Hi all
Okay, perhaps this will help. I'm not sure I understand what
is happening, but I'll toss this into the mix.
First off, to Colum. You said you never heard of RoboHelp
adding additional topics. Actually it's quite common in my
experience. When I conduct a RoboHelp class, I always refer to
WebHelp as a "swarm" of files because you end up with more than you
began with. I created a project and counted files. I have a graph
that shows that if you have 20 topics, you end up with as many as
217 files. And if that 20 grows to 200 topics, the WebHelp output
has 463 files.
Now we know that many of the files are simply there to
support WebHelp and the way it operates. But part of what accounts
for the additional file overhead is related to Text-Only popups.
Each Text-Only popup gets converted to an individual HTML topic
page. So yes, RoboHelp is creating additional topics for these.
What seems puzzling in this case is why the additional topics
are being created for other types of popups. Usually you are
pointing to existing topics. As the topics should already be part
of the project, it's puzzling to me how (or why) RoboHelp is seeing
fit to create the additional topics.
I suppose if I were in Cindy's shoes, one thing I would do to
troubleshoot the situation is to rule out any oddness that is
totally "Oracle Help" related. To do this, simply generate a
WebHelp layout and see if you get the same mix of files. If no,
then you know it's related to either the fact it's Oracle Help, or
possibly the layout itself is corrupt in some way. If so, try
re-creating the layout.
If the same thing happens in WebHelp, It would seem that
RoboHelp has possibly lost track of the fact the files are actually
part of the project. In this case you may need to consider blowing
away the .CPD file and letting it rebuild.
Just some thoughts from the fringe... Rick