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Anonymous
August 20, 2009
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TOC not updating when project is saved

  • August 20, 2009
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The Table of Contents is not saving when project is saved. To see saved changes, I have to close and reopen.

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Correct answer RoboWizard

Hi there

Indeed there is. Basically what you would do is to place the content in different folders and restrict viewing at the folder level. For example:

User A is an admin. They are able to see the following folders:

Help

Help \ Admin

Help \ General

User B is a worker bee. When they log in, they only see the following folders:

Help

Help \ General

Because they don't have any access to the Help \ Admin folder, they don't see any of those topics. Usually folks will opt to create a Merged system to accomplish that. But it might be able to work with a single system and simple folder restriction. I'd have to test that to be sure. Unfortunately I don't have access to a server to test

Cheers... Rick

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Sorry, so sorry. I forgot to add that my esteemed colleague and fellow Adobe Community Expert Peter Grainge has some fabulous information on his site if you are going with Merged WebHelp.

Click here to view

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Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
August 20, 2009

Hi there

I'm unclear on what you are seeing. Can you please try to restate the issue?

The TOC "looks" the same in the TOC editor regardless of whether you save the file or not. Where are you expecting to see changes? Inside RoboHelp itself or in the compiled/generated output?

Cheers... Rick

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Anonymous
August 20, 2009

Rick-  If I change the name of a topic, it doesn't update name in the TOC (in the application, not in the output). I have to close the app and then restart to see the changes. (and I am selecting save all)

Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
August 20, 2009

Hi there

Just to be clear, this *IS* RoboHelp HTML, no?

In RoboHelp HTML, there is no dynamic link between the TOC items and Topic Names. Sure, if you rename the File Name in a topic so the HTML file name changes, it will automatically update the TOC so that the link isn't broken. But the TOC elements are stored in a separate file completely. So I'm really confused as to what you are seeing or expect to see. Once you have a topic in the TOC, the TOC node may represent the Topic Title. Perhaps:

How to confgure the gizmo.

But if you later change that Topic Title to read:

How to configure the widget

The TOC will not change automagickally. You will have to either re-run the wizard to create a new TOC or you will need to manually edit the TOC node so it is now correct.

Cheers... Rick

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