Search NOT working in AIR

Update Reliable Workaround Found!

I just sucessfully combined topics from 4 modules into 1 RH project and made the AIR file output.

Before I was able to do this task I had to figure out a workaround when the AIR search breaks (Trust me it tends to break from time to time when one is adding to or  working on a project)

We have several people doing RH here at this time and Rita is maintaining the KBase that I was loading with the other topics. Her search had broke the day before and I told her to stand down until I sorted it out.

I retrieved the last backups from the shared drive (RH Souce control is still a month off) and looked inside the project.

I noticed that the backup .cpd file was almost 800K smaller than the one Rita had in her PC. So, I remembered a fix from the forums (Peter and Rick, Thanks guys) and deleted the .cpd file which RH rebuilds when you reload the project.

Presto, the new .cpd file was less than 1/3 the prior size and the search worked perfectly!

I built the combined project testing the search (view and install) locally after I imported each folder of topics. At one point when the .cpd file was almost 3meg, the search broke again. I deleted it and the new one was less than 1/2 the size of the old one. Search worked after the 2nd deletion as before. Hooray!

Conclusion: If the AIR search breaks:

1. Look at the .cpd file
2. If over 2meg
   1. Close the project
   2. Delete the file
   3. Open the project
3. Problem solved (see attachment)