Robohelp not displaying the correct default topic

Question

I'm working remotely with Robohelp 7 files that were copied from our office server.

I edited some files and then saved and got this message:

default.htm, used in i_menu.htm is outside of the current project and will not be shown in Project Manager. iy_menu, used in i_menu is outside of the current project, blah, blah, p_menu used in i_menu is outside of the current project . . . blah, blah

The file i_menu IS in the project and it is the default topic designated in the project's properties. I tried to import i_menu.htm in hopes that it would be recognized as "inside" the project, but RoboHelp freezes up and I have to shut down the program.

When I generate the help, I get some other topic as the default topic.

Any help would be appreciated! Carole

Amebr · Answer

It sounds to me like the hyperlink defined in i_menu.htm is incorrect.

For example, i_menu.htm lives in a folder "folder1" and default.htm lives in the project root folder. Hopefully the below illustrates the folder structure.

- my_project

default.htm

- folder1

i_menu.htm

In this example link in i_menu.htm should be:

href="../default.htm"

But it might be:

href="../../default.htm"

Or maybe the path is hard coded something like:

href="d:/myproject/default.htm"

but your project is on c: drive, not d: drive.

BTW I hope you don't normally work on the project on the server? It's really not recommended and can cause all sorts of problems. It's best to copy it to your local drive to work on, and then back to the server for backup purposes when you finish. (If it's in source control on the server, this should be fine, as the files should be checked out to your local drive anyway.) Sorry if I'm telling you something you already know.

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