How do I get the "Close button" to work? I added it to the popup window but it does not generate

[Letmerun]

How do I get the Close button to work?  I am using RoboHelp 10.  I used the Insert HTML - CLOSE button to the popup.  It appears on the Design screen and the HTML code (inserted below) is in the HTML page.  Once I generate using Webhelp with a skin and then generate again using the option WebHelp to CHM it does not appear on the popup windows.  Any suggestions?

<!--Metadata type="DesignerControl" startspan
<object classid="clsid:42C00FA3-1504-11d1-8EED-00DC929131C8" id="CloseWindow"
   border="0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;
   margin-right: 0px;" align="bottom">
<param name="_Version" value="65536"  />
<param name="_ExtentX" value="1085"  />
<param name="_ExtentY" value="609"  />
<param name="_StockProps" value="13"  />
<param name="ForeColor" value="0"  />
<param name="BackColor" value="15790320"  />
<param name="UseButton" value="-1"  />
<param name="UseText" value="0"  />
<param name="ControlLabel" value="Close"  />
<param name="UseIcon" value="0"  />
<param name="Items" value=""  />
<param name="Image" value=""  />
<param name="FontInfo" value="Arial,8,0,,"  />
<param name="_CURRENTFILEPATH" value="D:\My Documents\My RoboHelp Projects\TRBP Biometric Collection System\WindowsSecurityEnterPIN.htm"
  />
<param name="_ID" value="CloseWindow"  />
</object>-->
<object
  classid="clsid:ADB880A6-D8FF-11CF-9377-00AA003B7A11"
  id="CloseWindow"  type="application/x-oleobject">
<param  name="Command"  value="Close" />
  <param  name="Button"  value="Text:Close" />
<param  name="Font"  value="Arial,8,0,," />
</object>

<!--Metadata type="DesignerControl" endspan-->
</p>

[Captiv8r]

Hi there

The first thing I'd check is to see if the process of generating WebHelp is clobbering the code. It may well be, as I believe this button is intended for CHM use only.

Assuming the code is being stripped out, the next thing to investigate is exactly how to make it be preserved. My thought is that you could accomplish it by using JavaScript to perform a series of document.write statements to add the code into the topic.

Cheers... Rick

[Letmerun]

Is it possible to place the CLOSE method in the stylesheet default.css?  If so -- where about would I put it?

[Willam_van_Weelden]

Hi,

JavaScript can close a page, but the user may be prompted for confirmation. Closing a page may be considered unwanted behaviour by browsers. Check out: http://www.javascript-coder.com/window-popup/javascript-window-close.phtml for a description.

But the JavaScript method will not work with CHM.

Greet,

Willam

[Letmerun]

Hi William

I found a solution to close the popups that works in CHM. But thank you.

Now to find a way to have the breadcrumb (Navigation path) appear on the topic pages but not on the popups.

Janet

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

"Now to find a way to have the breadcrumb (Navigation path) appear on the topic pages but not on the popups. "

- associate different master pages for topics with breadcrumbs & ones that are popups; don't turn on breadcrumbs in the SSL recipe

[Letmerun]

Hi Jeff

I tried that it didn't seem to work.

Sent from Janet's phone to you.

Have a lovely day

[Captiv8r]

For the issue of breadcrumbs, you need to turn off Global breadcrumbs in the Single Source Layout recipe. Then create a Master Page and add a Breadcrumbs placeholder. Associate the Master Page with only the topics you wish to have Breadcrumbs.

Cheers... Rick

[Letmerun]

Found the answer thanks to Guy Demers.

Added the following to the HTML page for the popups.  It worked in WebHelp and CHM So happy.

<form method="post" action="">

<input type="button" value="Close Window" onclick="window.close()" />

</form>