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AIR-Chayah
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February 2, 2015
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RH11. Script to make Next and Prev buttons work as they do in a standard browser?

  • February 2, 2015
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Hello.

I know that the Next and Prev button arrows in the navigation pane take the user to the next or previous topic specified in the browser sequence. This means that the Help author has to design one or more browse sequences, which can be time-consuming and hard to maintain.

Has anyone created a script, or know if one exists, that can turn the Next and Prev buttons into buttons that perform standard browser actions. For example:

  • User opens Topic A.
  • User opens Topic J.
  • User presses Prev button.
  • Help opens Topic A.

At the moment the results depend on the browse sequence.

  • User opens Topic A.
  • User opens Topic J.
  • User presses Prev button.
  • Help opens Topic I (the topic preceding Topic J in the browse sequence).

Thank you.[

Carol Levine

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    Correct answer Captiv8r

    Hi Carol

    I'm guessing you overlooked this link on the page:

    Here's the link you should have clicked: (That way you won't have to visit the page again)

    Click here to view

    Cheers... Rick

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    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    February 2, 2015

    Hi there

    In my Skinny on Skins file I outline how to coax these buttons to perform similar to what you want.

    Click here to view the page to download

    Or, you could quite easily create a "TOC walker" by allowing RoboHelp to automatically build a Browse Sequence based on the TOC structure.

    Cheers... Rick

    A
    AIR-ChayahAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 2, 2015

    Thanks, Rick.

    I downloaded the CHM and the Zip file. However, I can’t view the Help. I get the infamous “Navigation canceled” message. Do I need to open the CHM in any particular way to avoid the message.

    Carol

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    April 8, 2015

    Hi Rick,

    Is there a file limit? I generated the CHM file for my entire project, which is approximately 200 files/topics. The "Next" and "Previous" buttons did not work. Please see the attachment.

    Please note that I have followed all the instructions mentioned by you.

    Thanks,

    Gouri


    Hello again

    No, there are no limits I'm aware of. 200 topics is actually on the smaller side of things.

    The image you shared showed no browse sequence bar at all. Is that the complaint? You thought perhaps it wasn't showing because there are too many topics?

    The bar is totally dependent on the HHActiveX.dll file.

    However, it's worth noting that you may need to register both versions (32 and 64 bit) because if you launch the CHM from RoboHelp, I believe it will open the CHM using the 32 bit version of  the CHM viewer (and uses the 32 bit version of the dll). But if you just double-click the CHM from the output folder, it opens the 64 bit version of the CHM viewer (and uses the 64 bit version of the dll)

    So unless both versions are registered, you could see different behavior depending on exactly how the CHM is being opened.

    Cheers... Rick

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