captiv8rCorrect answer
Legend
Nov 5, 2016 2:06 PM UTC

Okay, while it wasn't what I asked to see, it does confirm my suspicions.

I'm going to copy and paste an image of your code below:

This code should never be found in a SOURCE RoboHelp topic.

Background: In RoboHelp, you edit SOURCE topics. Just like in a kitchen, if you were making cookies, you would edit the ingredients. In RoboHelp, the "ingredients" are the topics you edit.

RoboHelp uses these SOURCE topics to produce OUTPUT topics. Just like in a kitchen, you take that raw cookie dough and bake it into delicious cookies. The cookies are the RoboHelp equivalent of the OUTPUT files.

It would appear that you have managed to get OUTPUT topics back into your project where they have now overwritten the SOURCE topics. So imagine you are baking several dozen cookies. And after baking a batch, you take the baked cookies and dump them into the raw cookie dough.

Hopefully you have a backup copy of the project that can be used to restore things to normal. If not, you are left with cleaning up your files. Fellow ACP Willam has a script you can purchase to assist with this. Click here to visit his page.

Hopefully this helps... Rick

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pgtsnqAuthor
Participating Frequently
Nov 18, 2016 8:37 AM UTC

This is a little late --- but, thanks so much for your help!

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pgtsnqAuthor
Participating Frequently
Nov 5, 2016 7:38 AM UTC

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Jeff_Coatsworth
Community Expert
Community Expert
Nov 4, 2016 5:06 PM UTC

pgtsnq​ - what version of RH are you using?

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pgtsnqAuthor
Participating Frequently
Nov 5, 2016 7:35 AM UTC

2015.

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Captiv8r
Legend
Nov 4, 2016 5:03 PM UTC

Can you share a screen capture of a topic that has duplicate breadcrumbs? As you see it in the RoboHelp Editor?

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