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Jop_Smith
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February 4, 2008
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  • February 4, 2008
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I'm wanting to rename the page that my WebHelp Pro project uses as its Start Page. I've played around with a few things, but it always uses the existing page.

Is there a 'backdoor' fix?

Ta,
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Correct answer Jop_Smith
Yep, tried that, but still hangs on to the same Start Page.
Hi, I've managed to work it out by a process of elimination!

I looked in every project file for a reference to my current Start Page. It turns out that the WebHelp Pro.ssl project file holds the filename of the Start Page. You just need to edit the DestinationProjectName line, recompile your project and hey presto!

Thanks for your time anyway guys.

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HKabaker
Inspiring
February 4, 2008
Peter, jop22,

I haven't generated WebHelp Pro, but today I tested it in RH 7.

The dialog says Output Folder and Start Page

The default path in the dialog is ...\..\!SSL!\WebHelp_Pro

with no launch filename specified.

I modified it to

...\..\!SSL!\WebHelp_Pro\help.htm

as in WebHelp output, but RH made a folder called help.htm and put the output inside, so the generated path is:


...\..\!SSL!\WebHelp_Pro\help.htm\myprojectname.htm

Is this normal behavior?
Is this normal behaviour?

Harvey
Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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February 4, 2008
I've only got access to RH7 at the moment but the second field asks for Output Folder and Start Page.

Have you looked along the path to see if a filename is defined?

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Jop_SmithAuthor
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February 4, 2008
I'm running X5 and it only lets you select an output folder. I've checked along the path and there's no filename.


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Jop_SmithAuthor
Inspiring
February 4, 2008
It does let you type a filename in, but all that does is create a subfolder with that name (as HKabaker has already tried). I'm sure I've seen somewhere that you can edit one of the project files to change the Start Page, but I can't find it anywhere. Maybe I dreamt it!

Thanks for you help, I'll keep looking.
Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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February 4, 2008
Look at the first field of the first page of the wizard. That is what defines the name of the start page.

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Jop_SmithAuthor
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February 4, 2008
That's for WebHelp not WebHelp Pro. WebHelp Pro only asks for an output folder.

I think it takes the Start Page name from the name you initially use to create the WebHelp Pro project, but there must be a way to change this.

Thanks.
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