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We currently have RoboHelp 2022 4.179, and are experiencing issues with the mini toc (In This Topic)

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July 1, 2024
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We currently have RoboHelp 2022 4.179, and are experiencing issues with the mini toc (In This Topic) where the link inside the mini toc does not go to the appropriate location. It takes you to an page within the output but not in the child project. I can revert to a previous version and have it work. So I'm thinking this is an update issue. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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I blame the elves having their playtime. 🙂

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Peter Grainge

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OK let me have a rethink.

Using the archived copy that is from Update 3 when you say it worked.

Open it in Update 3 create a copy of the preset in the errant project and generate it to a different folder. That way the output is then completely divorced from the merge. Child project outputs do not work properly when run independently of the merge and I want to rule out any issues caused by being a child project. I want you to test it as a standalone project.
Does the problem still occur? If it does, then the problem is the child project rather than the Update.
If it does not, then run the new preset in Update 4. Logically it should be the same problem.

Let me know and I can then give it some more thought.

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We ran another update from our original project (not the archive) and all seems to be working correctly in our test environment. I have absolutely no idea what changed. But it would appear tht something was not updating completely when we were running updates. I'll let you know if this happens again. Thanks for your help.

Peter Grainge

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You have lost me a bit. From what you have said, the archived version was known to be OK. The issue is whether or not the reason you now have a problem is either a change to the content or the update itself. We need to find out which it is.

If you create a copy of the source project from a backup that was created in Update 3 and worked, then upgrade to Update 4, if the problem occurs then patently it is the upgrade.
If that copy works after generating in Update 4, then the problem is something you have done in the project.

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The archived version opens in the current RoboHelp version of 4.179. Some of the content is being updated, however, the content that is not being updated is also experiencing the mini toc issues of going to the incorrect page. We are using child projects with a merged output in framless. Any changes only happen inside the individual child project.

Jeff_Coatsworth

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So, the experiment's conclusions are - works in Patch 3, doesn't work in Patch 4 - correct?

Peter Grainge

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Have changes been made in the project since the archive version was generated.

I am guessing they have so we need to establish if the issue is the changes or the update. Create a copy of the archived version and generate that in Update 4. If it then breaks, it pretty much nails it being Update 4.

It is important for both that and the current version that you regenerate all the projects starting with the parent. That's not normally a requirement but I think it is best when there is an issue.

Let me know how you get on.

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I can view the archived version but cannot move it to our test environment without updating the version. I am still experienceing the right side mini toc issues.

Peter Grainge

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The appropriate location being somewhere in the same topic?

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