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southrivertech
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May 31, 2012
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How can I uncheck "Binary Index" if I have already disabled all keywords?

  • May 31, 2012
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A week or so ago, I asked a question about the binary index and how to delete topic keywords so I could uncheck the box on the "Project Settings" page.  I received a great, helpful response: "

First, click View > Pods > Project Manager.

Locate the Index folder and expand it.

Double-click the Index entry in the folder to open the Index Designer.

Scan the topics listed in the top part of the Index Designer. You are looking for any topic that has a Page icon with a Key superimposed."

So I did all of this, and it worked great for all of my projects but one.  I have deleted all of the keywords, but I still am unable to uncheck the box.  Anything else anyone can suggest that I do?  Anywhere else I should be looking, or something I may be missing?

Thanks!

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    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
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    May 31, 2012

    Hello again

    Nothing like a user name of SouthRiverTech to tell us you have been drinking the Iconlogic water!

    By chance does this project have a funny icon in your table of contents? One that looks like this?

    If so, that indicates a merge. My thought here is that if you have this, the project may be forcing a binary index as those are required if merging CHM files.

    Cheers... Rick

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    southrivertechAuthor
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    May 31, 2012

    I actually took a class a few months back and loved it!  I really learned a lot!

    And yes, I do have that icon in my TOC. Any way to get rid of it? 

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
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    June 1, 2012

    Rick,

    Sorry to continue with the questions, but we are still having trouble over here.  When I double click the icon, this shows up:

    It seems that I am unable to delete the icon entirely, and instead, it asks me to merge files, indicating that perhaps our files aren't merged after all?


    Ahhh drat.

    My bad. I was pointing to the icon in question (which is there in ALL RoboHelp installs) so that you could simply see what it looks like.

    What I failed to convey is that *IF* a merge had been configured (which may explain the behavior of being unable to turn off the binary index) you would see this icon in your actual TOC structure among the books and pages.

    So if you aren't seeing the icon in the structure, you aren't using Merged CHMs. The icon in the toolbar simply allows you to insert a merge where you want it to occur.

    Cheers... Rick

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