I have conditional tags applied to my help topics and am
trying to generate an initial version by defining the tags to
include in the output and exclude in the output.
I get basically a blank screen and the output view shows
about 4 files processed. What am I missing?
Try setting things up so that the expression states what NOT
to include.
Also, could you go to the post you raised a while back when
you could not get RH to start. Someone else is having the same
issue and you input could help. Thanks.
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This sounds like you have most of the topics tagged with a
conditional build tag and the expression in the single source
layout is not correct. Can you give us a little more detail of your
tag setup and the expression you used.
BTW if you want a topic to be included in the output, you do
not need to tag it. By tagging a topic and excluding the tag in the
expression, excludes the tagged topics but includes all untagged
topics or those tagged with a different tag. Could this be the
issue?
I think I have the conditional expression define set up
correctly:
Topics with admpos and stdtopics tags are selected for output
(available tags) and the rest are not used (listed under exclude
from output).
This is basically how I did things in RH 2002.
I do not have a server defined yet, but I am trying to
publish, just generate a temporary html output. My default topic,
start page does not come either, just an empry browser with TOC,
Index and Search areas but no content.
Just tried a build without expressions defined and still no
content. This is what is shown in the Output View pane: Updating
HTML topics...
Updating admpos/fields.htm...
Updating baspos/fields_bas.htm...
Updating mfdpos/fields_mfd.htm...
Updating omspos/fields_oms.htm...
Finished updating HTML topics in 0 sec(s) : total 4 topic(s).
I do have the project files organized by folders and
conditional tags applied to files in each folder. Could the folders
be part of the problem? Should I have everything in one main
folder?
So to get things straight. Your default topic has no build
tags anywhere - not even on contents inside it? And you have the
Conditional Build Tag expression inside your single source layout
set to "None"? The topics not displaying has nothing to do with
folders.
Actually, all topics, including the default start page topic,
have a build tag(s) applied to them.
I have not yet used the conditional tag for content inside a
topic.
Hmm, I guess the random four topics being compiled do not
have any tag applied? I have been trying to hunt them down in the
project. I am trying to compile one of the help modules --
specifying the relevant conditional tags.
OK. I think a little example is called for. You have a
project with three topics (topica, topicb and topicc). Topica has
not tag as it is to appear in all examples of the help. Either
topicb or topicc are are to appear depending on a sepcific
circumstance. So you tag topicb with an "b" tag and topicc with an
"c" tag. When you compile you specifiy whether to exclude tag b or
c. If you exclude b, topica is included as it has not tag. Topicc
is included as it doesn't have tagb. Only topicb is exlcuded as it
does have tag b. Does this make things clearer.
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