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NickShears
NickShears
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July 29, 2020
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Why patch every topic when only 4 in TOC?

  • July 29, 2020
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I have a project in RH 2019 (new UI )  with hundreds of topics. NP.

Output is usually for a TOC which includes most of the topics. NP

But I now have a new TOC with only four topics in it. When I generate the relevant preset, I can see from the progress dialog that RH is "patching" every topic. 

It's not a problem, but why would the generation have anything to do with the hundreds of irrelevant topics?

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Correct answer Peter Grainge

I thought the same as you and took this up with Adobe. After setting things up following their guidance, it would appear everything is correct. Here's how you can check.

 

  1. Open the RoboHelp Reimagined project.
  2. Create a TOC and just include the Browse Sequence topic. It has no links.
  3. In the preset remove the browse sequence.
  4. Deselect Include Index
  5. Deselect Glossary.
  6. Remove the browse sequence. Although we want that topic, we don't want the project's browse sequence.
  7. Set the Default Topic to Browse Sequence.
  8. Generate the output.

 

While the dialog in bottom right corner is running I had set that to be recorded as a video. The only topic was the browse sequence topic. The were some other things that the build has to do but only the one topic.

 

Let us know what you see.

 

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Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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July 29, 2020

I thought the same as you and took this up with Adobe. After setting things up following their guidance, it would appear everything is correct. Here's how you can check.

 

  1. Open the RoboHelp Reimagined project.
  2. Create a TOC and just include the Browse Sequence topic. It has no links.
  3. In the preset remove the browse sequence.
  4. Deselect Include Index
  5. Deselect Glossary.
  6. Remove the browse sequence. Although we want that topic, we don't want the project's browse sequence.
  7. Set the Default Topic to Browse Sequence.
  8. Generate the output.

 

While the dialog in bottom right corner is running I had set that to be recorded as a video. The only topic was the browse sequence topic. The were some other things that the build has to do but only the one topic.

 

Let us know what you see.

 

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    July 29, 2020

    Browse sequence?

     

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    smonga1996
    Adobe Employee
    July 29, 2020

    Hi NickShears,

    Do your 4 topics happen to have links to the topics you are seeing being patched but are absent in the TOC? 

      NickShears
      NickShearsAuthor
      Inspiring
      July 29, 2020

      Thanks for asking. No, the four topics are completely self-contained. The only links are to each other and to a couple of external sites.
      The preset is Responsive HTML5, but includes only a TOC, no glossary or index, so no "hidden" references there.

       

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