Sharing topics among projects

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October 15, 2010
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Hi,

I have a couple of topics that I would like to use in two different help systems. Do I have to actually include the files in each project?

Keep in mind that I am not using RoboHelp source control, but rather an external source control system. Actually, the source files aren't under source control at all.

Thanks,

Victoria

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Not to open the proverbial hornet's nest, but I have a topic that I want to replicate in three projects. Of course this topic has already been compiled so to include it in a new project would be, as RoboWizard said, akin to sprinkling baked cookie crumbs into raw batter. And it includes a series of tables so to cut and paste into text as an intermediary will be quite painstaking.

Is there any logical way to do this?

Thanks,

Victoria

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Simply import (in RH) the source file into any other project. The whole discussion here was about having to manually synchronize changes between the multiple instances of a file.

Good luck,

Leon

Captiv8r

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Hi Victoria

Presently there simply isn't a simple way to maintain one or more topics among several projects. RoboHelp only knows about the topic files among the project. So the short answer is that indeed you will need to copy your file(s) to all the projects that will use them.

Now if you want to step ouside the comfort zone, there are ways to achieve coaxing a single topic that is stored in a common location so that it appears to exist in two or more projects. But it's a bit convoluted.

Cheers... Rick

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If you're using RH8, the Resource Manager will synch files across your entire local machine, for use in multiple projects.

Good luck,

Leon

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Hi Leon

Really? It will? I may appear to be joking here, but I understood the Resource Manager simply provided an easy portal to common resources. So you might have HTML files, Images and whatnot in a common location, then add them to your project easily. But I understood that once you added them, there wasn't really a link any longer and if the resource changed it didn't automatically update any project using the resource.

That's what I'm understanding you to say here, which is why I'd like to see a clarification. You are saying if I have a topic named RedRabbit.HTM in my Resource Manager, I add it to several projects, then later update the file to add perhaps images or whatever that all projects will automagickally update as a result and show me the new data? Of course each would need to be re-generated or re-compiled, but if this is the case I've learned something new! And thanks for that. Seriously!

Cheers... Rick

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