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Anonymous
February 13, 2008
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Topics not generating in HTML

  • February 13, 2008
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Whether I use the Batch Generate or the Primary Layout, the same five topics do not generate in HTML, but they do generate successfully in WebHelp. Why?
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tkj728
Participant
May 19, 2009

Assuming your new topics aren't showing up in the TOC but they do in search results, then the problem is probably that you need to, once again, auto-create the TOC or manually add the topic to the TOC from the list.  Generating the layout will not automatically add new topics that were created since the last creation of the TOC.

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Anonymous
February 14, 2008
I followed your instructions to the letter, but it did not work.

However, I removed, in the Properties window, two words that were repeated in each of the troubled Topic titles, and it generated properly.

Thank you again for your help.
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Anonymous
February 13, 2008
Yes, the Test topic compiled. I guess I'll duplicate the others and see if they compile.

Thank you.
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Anonymous
February 13, 2008
ok - here's what I would do to finish up.

Duplicate each of the trouble topics. Rename them Test 1, Test 2, etc.
Delete each of the original trouble topics.
Duplicate each of the duplicated topics, naming the new topics with their original names.
Delete each of the Test topics.
Compile.
Have a drink (if successful, of course.)
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Anonymous
February 13, 2008
what worked? the test topic compiled? Not sure why. Maybe the background files (the .cpd file seems to be a frequent culprit) needed a shake up.
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Anonymous
February 13, 2008
It worked!!!???

Why?
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Anonymous
February 13, 2008
are there tables on these missing topics, by any chance? tables within tables? I think I remember reading somewhere that nested tables could be a problem...
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Anonymous
February 13, 2008
just for giggles, try duplicating one of the topics (right-click on one of the topic names and select Duplicate from the right-click menu) and call it something else, like Test. Add it to your TOC, and recompile and see if the Test topic is included in the HTML build.
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Anonymous
February 13, 2008
1- Correct.
2- They are in the same Project folder. There are 215 Topics and those five are the only ones that do not generate.
3- Nothing is different from the other Topics.
4- There is nothing in the Conditional Build Expression field in either the HTML Help or the WebHelp.
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Anonymous
February 13, 2008
and just to confirm - right-click on the name of your Single Source layout for the HTML Help, and select Properties.

Is there anything in the Conditional Build Expression field at all? If there is, is it different from the contents in the Properties window for the Web Help project?
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