RoboHelp Search - Headings/Titles Only

Hey Peter.

I don't need to do the "redrabbit" test since I've already searched on a variety of unique words that I know to be in a few of the project topics.

This has only started happening recently. 

I recently made a tweak to my TOC (in order to get it to open with all parent-level topics displayed) where instead of being under one parent-level topic . . . they're all on the same heading level now. I wonder if that did something though I don' t think it should matter to the search functionality.

No, it's not a merged project.

I checked another project and it seems to work fine.

I remember having that "Null" problem with searching a while back (in case you're familiar with it . . . it's described here in the forums), but I can't imagine it's related.

I realize that. Since I've already tried a variety of words, I didn't see that it would matter if I attempted to find yet another 9-letter word.

So to further the discussion a bit:

• I added "redrabbit" to a topic.
• I re-compiled.
• I searched for "redrabbit" and RoboHelp returned "No topics found"

At the moment, I'm currently reviewing the contents of thse various RoboHelp JavaScript files, but since I don't know what I might be looking for, that's kinda where I am at the moment.

Thanks, Peter . . . lemme see if I can answer your questions and then we'll take the next step of zipping up the files.

• Another machine: At the moment, I don't have another machine to generate the Help on. Certainly, the generated output has been viewed on other machines, but not quite the same thing obviously.
• New layout:  I did try a few other "skins" but that didn't seem to matter.
• Local drive:  Yes, I'm initially generating to my local drive.
• Testing: The problem seems to occur both on my local machine in "test" mode (after compiling) as well as in the final output.

In the meantime, I'll try to share the project. Again, I'll reiterate that this seemed to only start happening somewhat recently. Can't quite put my finger on what might have triggered it or served as the catalyst . . . if anything.

Apologies for the delayed response, Peter.

I see what you mean now.  I did create a new layout and there was no change in behavior.

This is also happening with a new project that I just created, so perhaps I'll zip that one up since it's much smaller than the other one that triggered this post in the first instance.

One nuance to add:

The search seems to only look at Heading titles (as originally mentioned) and referenced PDF files (or at least tries to).

I've already created a new layout a couple of different times (once for AIR and also WedHelp) and it still only finds words in the titles. Mind you, I haven't created a CHM file.

Peter and I had several email exchanges outside of this forum and after various attempts of creating new layouts, I think I had a breakthrough with the root of the problem being related to the Master Page file (.htt) or possibly a corrupt one.

I had a sudden whim and decided to remove my existing Master Page file (.htt) just to see if the behavior might change. Not expecting anything noteworthy, after compiling, the Search functionality behaved as expected and designed. I was a bit gobsmacked.

So I renamed the “old” Master Page file and then created a new one and now everything is fine and dandy.

Based on the smoking gun evidence, I’ll venture a guess  and say the culprit or problem may have been centered on something amiss with the Master Page file. I can’t say with absolute certainty, but that’s my current theory.

However, I should mention that although the Search now works and brings up all relevant topics that contain a particular search word, the system (or RoboHelp) won't highlight the text/word within the body of the topic even though it does when I view the output locally.  And yes, I have selected the "Enable highlight search results" check box. Oh, well.

Thanks again to Peter for his tireless efforts in offering his assistance.