Published RoboHelp 10 content looking for file removed through conditional text

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I'm using RoboHelp HTML 10.0.1.292. I have one project using conditional text that creates two outputs: Basic and Advanced. When I publish the Basic project, I get the error, "Publishing meets an unexpected error. The system cannot find the path specified," and it provides me with the path and file name that's missing. The problem is, the Basic project shouldn't be looking for that file at all. The topic is marked as Advanced at the topic level and there is no Basic conditional text at the content level. I've tried untagging the topic and re-tagging it and then re-publishing, but that hasn't worked. Why is it bringing in a file that it shouldn't?

Jeff_Coatsworth · Accepted Answer

I would love to, but I don't know how to send you a PM. While trying to figure that out, I managed to ascertain that the offending file is being linked to by three files:

/whgdata/whlsti2.htm
/whgdata/whlsti3.htm
/whgdata/whlstt21.htm

These appear to be two index entries followed by a TOC entry. They are legitimate entries (I want this topic indexed and in the TOC), but not for the Basic project.

Looking through a copy of the project it appeared that there was something wrong with the offending topic that wasn’t respecting its CBT. To fix it, I stumbled upon a method:

1. Within RH, duplicate the offending topic .

2. Rename the offending topic to something else.

3. Rename the copy to the original topic name.

4. Delete the offending topic.

Jeff_Coatsworth · Answer

Sounds like you’ve got a reference to it somewhere that it’s trying to resolve, but can’t because the topic is being screened?

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