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February 15, 2012
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Duplicate topics in search

  • February 15, 2012
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Hello,

I am getting double topics appearing in my Search window.

I have read all the posts on this issue and have discovered that if I compile to a folder higher than the project folder, the problem disappears.

From what I have read, it appears that this is due to me having topics that link out to topics in a location higher than my project folder.

But I have no knowledge of having created such links. I have very few external links in my project and they all go to webpages.

Is there a way of searching for the culprit link? Or could  the problem be caused by something else?

Thanks

Helen

Using RH7

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Correct answer Peter Grainge

In a folder named Compiled within the project folder. At the same level I have several project folders containing topics and images.

If I compile the chm one level up, ie not in its own folder but in the top level of the project folder, the issue remains.


Try generating it to within the !SSL! folder which is the default. I'm not clear from your reply whether Compiled is within the !SSL! folder or not.

When you say "top level of the project folder" I am thinking you mean the folder with the XPJ file in it.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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AuthorgirlAuthor
Inspiring
February 15, 2012

I should say that I did get a message recently concerning a particular topic. I can't remember what the message said (I will SO keep a record in future) but I wrote down the topic concerned, just in case.

When I look in Windows Explorer, sure enough, there are 2 copies of this topic, one followed by a ~

So I tried deleting first just the extra topic and then both topics but this made no difference to the double search topic issue.

The only thing that solved the issue was compiling to a higher location but the suspect duplicate topic is still in the project.

Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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February 15, 2012

See if Snippet 99 helps. http://www.grainge.org/pages/snippets/snippets.htm

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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February 16, 2012

In a folder named Compiled within the project folder. At the same level I have several project folders containing topics and images.

If I compile the chm one level up, ie not in its own folder but in the top level of the project folder, the issue remains.


Try generating it to within the !SSL! folder which is the default. I'm not clear from your reply whether Compiled is within the !SSL! folder or not.

When you say "top level of the project folder" I am thinking you mean the folder with the XPJ file in it.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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