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October 11, 2011
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RH8: Custom bullets (images) in CSS do not work in linked FM9 Content

Hello all!

WinXP, latest builds of TCS2 apps...

I'm mapping Warnings, Notes, and Cautions to definitions in my RHStyleMapping.css.

  • CI-Caution maps to Caution (more accurately, p.Caution)
  • DI-Danger maps to Danger (more accurately, p.Danger)
  • WI-Warning maps to Warning (more accurately, p.Warning)

All is fine in the RoboHelp 8 project file (the linked content displays properly)

However, when I generate WebHelp or Browser-based AIR Help, the graphics referenced by the css are not passed through to the appropriate !SSL directory.

RH9 handles this properly, but is not an option for client...Is this a limitation of RH8?

-Matt

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Willam van Weelden
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October 12, 2011

Hi,

What happens if you add the images as baggage files to the project? I've noticed that RH8 sometimes doesn't recognize images defined in the CSS and so doesn't copy them to the output folder. To be on the safe side I always add all the images referenced in my css as baggage files.

Greet,

Willam

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Willam van Weelden
Willam van WeeldenCorrect answer
Inspiring
October 12, 2011

Hi,

What happens if you add the images as baggage files to the project? I've noticed that RH8 sometimes doesn't recognize images defined in the CSS and so doesn't copy them to the output folder. To be on the safe side I always add all the images referenced in my css as baggage files.

Greet,

Willam

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Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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October 12, 2011

Thx, Willam, my client tested and it appears to work when we add the image(s) to the baggage files.

One caveat: In RH8 it appears the CSS has to be written so that the resulting CSS will find the images. I believe the client had to specify the path as ../../(imagename). In RH9, this all seems to work more as expected. I believe this has to do with the preservation of the RHStyleMapping.css

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Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
October 13, 2011

Hi Matt,

A CSS file requires the path to an image relative from the css location (unless you are using a full url). I'm not sure what you mean with the preservation of RHStyleMapping.css. RH8 creates new css files based on the style mapping CSS. Does RH9 just link to the style mapping CSS? That would indeed explain why it would work in RH9 and not in RH8.

Greet,

Willam

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