4 Replies Latest reply: Dec 5, 2008 2:33 PM by ^^&&^^ RSS

    Looking for an easier way to manage CSH.

    octechwriter Community Member
      Is there anyway to embed the CSH map ID into the TopicAlias marker in FrameMaker?

      I am using Frame Maker 8 (p277) and RoboHelp 7.02. It seems that every time I update an existing project, I have to remap my markers and reassign the correct map IDs. I have tried importing the .h file from previous versions of the project, but I still have to remap everything. (BTW, I can't use automap, because the developers have already decided what the map IDs should be.) It seems I'm stuck repeating this manual process over and over again.

      At this point, it would be more efficient to find my TopicAlias markers in FrameMaker, assign the map IDs individually to each marker, import them into RoboHelp, and let RoboHelp automap based on the map IDs in the TopicAlias markers.

      Is this possible?

      If it isn't, what does everyone else do when they have to update a project in RH?

        • 1. Re: Looking for an easier way to manage CSH.
          ^^&&^^ Community Member
          1) You need to create a unique marker type (e.g. HelpMarker or whatever you want).
          (2) Add the marker to each topic heading.
          (3) Populate each instance of the marker with the corresponding id value from your .h file.
          (4) Later... Be sure to import the latest .h file into your project each time your developers update it.
          (5) Specify the name of the Marker in your project set up steps. Sorry I forget where exactly,but it wasn't too obscure.

          RH simply compiles the associations

          Once you have done these steps you never have to look at the map ID dialog again (!!!).

          All the best!

          J.

          PS: Use Leximation's (www.leximation.com) PubTools for FrameMaker add-in "MarkerTools" to make quick work of verifying and correcting the complete set of markers.

          • 2. Re: Looking for an easier way to manage CSH.
            ^^&&^^ Community Member
            PS: It's been a while but I vaguely remember an issue with actually using 'TopicAlias' as the marker name. With MarkerTools and a text editor you can rename them all in seconds.

            ~ I'm not associated with Leximation, just think he did a great job creating those tools.
            • 3. Re: Looking for an easier way to manage CSH.
              octechwriter Community Member
              Thanks for the response!

              Yes, we use “Filename” as the CSH marker. I just mentioned TopicAlias because I figured more people would be familiar with it.

              I guess what I really wanted to know is this: can I enter the Map # (rather than Map ID) in the FrameMaker Marker dialog?

              See, my company has gone about this differently than you have described. Our developers don’t assign the Map #s, the tech pubs people do. I’ll check into Leximation’s tools.

              Thanks.
              • 4. Re: Looking for an easier way to manage CSH.
                ^^&&^^ Community Member
                I see. From what i understand, you can do that.
                In our case the developers development tool manages the actual values, which helps ensure there are not any redundancies.
                Good luck.