Olga and Richard, eP changes the name of the topic's default html file to use the text of the Filename marker. This is fine if there is only one in a topic, but as soon it encounters another in the same topic, it changes the html filename again. This effectively deletes the location of Filename number 1.
If you always have only one marker in a topic, continue to use Filename. But if you have two or more you need to use TopicAlias markers instead. TopicAlias markers are designed for situations where there are two or more markers in a topic. They do not change the filename, but instead append text of the TopicAlias marker PLUS the MIF paragraph number to the default eP filename. Because it has the MIF paragraph ID attached, the topic should appear already scrolled to display the location when called by the app. You will need to change your Filename type markers to TopicAlias type, which you can do with a search and destroy of the .MIF. Sounds a lot of work, but in reality quickly done with a decent text editor. You will also need to create a new marker type called TopicAlias before doing this as it is not a standard Frame marker. Your application should call the unique ID "General" (if that is the text in the TopicAlias marker inserted in Frame). Unfortunately I don't have any examples here to make the above a bit simpler, but HTH anyway. jjj Olga Klenner wrote: > > We use filename markers in FM to generate context-sensitive help with > > WWP. > > How can I create a filename marker for a mid-topic ID? > > > > e.g. > > Help page is "About.html" => FILENAME marker input is "About". This is > > easy. > > But: Help page is "Options.html#General" => what do I have to enter into > > the FILENAME marker? If I type "Options#General" into the FILENAME marker > > a page is created called "Options#General.html which in not what is > > needed. I recently needed to do something like that in ePublisher Pro 9.2. The solution there was to insert TopicAlias markers, not Filename markers, in FM. In ePP, the TopicAlias marker type is set to a value of "Topic alias." Since I started from an existing FM/ePP project, I'm not sure if someone had to set this up manually or it's there by default. I still have a minor annoyance, though (and maybe some WebWorks guru can straighten me out). Although ePP obediently inserts an anchor tag in the HTML where the TopicAlias marker was, the anchor's name attribute is a numeric value instead of my marker text. In the application's onlinehelp.props file, which provides the context-sensitive help mapping, I'd much rather specify the topic as, say, "Options.html#General" instead of "Options.html#123456." Is there a simple way to tell ePP to use the marker text for the anchor name? Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------ -- Modern capitalism: privatise the profits; socialise the losses. _________________________ John Pitt, technical writer 47 Gottenham St Glebe NSW 2037 Ph: 02 9692 8096 Mob: 0438 92 8096 john at pitt.net.au www.pitt.net.au