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SongMEr
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January 24, 2013
Question

Create a markup Chm file to show the difference between 2 versions

  • January 24, 2013
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Hello all,

I saw there are some markup chm files showing the update in the content in the recent version.

The updated html content are shown in yellow or blue. The content column with red color * indicates there is an update.

Please can anyone let me know how to create such CHM file with markup to indicate update ?

Many thanks in advance !!!

Song

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Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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January 24, 2013

Hi there

Can you tell us where you saw this CHM file?

My own guess here is that what you saw was someone's idea of demonstrating to their user where a change occurred. I know of no tool that would automagically mark up a CHM file in this way.

Cheers... Rick

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SongMErAuthor
Participant
January 24, 2013

Many thanks for your email.

Do you know if there is a way RoboSource Version control can highlight the updated content ? I have been trying, however, not much luck.

Thanks

Song

Jared Hess
Jared Hess
Legend
January 28, 2013

To the best of my knowledge a source control system is only going to tell you which topics have been modified, not what the changes are.

If you are the only author, then the Topic List can show the modified date of topics. If you are working with others, your Topic List will only cover what you have edited. Not sure if the source control system can give you dates modified. I would think it can as it is all about dates.

As to the exact content, I think you will find that is down to you. If you are referring to just flagging changed topics in the TOC of a CHM, I'll hand you back to Rick as I believe that can be done and he will know how. That is not the same though as marking the actual changes.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge


A source control system can show what files have changed and the changes that were made in the source, For example, here's a screenshot of a help topic in our source control system we use (Mercurial):

In a particualar recorded change (called a changeset in Mercurial), the old text from the previous version is in red and the new text added in this changeset is in green. I think I remember seeing RoboSource control could do something similar.

I don't know if there's a way of visually comparing two chms, but I have seen utilities out there that compare two htms visually. Like this one: http://www.htmlmatch.com/
Perhaps it can handle the specific htm pathway in a chm. I don't know.

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