What's covered?There have been a number of requests on the RoboHelp forums for a means of creating a link that targets a particular dropdown or expanding text hotspot. This topic describes two methods. |
| Method 1 | Method 2 |
| This original method is based on script produced by Tommy Simmons, amended by Rick Stone and tweaked by me to work with expanding text. | Based on script produced by Christina Maier. Please note that this method works in RH Version X3 but not X5. You will need to test in other versions and I would appreciate being advised of your results. Update 01 Dec 2007: I am told this method does work with RoboHelp X5.0.2 so it looks like the patch may have fixed the problem. I haven't tested that myself. Update 24 May 2008: I am told this method is still good in Adobe RoboHelp 7. |
More complicated to set up but does not report false broken links. If you have a lot of links to automatically opening dropdowns, you may prefer this method so that true broken links do not get buried. |
Easier to set up. Falsely reports broken links but you can "mark" these links so that any true broken links can be identified. The method of "Marking" of false broken links was devised by Mike Kalmbach to whom thanks for sending me this script. |
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| 24 May 2008 | Note added that report received indicating Method 2 works in Adobe RoboHelp 7. |
| 02 Dec 2007 | Note added that report received indicating Method 2 does work in X5.0.2. |
| 20 Dec 2004 | Note added indicating that Method 2 does not work in RH Version X5. |
| 22 May 2004 | Method of highlighting the false broken links added. |
| 17 May 2004 | Topic amended to include a method which is easier but falsely reports broken links. |