Sharing information between RoboHelp Topics

[Attempted_Documentation]

Can a RoboHelp topic pull information from another topic in the same project?

Can I insert an image and descriptive information in one topic and have that information appear in another topic, not just a hyperlink?

[Peter Grainge]

That depends on your version. Yes in 2020. 

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[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Isn't that just "snippets"?

[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

No. A snippet is created and then inserted in many topics. A cross reference can link to a section of an existing topic. Same end result but different methods.

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[Peter Grainge]

My preference generally would be Snippets as you know where to locate the source. For some purposes though a cross reference would be better.

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[Attempted_Documentation]

Yes, RH 2020.

Thank you.  The cross reference ability was what I was looking for.

[Stefan Gentz]

Actually beside snippets and cross-references, you can also use conrefs (content references). Conrefs are more intended for your purpose.

Example:

Somewhere in a "remote file" ("remote-file.html"):

<section id="section_something">
   <p>Some paragraph text here.</p>
   <p>And another paragraph</p>
</section>

In a document (topic.html) where you want to pull in this section:

<section>
  <h2>data-conref to #id:</h2>
  <section data-conref="remote-file.html#section_something"> </section>
</section>

You can also conref complete files (<div data-conref="technical-data.html"> </div>).

You can even conref (pull) content from some webpage on the web, as long as it can be accessed with an ID.

Try this:

<section>
  <h2>data-conref to #id:</h2>
  <section data-conref="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/querySelectorAll#content"> </section>
</section>

RoboHelp's data-conref is extremely powerful and can open up a world of content reuse.

[Attempted_Documentation]

Thank you.  I wasn't aware of Content References.  Between those and the Cross References I think I've found what I'm looking for.