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newleaf1124
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November 14, 2013
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Is there such a thing as a "dynamic variable?"

  • November 14, 2013
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I'm creating help in HTML5, using RoboHelp 10.  The information applies to eight related companies, which are all part of a bigger organization.  I know that I could create a user-defined variable and generate the output eight times.  But is there some function that could  {insert company name here}, and the user would see his own company's name, based on the URL that he clicked?  That way, I would only have to generate the help once.

I know it's probably not possible, but I figured I'd let one of the experts here say that for sure! 

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Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
November 17, 2013

There is no setting as you ask. What you can do is to use variable sets.

You define a variable company and make a sets for every company. You

than create multiple SSL's and generate all of them using the batch

generation. You can now easily show every company it's own help.

With regards,

Willam

Rsfl
Rsfl
Inspiring
November 15, 2013

If it is just the work of redefining your variable and publishing 8 times you intend to avoid, you can automize that using variable sets.

I.e. you create 8 variable sets with different definitions for your variable. Then you create 8 single source layouts that select the right variable set each (using the duplicate layout function). Finally you can use the batch generation to publish all 8 SSLs in one run each time you need to update.

Robert

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