Anyone knows if this is doable? I know lots of chm files that
open in different window sizes, suitable for their content. But
right now when I compile, it opens quite narrow, that I have to
resize manually.
This is what I have done. In the Project Manager, expand the
Windows folder and double click the default window for your chm
file. This will open the window properties screen. There is a
checkbox that says something like "Remember Window Size" which you
can turn on. Regenerate your layout and view the resulting chm
file. It will be small and narrow still, but after you resize it
any subsequent builds in this layout will default to the size you
set.
Hope this helps and if there is a better way please let me
know!
Seems you are fairly new at RoboHelp. Have you considered
training? Of course, being an Adobe Certified Instructor and all,
I'm a bit biased that way. But it could save you some frustration.
In addition to setting the Remember Size, you can also set
the default size in the Window Properties. This will make it open
that size the first time. It will be set in pixels and different
users will have different screen resolutions, so it may look funny
to some users.
Thanks alot guys! I used the windows properties you said, and
just changed the width and height values there! But now it seems
that the help file shows the Search tab right away, even though in
the windows properties, it says Contents tab.
Any idea?
Thanks again all,
Tim
PS Rick, I don't think I could devote much time into robohelp
training because I just want to make a documentation for my game
engine 🙂
The only thing I can think of is whether the TOC&Index
checkbox is ticked? You say that the Default tab is set to Contents
but you don't mention if the TOC tab is actually selected. Other
than that I'm not really sure, maybe the other guys can help?
While there is a default tab selection in RoboHelp, the tab
that actually opens is the last one used so I think the default
selection may only apply to the first time.
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