MadCap Flare for Programmers by Tregner, Thomas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

eBook Introduction Foreword Introduction

Audience for this book Purpose of this book Structure of this book

Flare Projects

Project files Root folder and explorers

Flare, Topic-based Authoring, and DITA

Topic-based authoring DITA Topic-based authoring in Flare Flare and other tools and standards

Flare Topics

Flare topics overview Topic structure Topic output Import behavior Manipulating topic files Topic code samples

Flare Tables of Contents

TOC structure Manipulating TOCs TOCs in output TOC code samples: creating and modifying a TOC

Flare Indexes, Glossaries, and Search

Flare indexes Flare glossaries Search

JavaScript in Flare Topics, Master Pages, Snippets, and Skins

Toolbar JavaScript through the Skin Editor Scripts in topics, master pages, and snippets

Document Automation and Batch Files

Batch files Creating a manageable template for batch files Automating imports Building subsystems in parallel Batch file generator utility

Connecting Applications to Flare Help Outputs

HTML5 tri-pane help WebHelp CHM and HTML Help DotNet Help Eclipse Help

Flare Application and Flare Plugins

Creating a plugin project Building and deploying a plugin Menus Editors Documents Insert element example

Formatting and Pasting Code Samples into Flare

Plugin for pasting code samples

Strategies for Combining Generated and Authored Content

Strategy: Don’t touch generated content Strategy: Generate once and edit freely Strategy: Generate content but only keep the topics Strategy: Generate content as snippets Strategy: Generate topics and snippets Conclusion

Batch File Generator Utility Element List Glossary Index Copyright and Legal Notices