Your repository should exist before you perform this step. So if you haven't done it yet, consult the documentation of your SVN distribution and create a repository on the server for your project.
Make a note of the URL (the local network address) of your repository before proceeding. This is the address you are going to need to access. This is always shown in your SVN management console, usually under a heading like "Location".
Step 1: Create the master copy in the repository
1.If your Help+Manual project is not already saved in uncompressed HMXP format do that now by selecting . in the menu and saving it to an empty folder. 2.Open the uncompressed HMXP version of the project in Help+Manual. 3.Select in the menu and then select Bind current project to Subversion.
4.Select Server-based repository, then enter the URL in the field. If you want, you can click on the browse button to browse the selected repository. The repository folder you select must be empty, otherwise the OK button will be grayed out. Then click on .
5.In the next dialog the output file is preselected and cannot be changed because it is your local project. Just click on to upload a copy of the project to the repository. You are now finished for the computer on which you are working. There, the local copy is now automatically linked to the new master copy in them SVN repository. The next step is to create local copies for the other authors in the team.
Important note: Additional files are not added until the first synchronization!
When you first add a project to an SVN repository, Help+Manual only adds the standard project components. These are the .hmxp project file, the .xml topic and TOC files and any baggage files. If your project folder also contains image files and other additional files, these will be added automatically the first time you use the Synchronize tool in the Project tab.
Step 2: Create linked local working copies for all team members
You need to repeat these steps for every member of the team who is going to work on the project. These steps must be performed on each user's computer. Here too, make a note of the URL (location) of your repository in the SVN management console before you begin.
Important note: Your local working copies must be stored on a local drive!
Your local working copies must be local! Every user should choose a folder on a local drive on their own local computer for their working copy. If you store your working copy on a network drive you may experience serious performance problems because of loopback issues with the server. This will be worse with larger projects.
1.On each author's computer, start Help+Manual and select in the menu. 2.Select Load a Subversion project and open it locally.
3.Then select Server-based repository and enter the URL (location) of your repository in the field. You can click on the browse button to browse in the repository if you want.
4.Click on , and in the next screen enter or select the path to the folder where you want to store the local working copy. This must be an empty folder. Then click on to create the local copy.
The local copy will be created and opened directly in Help+Manual. The overlay icons in the table of contents show that it is integrated in an SVN repository.
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