In RH11, my merged .chm file does not show up in the master .chm file TOC.I

[brandonm9641833]

My merged slave .chm file is not showing up in the master .chm file after generation. Anyone seen this happen before?

[Willam_van_Weelden]

Is the child CHM in the same folder as the master CHM? Does the child CHM have a TOC with topics?

[brandonm57048920]

Yes, the child CHM is in the same folder. Also, the child is a fully functioning CHM with a TOC with topics. It is an existing Security help file that we are attempting to embed into an Application help file to prevent having to send two separate files.

[Captiv8r]

Hi there

Some screen shots might be helpful here.

1. Shot of the Master TOC

2. Shot of the Windows File Explorer view showing the CHMs together

Cheers... Rick

[brandonm9641833]

No problem. Just a bit more information as well.

I have found that when I generate a normal chm file, the merge works. But, when a do a webhelp to chm output, it does not. Also, this behavior is happening in 11 and 2015.

Here is the TOC in my master project:

Here is the generated TOC from the CHM file if I use the normal Microsoft HTML Help output option.

But, if I do the webhelp to chm output, the child chm file topics are missing:

[Captiv8r · Accepted solution]

Ahhh, a plot twist I see!

Yeah, there was a thread a day or three back where someone was trying something similar.

Click here to view that thread

Cheers... Rick

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Never heard of the WebHelp to CHM option, but looking into it a bit leads me to believe that the only way it would work would be to do your merged projects first as WebHelp, then run the WebHelp to CHM converter; again, I agree with Rick – Adobe may have never considered that scenario…