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G_Caldera
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April 3, 2014
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ZoomSearch for ASP

  • April 3, 2014
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Hi,

I have set up Zoomsearch for a Javascript platform based on Peter Grainge's instructions and it works. I tried to do the same for an ASP platform. First, I couldn't get the Search page to load, but that was because the Whskin_tbars.js was pointing to the search_template.html and I had it as search.html. Now, I can get the Search page to load, however, it only shows the text on top and not the search box.

This is what I see now:

Search this site

Enter one or more keywords to search for using the Zoom Search Engine.
Note that '*' and '?' wildcards are supported.

Has anyone come across this issue? How can I fix this?

Gail

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Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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April 12, 2014

Not sure on this one. Try Wrensoft support. They are familiar with the Rh procedure and they are very helpful.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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G_CalderaAuthor
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April 14, 2014

Thanks Peter. I was able to find some information on Wrensoft and tried it out, but couldn't get it to work. JavaScript works well for me, but I also like to have the spelling option features and use the statistics reports.

Here is the link to troubleshoot the missing search form. Let me know if this solution worked for others.

http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/support/faq_problems.html#nosearchform

Also, for anyone who wants to know how to enable zoom on a CD for ASP, go to

http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/support/aspcd.html

Captiv8r
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April 14, 2014

Hi Gail

I'm a bit confused here. Perhaps it's due to my limited understanding of ASP.

When I hear "ASP", I think in terms of something that happens on a server before an HTML page loads. I may be misunderstanding, but doesn't the ASP initialism reference "Active Server Pages"? So this would seem to imply to me that you have a database of some form on a server, and you have an outward facing HTML page that uses ASP code to dynamically present data based on some criteria, no?

I'm not sure about Zoom Search, but I know that RoboHelp's search is dependent on first generating the output files. That process creates the search index and other components needed for search to work. And at that point, everything is sort of "nailed down". Meaning that if you had a page that later produced a term that didn't exist at the time WebHelp was generated, good luck finding it because it wasn't factored in at the time you produced the output.

Perhaps Peter can offer more as far as ZoomSearch because he has worked with it a bit.

Cheers... Rick

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