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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Question regarding TOC layout for HTML Help .chm filebuilt with merge modules
From: Taro Ikai <tikai@ABINITIO.COM>
To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 12:30:14 -0500
In case anyone else runs into a problem laying out the TOC for HTML Help 
project
that includes merge modules, I recommend using a tool called FAR, courtesy 
of 
helpware.net. It has a great editor for .hhc files, among other things. It 
helped me
deal with the mysterious behavior of Microsoft HTML Help compiler/viewer.

Taro Ikai


Taro Ikai <tikai@abinitio.com> wrote on 10/31/2003 01:25:43 PM:

> Hello all.
> 
> My question concerns HTML Help output only, so please disregard it if 
that 
> is
> not of interest to you.
> 
> I've split my project to build a separate .chm file for each book as a 
> merge module.
> I've separately hand-crafted a master .hhp project to include all of the 

> merge modules
> produced from the books.
> 
> The problem I'm experiencing is with the TOC layout for the master .hhp 
> project.
> My .hhc file for TOC looks like this:
> 
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
> <HTML>
> <HEAD>
> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft&reg; HTML Help Workshop 4.1">
> <!-- Sitemap 1.0 -->
> </HEAD><BODY>
> <UL>
> <OBJECT type="text/site properties">
>         <param name="FrameName" value="right">
>         <param name="Window Styles" value="0x800025">
> </OBJECT>
> </UL>
>         <LI><OBJECT type="text/sitemap">
>                 <param name="Merge" value="book1.chm::/toc.hhc">
>         </OBJECT>
>         <LI><OBJECT type="text/sitemap">
>                 <param name="Merge" value="book2.chm::/toc.hhc">
>         </OBJECT>
>         <LI><OBJECT type="text/sitemap">
>                 <param name="Merge" value="book3.chm::/toc.hhc">
>         </OBJECT>
>         <LI><OBJECT type="text/sitemap">
>                 <param name="Merge" value="book4.chm::/toc.hhc">
>         </OBJECT>
> </BODY></HTML>
> 
> The problem is that when viewed with the HTML Help Viewer, the project's 

> TOC appears with an extra, empty 'untitled' node between each of the top 

> nodes
> defined in the .hhc file above.
> 
> Does anyone have successful experience at defining the TOC for 
> a master project that includes multiple merge modules?
> 
> Taro
> 
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