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RoboNewGuy
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August 4, 2011
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Using different images

  • August 4, 2011
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Hello,

I have a standard user guide that I have created. However, I want to swap out images depending on who the guide is generated for. Is there an easy way to do this?

example: Company A gets the entire userguide with their images . company B gets the same user guide with their images.

Thanks,

Chris

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Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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August 4, 2011

It depends on the version of RoboHelp, which is why the Sticky Topic in Before You Post asks that all threads are started with the version of RoboHelp being used.

Variables can now include images and that would give you what you need. Including images was introduced in RoboHelp 8.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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RoboNewGuyAuthor
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August 4, 2011

Sorry about that. I am using roboHelp 8 and I have never used it before. I am being thrown to the wolves...LOL  so how would I

use variables for images?

Thanks,

chris

TXTechWriter
TXTechWriter
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June 22, 2016

@TxTechWriter - I doubt this is a bug for the reason Rick has given, namely that I have not seen issues of build expressions falling over just because more topics are introduced. Invariably it tracks down to something about those topics coming into play and it's nothing to do with experience, just something that hasn't been spotted. We've all done it and kicked ourselves.

You asked earlier how to output a file using User Defined Variables so it wasn't unreasonable for Rick to assume you had no experience of that feature.

If you want to ask Adobe, that's your privilege but if you want help here, then are you using two images with tags or are have you also set up some UDVs, I'm not clear on that. Also are there any other tags used in the build or is it just the two tags for the images?

If you do go to Adobe, please post back with the solution to help others.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring information

@petergrainge


The problem actually was that we were editing the Conditional Build tags. We first deleted them from all topics then used the same name with different parameters. The solution is to never edit the tags, just delete them and start fresh.

Actually, you should be able to edit the tags, that is a bug that I will report to Adobe.

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Anonymous
August 4, 2011

Hi Chris,

You can use conditional build tags. Create a Company A tag and a Company B tag and apply the tags to the images. Then exclude the Company A tag from Company B's single source layout, and the Company B tag from Company A's single source layout.

Hope this helps.

Jennifer

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