atw: Re: Links into a Robo X5 project

Thanks Mike, what a sensationally simple solution - and it works :-) =
with just a minor adjustment.  I discovered (thanks to the STC List), I =
needed the "full path" of the project plus the full path of topic to =
display. I.e.

http://yourwebserver/yourWebHelpfolder/yourdefaulttopic.htm#fullpathtothe=
topicyouwanttodisplay.htm

Big thanks to everyone who has responded.

Cheers
Kathy

-----Original Message-----
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Hamilton
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 10:04 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Links into a Robo X5 project


Hi Kathy,

There is a trick to this.

Use the default URL call for the entire system, and then append your
specific topic you want to open using the bookmark syntax. In other =
words if
your default URL looks like this:

http://www.mysite.com/help/index.htm

And the topic you want to open is called mytopic.htm and you want it to =
open
with the full navigation on the left then  make the call look like:

http://www.mysite.com/help/index.htm#mytopic.htm

This should work great.

Cheers,

Mike Hamilton
VP Product Management
MadCap Software
mhamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kathy Menzel
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 5:09 PM
To: STC Lone Writer SIG (E-mail); Austechwriter (E-mail 2)
Subject: atw: Links into a Robo X5 project

> Hello Robohelp Guru's
>=20
I'm wondering how  I can create a link in an email to open to a specific
topic within a compiled Robo WebHelpPro file on our intranet ?=20

> Currently, I notice that:-
> 1.  if I use the page specific URL, the link opens in  a window =
without
the robohelp engine/left panel etc.=20
> 2.  If I use the project specific URL (the only one shown in the robo
address field), the robo engine/left panel etc displays, but only to the
default  topic .=20
>=20
> Additionally the "address" displayed in my compiled help file never
changes, irrespective of the actual page being displayed, and wonder if
there is a setting that I need to alter?
>=20
> Alternatively, I wonder if there is a robohelp command I can use in
addition to the specific url so that the robo engine/left panel etc =
displays
together with the right page.
>=20
> Hoping that you can help.
Cheers=20
> Kathy Menzel
> Technical Writer
> ABB Grain Ltd
> Phone: 08 8304 5006
> Email: k.menzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.abb.com.au
>=20
>=20

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