Duplicate topics in JavaHelp search results

Question

Using RoboHelp HTML X5.0.2 to create JavaHelp output, I have
a problem in the resulting full-text search feature. If the search
text is in a popup topic, the topic appears twice in the search
results.

I investigated the output and found that every topic that is
linked as a popup has two files in the output -- the second one
with a "_popup_topic" suffix. For example, aba_routing_nbr.htm also
has an aba_routing_nbr_popup_topic.htm file in the output.

Is there a way to keep this from happening?

Stephen_B__Sealy · Accepted Answer

I've written batch procedures to update the compiled JavaHelp. For now, I'll mark this as the answer to the problem, unless someone replies with an improvement. There are three batch files. The main procedure is SearchRepair.bat. The two sub-procedures are Sub_FixTheSearch.bat and Sub_UpdateTheJar.bat. I run SearchRepair.bat after compiling the RoboHelp project with the "Compressed JavaHelp with source files" option.

The jhindexer call in the Sub_FixTheSearch.bat file targets only the \topics folder, omitting the \popuptopics folder that contains all of the popup files -- including the duplicates.

Here is the batch procedure code:

REM------------------SearchRepair.bat--------------------------------------
setlocal
REM ----- Set the variables ----------
set HELP_HOME=C:\MyJavaHelpTest\OnlineHelpOutput

set JAVA_HOME=C:\j2sdk1.4.2_13\bin
set MYJAVAHELP_HOME=C:\jh2.0\javahelp\bin

set PATH=%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%;%MYJAVAHELP_HOME%
set MY_STARTING_DIR=%CD%

REM ----- Update the Search Database ----------
call Sub_FixTheSearch
if %errorlevel% GTR 0 (
echo Problem updating the search database.
goto myfinish
)

REM ----- Update the JAR file ----------
cd %MY_STARTING_DIR%
call Sub_UpdateTheJar
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (
echo Everything worked right.
goto myfinish
) else (
echo Problem updating the JAR file.
)

endlocal
:myfinish
pause

REM------------------Sub_FixTheSearch.bat--------------------------------------
cd %HELP_HOME%
jhindexer -verbose -db helpset_JavaHelpSearch topics

REM------------------Sub_UpdateTheJar.bat--------------------------------------
cd %HELP_HOME%
jar -uf helpset.jar .\helpset_JavaHelpSearch\*.*

RoboColum_n_ · Answer

Hi Stephen. Thanks for posting such a comprehensive reply. It will be useful if others hit the same problem in the future.
In HTML help it is possible to exclude topics from the search by changing the file extension to .XHTM. I have never tried this in Javahelp but if you do this maybe the suffixed topics would be excluded. Failing that, either your option 2 or 3 are the way forward. Option 1 would be a non-starter for me.

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