Hi, I'm using RH 10 with linked FM 11 files to create a WebHelp project and this is what happens when I do an update or force update of a linked file in the RH project: After the update, the topic that contains updated content gets deleted from project TOC in RH.After the update, any Map IDs assigned to the topic that contains the updated content are deleted. Can someone please advise how to update a linked file without losing TOC entries or Map IDs? Thanks a bunch!Gabe

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How do I update linked FM files without losing TOC entries or Map IDs?

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March 15, 2013
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Hi,

I'm using RH 10 with linked FM 11 files to create a WebHelp project and this is what happens when I do an update or force update of a linked file in the RH project:

After the update, the topic that contains updated content gets deleted from project TOC in RH.
After the update, any Map IDs assigned to the topic that contains the updated content are deleted.

Can someone please advise how to update a linked file without losing TOC entries or Map IDs?

Thanks a bunch!

Gabe

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Matt-Tech Comm Tools

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HI Gabe,

You will want to link the TOC from FM in your conversion settings, and set the map id's via TopicAlias markers in FM.

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Gabe_AdoffAuthor

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Hi Matt,

Can you point me to the dialog for linking the TOC in my conversion settings? Is it Project Settings > Edit conversion settings for FM > ?

I'll research TopicAlias markers in FM...

Jeff, I was setting up both the TOC and Map IDs in RH - sounds like I need to set it up to come from FM.

Thanks!

Gabe

Jeff_Coatsworth

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OK, got it. However, I'm still seeing the same problem from the RH TOCs that are generated automatically from the FM book, that is the topic still disappears when I update the linked file. Do you know if there's a setting I need to tweak?

BTW, the topic only disappears from the TOC if I update a single linked .fm file in the RH project - if I update the whole project, the TOC topic stays in tact. Perhaps this is what I need to do from now on - but it's more time consuming...

Thanks,

Gabe

Presuming you've done an Update Book operation in FM first, are you right-clicking and doing a Force Update All in RH? That should pull it all in again from FM.

Jeff_Coatsworth

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2 questions - where's your ToC coming from? FM or RH? and how are you doing your Map IDs? Are they set in FM as marker text or are you assigning them in RH?

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