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Yes, I'm on to Method 2 now ...
I have a question about Method 2 - Stage 1 - Point 3
3. In the parent project create a topic called Search Redirect. Make it a blank page in the same way as for the parent except the redirect is going to the Search Options page. Remember, the relative path is the one between the Search Redirect and Search Options in the output. In the demo it is
<meta HTTP-EQUIV=refresh CONTENT="0;URL=.\mergedProjects\child_1\search_files\search_options.htm">
Per steps 1 & 2, the instructions had me create a "Search_Options.htm" topic at the root of the Child 1 project. However, the redirect is to a "Search_Options.htm" file in a "search_files" folder. I have no search_files folder in my Child 1 project per these instructions.
My Child_1 project in the zip file is called "OnBase_API_SDK."
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Step 1 omits to state where search_options.htm should be but it is clear from Step 3 that it should be in the search_files folder.
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Thank you. Just wanted to be absolutely sure. My track record isn't the greatest.
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Are you opening just the child project? If so it will not work from there.
You have to open the parent and search from there.
After creating your projects, you have to generate / publish all of them. Then create the search database which will include all the child projects. It is not built on the fly as it is with RH's own search.
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OK. I obviously need to take this step-by-step. I have a question about step 2 in Stage 2.
Now we need to change the way the search of all topics is configured and then set up the searches of the child projects.
I created the "all" and "child1" folders in teh published help for child1. (The published help for child1 is in the MergedProjects folder...NOT in the "/generate" folder at the top level of the project, per the Merged WebHelp demo.)
Proceeding to step 2....
It says to modify the ZoomSearch configuration file just created earlier, which is the one for the entire Parent project. This configuration file (that I confirmed to be correct in the zip file I sent) has the following relationship for Start directory and Output directory:
Start directory
c:\workspaces\SDKI_Int\SDK\generate
../
Output directory
c:\workspaces\SDKI_Int\SDK\generate\search_files
Here is where I am confused....
Step 2 nows says to change the Output directory so that is goese to "search_files\all" in the published folder structure. I am confused because there is no "c:\workspaces\SDKI_Int\SDK\generate\search_files\all" in the publilshed directory --- the "all" directory was greated in the child1 project. (And if I do so, ZoomSearch rightly gives me an error stating that the Output directory doesn't exist.)
So, am I supposed to create an entirely new ZoomSearch configuration file that has nothing to do with the previously created configuration file, but instead has the following configuration that relates to the new chld1 project structure?
Start directory
c:\workspaces\SDKI_Int\SDK\MergedProjects\child1\search_files
../
Output directory
c:\workspaces\SDKI_Int\SDK\MergedProjects\child1\search_files\all
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I may as well ask the other question that I have for Stage 2...
Step 6 says to create a link to "search.htm" --- do I create the link using the "Insert Hyperllink/Popup" feature in Robohelp?
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And just to be sure that I haven't messed up this part of Stage1, Step 3...
In step 3, the Search_Redirect.htm file is created in the Parent Project (not published output). When instructed to redirect this topic to the "Search_Optins.htm" file for child1 ... Is the redirect going to the "Search_Options.htm" file in the child1 project folder or the child1 published output folder?
If my understanding is correct, it looks like the <meta> example in this step redirects to the "Search_Options.htm" topic in the child1 project (\mergedProjects\child1....) instead of the "Search_Options.htm" in the child1 published output (\generate\mergedProjects\child1 ...).
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I have just taken a look at the instructions and in Step 1, item 4 the redirect points to a folder named mergedProjects\child_1\search files. Using Method 1, that folder does not exist as search_files is at a different level. It looks like the instructions omit a specific step creating that folders, albeit that it is implied in Stage 2, item 3 as you would not be able to add those folders to a folder that does not exist.
I will revise the instructions with some graphics that may help.
Try again creating search_files under child_1 and then repost what questions remain.
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