TOC book image

Forum|Forum|18 years ago
June 26, 2007
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I have noticed a couple of rather nice green book images in the RoboHelp gallery. Is there any way of using them in the TOC instead of the standard maroon ones?
Is this to do with skins? I have never used skins before but it looks to me as though I can't use them for HTML help anyway.

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Peter Grainge

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Knowing Pete, he probably knows how many files there are before and after it in the same folder!

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Captiv8r

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Yep, the guy has amazed me for years. He's like a virtual walking encyclopedia and I'm totally blown away by his vast knowledge.

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WendyCh

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You guys all blow me away with your vast knowledge. Each one of you- Colum, Rick, Pete, and Peter, has helped me numerous times with my project.
Thanks so much to all of you!
Wendy

RoboColum_n_

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Hi Authorgirl. Alternative TOC icons from the gallery can be applied to HTML Help. If you right click on a book and select Properties. Click on the Advanced tab. Select the required image number in the "Image" field and the display updates. Alternatively you can create a skin and assign a custom image for all opened and closed TOC items. This can then be applied to a CHM file by following Rick Stone's excellent tips 'n tricks file.

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Caleb M Olson

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I feel like I've tried everything to get this to work. The compiled .chm appears fine on my computer, but when it is moved to another computer, the image reverts back to the default.

When the .chm is opened on another computer, an error message displays "cannot locate helpicons.bmp" which is what I named the new icon strip. I don't understand why the custom image strip isn't compiled in the .chm with all other images.

Does anyone have an idea of a resolution? Does anyone know of the location of the default book/topic images so I could just overwrite one I never use with the one I want?

Any responses are greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

RoboWizard

Inspiring

Hi Caleb

You might find a file I offer to be useful. No worries, I'm not trying to sell you anything.

The file is free of charge. It's called my Tips & Tricks file and you may download it from this link.

Inside it (among many many tips for working with HTML Help) are instructions for making an icon strip work.

Hopefully this was helpful to you... Rick

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