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NL_Derek-GsBV5a
Inspiring
June 24, 2009
Question

Interaction Dropdowns and Conditional Build

  • June 24, 2009
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(I use RH8 to build CHMs and PDFs under WinXP SP3, no network drive)

In a project I have some dropdowns intended for online use ("Click here to see ...") which should be omitted from the printed version. So I marked the entire paragraph with a suitable Conditional Build Tag (e.g. Online). In RH7 this gave the effect I wanted; the entire paragraph and its dropdown were absent from the PDF, which was generated with Conditional Build "NOT Online" and Advanced "Include drop-down text".

With RH8 the behaviour has changed; the calling paragraph is successfully suppressed but the drop-down is always printed.

Fortunately the workaround is not too difficult; open the dropdown, select its entire contents and mark that with the appropriate condition.

Does anyone know another workaround, or an easy way to find conditional dropdowns?

--- Derek

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    June 24, 2009

    I have just reproduced the problem and regard it as a bug.

    The more people who report a bug or request a feature, the more likely it is to be actioned. Please follow this link.

    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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    NL_Derek-GsBV5aAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 24, 2009

    Thanks Peter, I have filed a bug report.

    --- Derek

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