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August 4, 2023
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RoboHelp 2020 HTML5 output link is a slightly different structure to previous version.

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I upgraded my project from RH2017 to RH2020.
Now, when I generate a HTML5 output and then publish to a File system, the the link to open the files for RH2020 output is differenat than for the RH2017 output.

The results look like this:
2017 - https://.../tutorials/#t=online_tutorials.htm
2020 - https://.../tutorials/index.htm#t=online_tutorials.htm

Is there anything can I do to my RH2020 output so that it acknowledges, looks like, or redirects from the previous RH2017 link?

Thank you.

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    Attempted_DocumentationAuthor
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    August 8, 2023

    Thank you. I appreciate the responses.

    I have hundreds of links in my documentation that all use the RH2017 URLs, without "index.htm" in the address.  If I publish my RH2020 project as is, none of those links will work. 

    I know that I will need to update those links but in the meantime, I was looking to see if there was a way to allow RH2020,  or even RH2022, to be backwards compatible with the older links.

    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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    August 8, 2023

    Can you access the RH2017 project still? If so, can you show a screenshot of the SSL's "Output Folder and Start Page" field?

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    Attempted_DocumentationAuthor
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    August 8, 2023

    I'm afraid that none of the links in our RH2017 classic  HTML5 site have "index.htm" in the link addresses. It has dozens of pages and not one references it.  The help calls that use the MapID do contain the index.htm reference.  But not the HTML5 output published to a web server.

    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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    August 8, 2023

    It may not have been called "index.htm" but you definitely had a file that acted like it. Check the Single Source Layout (SSL) in RH2017 to see what was set in the "Output Folder and Start Page" field.

    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    August 4, 2023

    Also see this page that confirms Classic versions did require index.htm.

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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    August 4, 2023

    I don't think CSH calls resembled what you show as the "before" line at all (according to Peter's site - https://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/calling_help/calling_help.htm) - AFAIK you've always had to include the index page in the call.

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