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I've run across several posts on how to make a topic open in a new window, but I have the opposite problem. I don't want my topics to open in a new window, but they are.
I have a master project with several child projects merged into it. The Contents tab has a folder called Module Help with subfolders for each of the merged projects. When I expand the TOC for one of the merged projects and click a topic, it displays in the pane to the right as expected. The problem is when I click on a different topic - it opens in a new help viewer window. When I click more topics, they open in this same new window.
I'm using RH X5 to generate .chm files. I'm on Win XP SP3. I didn't set this up, so I'm not familiar with exactly how it all works. The following are sections of code from the master .hhc file that may be useful. If there is something else I can provide, please let me know. Thanks.
From the top of the master project hhc file...
<html>
<!-- Sitemap 1.0 -->
<object type="text/site properties">
<param name="WindowName" value="Main">
<param name="SiteType" value="toc">
<param name="Image Width" value="16">
<param name="Window Styles" value="0x800402">
<param name="ExWindow Styles" value="0x100">
</object>
<ul>
<li><object type="text/sitemap">
<param name="Name" value="Welcome">
<param name="Local" value="HelpCenter.chm::/Welcome.htm">
<param name="WindowName" value="Main">
<param name="ImageNumber" value="1">
</object>
<li><object type="text/sitemap">
<param name="Name" value="Navigating Through the Software">
<param name="Local" value="SM.chm::/SMConcepts/navigating_through_the_software.htm">
<param name="WindowName" value="Main">
<param name="ImageNumber" value="1">
</object>
From the section of the master project hhc file with the merged project information for the first two merged projects...
<li><object type="text/sitemap">
<param name="Name" value="Module Help">
</object>
<object type="text/sitemap">
<param name="Name" value="Accounts Payable">
<param name="Merge" value="ap.chm::/ap.hhc">
</object>
<object type="text/sitemap">
<param name="Name" value="Accounts Receivable">
<param name="Merge" value="ar.chm::/ar.hhc">
</object>
From of of the merged (child) project's hhc file:
<html>
<!-- Sitemap 1.0 -->
<object type="text/site properties">
<param name="SiteType" value="toc">
<param name="Window Styles" value="0x800422">
<param name="ExWindow Styles" value="0x100">
</object>
<ul>
<li><object type="text/sitemap">
<param name="Name" value="Accounts Payable">
</object>
<ul>
<li><object type="text/sitemap">
<param name="Name" value="Getting Started with Accounts Payable">
</object>
From the master hhp file:
[OPTIONS]
Compiled File=HelpCenter.chm
Title=HelpCenter
Contents File=HelpCenter.hhc
Index File=HelpCenter.hhk
Default topic=
Default Window=Main
Error log file=
Display compile progress=No
Display compile notes=No
Full-text search=Yes
Binary Index=Yes
Auto Index=No
Enhanced decompilation=No
Binary TOC=No
Flat=No
[WINDOWS]
Main="Help Center","HelpCenter.hhc","HelpCenter.hhk","","","http://www.xxx.com","xxx",,,0x520,0,0x42006,[336,5,1019,711],0x0,0x0,,0,0,0
[FILES]
WebLinks\clientcare.htm
From a child hhp file:
[OPTIONS]
Compiled File=AP.chm
Title=Accounts Payable Help
Contents File=AP.hhc
Index File=AP.hhk
Default topic=
Default Window=main
Error log file=
Display compile progress=No
Display compile notes=No
Full-text search=Yes
Binary Index=Yes
Auto Index=No
Enhanced decompilation=No
Binary TOC=No
Flat=No
[WINDOWS]
main="Help Center","HelpCenter.hhc","AP.hhk","","","http://www.xxx.com","xxx",,,0x520,0,0x42006,[483,5,1022,711],0x0,0x0,,1,0,0
[FILES]
APProcedures\Set_Up_a_1099_Form.htm
Also the hhc files for the master and the merged projects have a [MERGE FILES] section with a list of all merge files.
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Hi Ashley.
It is very easy to have just one project project with slightly different SSL settings which can result in this type of thing. go through your projects one by one checking that the Microsoft HTML Help single source layout settings are the same. Pay particular attention to the window being used. Also click the Edit Advanced Settings button to set the correct window there in the Index and TOC Styles tabs.
It would also be worth ensuring that your window properties are the same between projects. Have you a prefix of $global_ for your window names? If not, I suggest you add this as this prefix sorts out all sorts of issues with merged CHMs.
The RoboColum(n) | @robocolumn | Colum McAndrew |
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Hi Colum,
Thanks for the reply. I changed the default window to $global_main for the master project and I went through and started making this change in all of the merged projects. I also reimported the master project .hhc file into the merged project's baggage files.
The problem with the topics opening in a new window is now fixed, but I was getting this message when I clicked a help topic:
The window name "Main" passed to HH_GET_WIN_TYPE has not been specified. After I clicked OK, the topic would appear.
I double-checked that I had $global_main everywhere it should be, but that didn't help. So I went through and changed the name back to main in the master project and I've started doing it in the merged projects. I thought this had fixed the problem, but now, of course, there is a new one.
When I open the master project .chm file, the TOC appears to be correct, but when I click a topic, it doesn't open. (No messages appear.)
When I open a merged project .chm file, I can click the topics and they appear as expected. However, when I close the .chm file, the following message appears:
hh.exe - Application Error
The instruction at "0x7c919af" referenced memory at "0x0000010". the memory could not be "written".
I've been trying to fix issues related to this TOC for several days now, and I'm at the end of my rope. Any further advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi Ashley.
Sorry for the late response. We have too many bank holidays over here thanks to the royal family 🙂
Regarding the HH_GET_WIN_TYPE error, check out this link: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/115/rb_11556.html. If this is not relevant check that the help call follows the syntax below:
HH_WINTYPE* pWinType ;
HtmlHelp(
GetDesktopWindow(),
\"Help.chm>mainwin\",
HH_GET_WIN_TYPE,
(DWORD) &pWinType) ;
The RoboColum(n) | @robocolumn | Colum McAndrew |
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Thanks, Colum. I ended up copying an archived version of the master project and making the required changes, which resolved the issue. I just wish I'd done that on Monday instead of Friday.
Hope you enjoyed the holiday!
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Ashley, We had this problem, and there was one offending child chm file that messed up the whole thing. The problem was an obsecure "Window" setting when you right-click and select Properties on a topic in the TOC, the <Default> setting in the field was blank. For most of our features we have multiple SSLs in a single project for different products. In some cases we want to use a different Window name; creating this second window I think caused a bug that removed <Default> from the the properties field on a single topic, creating the problem. To find the problem I did the following:
Jim
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Using RoboHelp 9, I have recently had the same problems. When opening the master CHM file:
After trying all the other suggestions (which introduced some extra problems) I did this:
All of the seemingly unconnected index/window problems disappeared. It seems like the child's window definition was conflicting with the master's, and since this child CHM is always viewed from the master, the child has no need for a window definition anyway; it just inherits the master's definition.