Whether I use the Batch Generate or the Primary
Layout, the same five topics do not generate in HTML, but they do
generate successfully in WebHelp. Why?
If the Conditional Build Expression on the HTML job looks
fine, and should include these missing topics, I would rebuild the
expression. I find that once in a while a build ignores the Build
Expression and either hides or displays content and topics
incorrectly.
If you need more assistance, let us know which version of
RoboHelp you are using, and give more detail about the problem.
Thanks!
I forgot to mention I was using RH5, in case that makes a
difference.
I've never used conditional build tags and I successfully
generated Help files in the past. I will be getting training soon
for RH7, but right now, I don't have a clue on using Conditional
Build Tags.
I also have other topics that are in level 4 books that
generate correctly.
ok, let's clarify - is it that the topics do not appear in
your TOC, or is the problem that they do not appear even in a
search by keyword - they just aren't there at all?
Yet you can see them and work with them in your project
wthout error, and the WebHelp contains them when you publish to
your destination for the web help. Correct?
Are they in the same project folder?
Is there anything about these topics that is different from
the rest of your project?
and just to confirm - right-click on the name of your Single
Source layout for the HTML Help, and select Properties.
Is there anything in the Conditional Build Expression field
at all? If there is, is it different from the contents in the
Properties window for the Web Help project?
1- Correct.
2- They are in the same Project folder. There are 215 Topics
and those five are the only ones that do not generate.
3- Nothing is different from the other Topics.
4- There is nothing in the Conditional Build Expression field
in either the HTML Help or the WebHelp.
just for giggles, try duplicating one of the topics
(right-click on one of the topic names and select Duplicate from
the right-click menu) and call it something else, like Test. Add it
to your TOC, and recompile and see if the Test topic is included in
the HTML build.
are there tables on these missing topics, by any chance?
tables within tables? I think I remember reading somewhere that
nested tables could be a problem...
Duplicate each of the trouble topics. Rename them Test 1,
Test 2, etc.
Delete each of the original trouble topics.
Duplicate each of the duplicated topics, naming the new
topics with their original names.
Delete each of the Test topics.
Compile.
Have a drink (if successful, of course.)
Assuming your new topics aren't showing up in the TOC but they do in search results, then the problem is probably that you need to, once again, auto-create the TOC or manually add the topic to the TOC from the list. Generating the layout will not automatically add new topics that were created since the last creation of the TOC.
Whether I use the Batch Generate or the Primary
Layout, the same five topics do not generate in HTML, but they do
generate successfully in WebHelp. Why?
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