Question
Hyperlinks in text in FrameMaker don't close out in converted RoboHelp topics
Here's my latest issue:
In FrameMaker, I have hyperlinks scattered throughout the text in various chapters. I used the standard FM Hyperlink markers Specify Named Destination and Jump to Named Destination and the hyperlinks appear perfectly in my PDF output. I am also using a character tag to format the hyperlink text blue and underlined, as per the instructions in the FrameMaker online help.
In RoboHelp however, the hyperlinks do not close out. For example, one hyperlink in a sentence will now include the entire rest of the sentence in the hyperlink, and the link that is blue and underlined contains text that it is not supposed to contain. I have to manually remove the extra attributes from each and every one of these links in RoboHelp, AND each time I update the files in FM and re-update in RH, I the incorrect links are back and I have to manually fix them all over again.
Here is an example:
The text in the FM sentence reads:
" ...via the execDetails() method." with execDetails() being the hyperlink.
In the HTML code, this is what I'm getting (I'm only showing the end of the entire tag):
...via the <span class=FM_Hyperlink style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline; "><a href="execDetails.htm#execDetailsw">execDetails()</a> method.</span></p>
Any clues as to what is happening? Is this a bug? Is there some workaround in FM that prevents this from happening? Why is RH not closing out the SPAN tag in the right place (it should be closed out BEFORE the word "method" at the end of the sample above.
My workaround may have to be to remove all hyperlinks from text and insert Related Topics links to every topic instead.
In FrameMaker, I have hyperlinks scattered throughout the text in various chapters. I used the standard FM Hyperlink markers Specify Named Destination and Jump to Named Destination and the hyperlinks appear perfectly in my PDF output. I am also using a character tag to format the hyperlink text blue and underlined, as per the instructions in the FrameMaker online help.
In RoboHelp however, the hyperlinks do not close out. For example, one hyperlink in a sentence will now include the entire rest of the sentence in the hyperlink, and the link that is blue and underlined contains text that it is not supposed to contain. I have to manually remove the extra attributes from each and every one of these links in RoboHelp, AND each time I update the files in FM and re-update in RH, I the incorrect links are back and I have to manually fix them all over again.
Here is an example:
The text in the FM sentence reads:
" ...via the execDetails() method." with execDetails() being the hyperlink.
In the HTML code, this is what I'm getting (I'm only showing the end of the entire tag):
...via the <span class=FM_Hyperlink style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline; "><a href="execDetails.htm#execDetailsw">execDetails()</a> method.</span></p>
Any clues as to what is happening? Is this a bug? Is there some workaround in FM that prevents this from happening? Why is RH not closing out the SPAN tag in the right place (it should be closed out BEFORE the word "method" at the end of the sample above.
My workaround may have to be to remove all hyperlinks from text and insert Related Topics links to every topic instead.
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