Conditional Build Tags - Problems when generating content

[Guest]

Hi,

Just wanted to print 4 pages of a long help project so I added conditional build tags called 'ad-hoc' and created a Printed Doc SSL where ad-hoc was the conditional build value.

When I generate the document I am getting everything still though. Am I being particularly thick today?

I tried tagging everything 'online' and then adding the ad-hoc tag to the pages building the condition as 'online' AND 'ad-hoc' but then got nothing.

Help appreciated as ever.

Nick.

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[RoboColum_n_]

Hi Nick.

Can you post the build tag expression you used in your single source layout?

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[Guest]

First I just put 'ad-hoc' as the definition, then 'online AND ad-hoc'.

Playing about with the doc settings in the wizard at the moment - havent used this SSL before so might be a picnic problem 🙂

Nick.

[Peter Grainge]

You don't need a CBT for this.

Just include only those four topics in print layout.

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[Nick27]

I had some similar issues with using conditional build tags when i first started out, so it led me to apply a single 'Generic' tag to every folder/topic in my project, then when I onnly want certain topics I apply a 'One off print' tag to the specific topics and remove the 'Generic' tag.

Then when I publish I can set the build tags to pub nothing except my 'One off print' topics. It works fine. then set them back once I'm finished. Its easy to set because build tags can be applied at folder level so it sets it for all topics.

Its my understanding that topics that dont have a tag applied will be published, and that the build tag is used more for the reverse reason of not including content in output......maybe im wrong, either way the above method works.

regards, Nick

[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

I don't think the One Off Print tag is needed. If you apply Generic to all topics, then remove it from a few before generating online help with NOT GENERIC applied, you will get only the topics from which you removed the tag. No need to apply another one.

If you wanted to print, then forget tags, just have a print layout where you only select those topics you want in.

Print works the opposite way to online. Print you have to include, online you have to exclude.

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