Generating web-based help

[Robert Lauriston]

Oh, wait, I was confusing two things. You can't read a CHM on a
network drive, that's a Windows security thing.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896054

If you've got a CHM, you're not generating web help. MOTW causes a
similar problem when viewing web help in MSIE.

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
> Google MOTW / Mark of the Web.
>
> What add-on are you using to generate the help? You should be
> generating a set of HTML and CSS files, not a CHM.
>
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 7:53 AM, David Millis
> <David.Millis at drakesoftware.com> wrote:
>> Up to this point, I’ve never generated web-based help, only Microsoft HTML
>> Help 1.x with Framemaker 7.2 as my source documents. The program that my
>> help is used in is now being used as part of a suite of web-based programs.
>> When I view the CHM file in the web-based application, I only see the books,
>> chapters, and headings on the left side. I don’t see any of the actual Help
>> content. That very same CHM file shows all as it should when the application
>> is on my C: drive.
>>
>>
>>
>> My questions are:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.    Is there a setting I need to generate the help for the web-based
>> application?
>>
>> 2.    If I need to change the output, what output do I need to select that
>> would require the absolute bare minimum of work on my part?
>>
>> 3.    If I choose a different output, do the style and paragraph settings
>> that are part of the HTML Help 1.x output automatically come into the new
>> output type?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you so much for your help in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>> David Millis
>> Drake Software
>>
>>
>>
>>
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