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raylangivens
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July 7, 2016
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Search is returning results for non-topics in RH2015

  • July 7, 2016
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In RH 2015 Help output, when I type a word that occurs both in topics and "non-topics" into the Search field, the search returns results for the "non-topics" as well as the topics.

  • For example, if I type "DGMC" into the Search field, the search lists topics that have this acronym, as expected. But it also lists "Home > DGMC Help," which is not a topic: it's the title of the Help. A couple of the results also display the message "Your browser does not support JavaScript," etc. The browser does support Javascript and overall the Help works fine. (screenshot 1)
  • When you click one of the "DGMC Help" results, you get a blank topic with "DGMC" highlighted in the browse sequence, Or you get a blank topic showing the Contents, Search, and Glossary buttons. (screenshots 2 and 3)
  • If you type "DGMC Help" (not just "DGMC") into the Search field, you get the original blank or weird "DGMC Help" entries, but you also get a couple of "WebHelp Navigation Toolbar" and "WebHelp Navigation Mini-bar" entries. When you click the "Web Navigation Toolbar" entry, it returns a bright red screen with two rows of Contents, Search, and Glossary buttons. (screenshot 4)

Is this just an anomaly of RH 2015? Is there a way to fix it?

Probably another one for you, Willem!

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Jeff_Coatsworth
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July 7, 2016

Are you getting this happening with all browsers you use or just one in particular?

raylangivens
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July 7, 2016

On my system, the Help is running in IE. I'm checking with a colleague (he's off-site in another state at the moment) to see if he got the same result on other browsers.

raylangivens
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July 7, 2016

When I try to open a sample project in the RoboHelp 2015 folder, I get a message that the sample was created with an earlier version of RH and to make a backup and then update. I made the backup and then tried to open the sample. It wants an .HTM name. I have no idea what this is for and when I enter a name (say test.htm), it doesn't accept it. To get out of the problem I have to stop the RH process.  I don't have a lot of time to play with sample files that weren't created for RH 2015. Perhaps you could zip up and send me a current sample that is provided specifically for RH 2015?


Alternatively, I would be happy to zip up our RH project and send it to you. We didn't have this problem with our help before upgrading to RH2015, so I suspect changes introduced in RH2015 are causing it.