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Hi Diane.
Unfortunately there is no report that does exactly what you want. The Glossary report has a summary and detailed view but manages to miss the one piece of information (which topics the hotspots have been added to which topics) that you require. However all is not lost. Each hotspot adds the tag <?rh-glo_start ?> to the XHTML of each topic. If you search for this using a tool like FAR HTML you'll see a list of topic.
BTW I'd urge you to submit a feature request to get this extra detail added to the Glossary report. The more than do, the greater chance it will be added in a future release. You can do so here.
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Hi Diane
Unfortunately the information Colum provided is a wee bit inaccurate. I'm guessing he was thinking you were using a newer version than X5. When I look at the code in X5, my expanding Glossary text looks like this:
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Cheers... Rick 
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Hi Diane
Part of the difference in the code is that each of the hotspots has a unique identification. That's the x-use-popup=#POPUP194565872 bit.
The other difference I note is in the actual ID bit. One seems to have an ID of a1 and the an ID beginning with Hotspot. I'm unclear as to why RoboHelp would assign them differently. Perhaps if a1 has already been used elsewhere it begins with a different phrasing. I know it's always done that with controls such as Shortcut or Related Topics. The first insert will bear the name of the control while subsequent inserts will bear names like object1 or OBJECT1 depending on whether they were copied and pasted or inserted via the menu. (copy/paste results in a lower case object1 while menu insertion results in an all caps OBJECT1)
I really can't see any difference in the code that is induced by dragging and dropping VS using the wizard. Perhaps one exists. If so, I am not seeing it.
FAR HTML works with HTML. All RoboHelp HTML versions work with HTML whether it's basic HTML or XHTML (can I use the XML buzzword here so I sound all cool like I've just manifested a plasma ball or something?)
Cheers... Rick
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Hi Rick,
Boy, I'm sure puzzled by this glossary thing. You said:
"I really can't see any difference in the code that is induced by dragging and dropping VS using the wizard. Perhaps one exists. If so, I am not seeing it."
But when I add a link to a glossary term using drag and drop rather than the wizard, then change the definition, run the wizard and get to the file where I added the term with drag and drop, it says "The selected term is not defined in the current topic." It only finds the ones that were added by the wizard.
Just as a test on your thoughts on how the ID is handled in the code...I created a new HTML file and added a new glossary term using a word I know isn't anywhere else in the project. When I added links to the new glossary term in the new HTML file, one with drag and drop and the other with the wizard, I still get the results I explained above. And the code behind each link is as follows:
For manually added hotspot:
<a class=glossterm
x-use-popup=#POPUP177119337
x-popup-type=expanding
href="javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)"
id=a1>Manual glossary term - Diane Test</a><!--begin!kadov{{--><script
type="text/javascript"
language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovTextPopupInit('a1');
//--></script><!--}}end!kadov-->
For wizard added hotspot:
<a class=glossterm
x-use-popup=#POPUP177323812
x-popup-type=expanding
href="javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)"
id=HotSpot44001>Diane Test</a><!--begin!kadov{{--><script
type="text/javascript"
language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovTextPopupInit('HotSpot44001');
//--></script><!--}}end!kadov-->
Apparently (as you suggested) since this glossary term had not been used previously in the project, it doesn't use the "a1" in the ID.
Bottom line on my problem is if the code isn't consistent behind manually added hotspots (those using drag and drop), how can you create any kind of search to find all those occurrences? I have a long list of definitions to change and know the wizard won't find many of them because I know they were not added using the wizard.
I'd love to know how everyone else works with their glossaries? Is my client unusual in not wanting to let the hotspots be added using one of RH Wizard's two options - define at only the first occurrence in each topic, or define all occurrences and instead picking and choosing random places to add the glossary hotspot links which requires the drag and drop method?
As always, thanks for any help.
Diane
Captiv8r wrote:
Hi Diane
Part of the difference in the code is that each of the hotspots has a unique identification. That's the x-use-popup=#POPUP194565872 bit.
The other difference I note is in the actual ID bit. One seems to have an ID of a1 and the an ID beginning with Hotspot. I'm unclear as to why RoboHelp would assign them differently. Perhaps if a1 has already been used elsewhere it begins with a different phrasing. I know it's always done that with controls such as Shortcut or Related Topics. The first insert will bear the name of the control while subsequent inserts will bear names like object1 or OBJECT1 depending on whether they were copied and pasted or inserted via the menu. (copy/paste results in a lower case object1 while menu insertion results in an all caps OBJECT1)
I really can't see any difference in the code that is induced by dragging and dropping VS using the wizard. Perhaps one exists. If so, I am not seeing it.
FAR HTML works with HTML. All RoboHelp HTML versions work with HTML whether it's basic HTML or XHTML (can I use the XML buzzword here so I sound all cool like I've just manifested a plasma ball or something?)
Cheers... Rick
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