Can I hide a book or entry within the TOC, based on a parameter?

Not that I am aware of. Perhaps if you explain why you want to do this, someone can suggest a different approach.

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How many permutations of user categories? I am wondering if you could just produce a number of outputs and link to the appropriate one when you know the user type. Not quite what you asked for the same end result.

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Rh10 introduced Dynamic User Centric Content, otherwise known as Content Categories. In one SSL you can create different outputs. The idea is the help is opened with a dropdown where the user can select a category. If you look in the output folder, there is a folder for each category and you can open that help to a specific category. However the user can then select the other categories.

The method is described in the Rh Tour on my site and the sample projects have an SSL showing the method.

To open a specific category, you point to the start page for the category, it bears the name of the category. Thus the TypeA category can be opened from TypeA.htm.

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Hello

I am using Rh9, and I am building a new section of books and I would not like anyone to see them until they are finished. Is there anything I can do in RH9 to hide them until they are complete?

System Attributes:

   RoboHelp HTML V9.0

   RoboSource Control 3.1

   RoboHelp Server V9.0

   WebHelp Pro 9.0.1.262

Hi there

Simple to do.

Define a Conditional Build Tag named InProgress or UnderConstruction or whatever makes sense. Apply the tag to the topics. Then use a Conditional Build Expression defined as NOT InProgress or NOT UnderConstruction or whatever you used. When you generate the output the topics will not be included. And if the topics aren't there, the book(s) won't be either.

Cheers... Rick

Works like a charm. Very easy to set up.

Thanks.