Linking to a specific topic in the project - RH7

[JudyWiessner]

Hi, I've been playing with this problem for a few days, and can't find an answer.

I have a project that consists of a number of topics. I publish in WebPro. I want to be able to link, from the outside, to a specific topic, and display the TOC open to that particular topic.

I have all the pieces in place except the TOC.  The topic always opens with the TOC hidden, and I have to click the 'Show' link to open it.  Is there a setting I'm missing?

Thanks for any help...

Marion

[RoboColum_n_]

Hi Marion.

What exactly are you linking from? An application? A HTML page?

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[JudyWiessner]

Hi Colum,

I'm linking from a little application that has been designed for us. For the most part, we are setting up the links, but the client also has the option to set up their own, so we don't want to complicate that end.

Marion

[Willam_van_Weelden]

Hi,

If you call the file from your application, your developers will have to change their call. See http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/calling_webhelp/calling_webhelp.htm

If you call the page from another webpage, you can use ID-numbers, Topic-id's or filenames. You can find some more information on the page referenced above. You can however also use the following links:

For a filename: http://<yourURL>/<your_startpage>.htm#<subpath>/<file>.htm, say you want to open one.htm and your start page is called first_page.htm, the url would be: http://www.mywebsite.com/first_page.htm#one.htm If you use MAP-id's, the simplest url is as follows: 'url''yourstartpage'.htm#<id='idnumber'>>java=true>>wnd='window name' (without quotes). http://www.mywebsite.com/first_page.htm#<id=1>>java=true>>wnd=NewWindow - Note that this kind of URL will only work for Internet Explorer!

Greet,

Willam

[JudyWiessner]

Thanks, Willam - this is a huge help!

Marion

Message was edited by: Captiv8r - Corrected spelling of Willam's name.