Recommended solution for missing TOC not working

[JeffHowe]

So--why does a help project with the following text at the top of the .hhp not show a TOC or index, only search, in the .chm? I've run through the steps in the tech database note several times, and this is what it's looked like every time, but no TOC or index.

[OPTIONS]
Compiled File=Project Name.chm
Title=Project Name Online Help
Contents File=Project Name.hhc
Index File=Project Name.hhk
Default topic=null.htm
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=" Project Name Online Help","Project Name.hhc","Project Name.hhk","","",,,,,0x520,0,0x3006,[5,5,512,384],0x0,0x0,,0,0,0

Thanks for looking.

[MergeThis]

The HHC and HHK files are automatically generated by RH as part of any project.

1. They're blank if you haven't added anything to them.
2. They won't appear unless you tell RH (in the Generate wizard) to include them in your output.


Good luck,
Leon

[JeffHowe]

The TOC has content, and the Index is actually topic-based. Wouldn't selecting "default" in the wizard produce them, though? We only have one window defined.

[Captiv8r]

Hi JeffHowe

Is this a project that began life in an earlier version of RoboHelp? If so, perhaps the following Technical Notes will be useful.

Technical Note One
Technical Note Two

Hopefully this helps... Rick

[JeffHowe · Accepted solution]

Those are the two I've been working off of, but with little luck.

I decided that instead of trying to understand why it's not working, I should just go back to the last version that did work and import/replace topic files as needed. So I did, and it works. I'm trying not to let the fact that the hhp file and such look exactly the same bother me.

Thanks for the suggestions, all.