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Andy Snape
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November 14, 2024
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Trying to link to topics in merged projects from parent ToC

  • November 14, 2024
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I have several projects that are merged into a parent ToC. These are then all output as html5.  I have followed the correct procedure (created the link, exported the parent projects, exported the child topic to the mergedProjects folder and then rebuild the parent). These links work well enough.

I also want to link to individual sections within some of these child merged projects from the main ToC. I cannot get this to work, Robohelp either skips the link item in the ToC, or changes the url in the link to somewhere completely different. 

I have tried building the link using the UI and that failed - I have also manually edited the ToC xml file to insert the url that I got by navigating to the built, exported file but this didnt work (Robohelp stores the child projects in a folder named mergedProjects but exports the to 'projects').

Does anyone have any helpful insights?

 

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    November 15, 2024

    The reason your links are breaking is because when you create them RoboHelp writes them based on the relative path. Then you generate and the path is different. The parent is at one level and all the children are in mergedProjects. That breaks the link. 

     

    If you follow the structure I describe all the content is at one level. There is a parent but the default topic is in a child project, the one that you currently have a parent level.

     

    Download the demo from my site and it all becomes much clearer.

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    November 14, 2024

    See Merged Help on my site. 

    https://www.grainge.org/RoboHelp/Merged_Help/Merging_New_UI.htm

     

    The best way is to make your parent project a child project and tie them together with a virtually empty parent. That way all the links are at child project level.

     

    It's explained in the topic.

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    Andy SnapeAuthor
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    November 15, 2024

    So effectively move everything down one tier in the hierarchy ? Will I be able to access the oldParent files at the newParent top level? Ill give it a try thanks.

     

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