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In master page, I have used HTML HELP CONTROL and inserted index and toc. I am facing two problems basically,
1. IN INDEX, I want to remove the default heading i.e., "Type in the keyword to find:" and change the display button with a custom image..
2. In TOC I have add custom plus and minus icon, but when compiled to CHM, inbuilt plus and minus icon is also seen (even though i have not selected plus/minus square option while complining)
Can some one let me know what needs to done... END PRODUCT IS CHM file
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Hi adobe-fm and welcome to the RH community.
Unfortunately the opportunity to customise the look and feel of CHM files is limited. For the index, you can not have a custom image or remove the default heading. With the TOC, are you talking about a custom icon strip? Perhaps you can leave us an image of whet you are seeing. Use the following icon to do so:
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I have not selected Plus/Minus square, still it is appearing after compiling. Is it due to poisition of toc in position text box on master page?
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Hi there
Personally I'm not surprised that the settings you are showing us are having no effect. I believe the settings you are showing only apply to the standard TOC that you get with the CHM window.
What is the specific reason(s) you are electing to use the HTML Help controls instead of the typical Window settings to present the TOC and Index?
The thing is, you are stepping far outside the bounds of normal and typical CHM development. When you do this you have to expect that things won't be seamless and easy.
Cheers... Rick
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Thanks Rick for the explaination. This is the requirement from my client as we are using background img in that index, toc and content area are fixed... so html controls...
Is there any where we can edit the xml hhc file.. ?
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Hi again
You could try editing the file using Windows Notepad. But I'm very doubtful you will have much (if any) success with accomplishing the goal.
Best of luck to you in satisfying said client. Sounds like you have an uphill struggle making things work.
Cheers... Rick
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(I am new to the Forum, so apologies if i go about this the wrong way.)
I have a closely-related TOC prob that i've spent hours researching:
In RH8 i want to replace the TOC icons with my custom Plus.bmp and Minus.bmp. (Primary layout is HTML Help, output is CHM.) RH's Help says
i must add the BMP to my project. Another site said it's important to copy it to where my CHM is output. Another site said i must create an "icon strip." But nothing tells me the whole story! I have these two BMPs now copied to the Output folder.
1) i can only specify one BMP in the Custom Image File field of the TOC Styles Advanced Settings, but i need both. (This is probably where the "icon strip" comes in?) Right now, with this one BMP specified i get an error after compiling "Cannot open the file "<path>Plus.bmp"
2) If i need an icon strip, how do i create it and use it?
Thanx for any help i can get!
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Hi there
All I can say is welcome to the world of CHM development. I think you will find that using an icon strip is so fraught with issues that you will probably do as so many others have. Conclude that the effort required to make it work and the unreliability of it is simply not worth it. You will probably just abandon the notion and settle for choosing from the 42 icons you already have at your disposal.
But if you really want to fight the icon strip issue, head over to my RoboWizard site and download the Tips and Tricks file. Indeed it's getting pretty old now, but much of the information is still valid. Inside the file (among a swarm of other things) is some information devoted to the Icon Strip.
Click here to visit the download page
Best of luck to you and keep a keen eye out for the blades of the windmills! Rick
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Thanx for the forthright advice which i intend to follow!
And for your Tips and Tricks--much appreciated.
RHmon