Is It a Flare Online Project or a Flare Desktop Project?

Projects are the same in Flare Online and Flare Desktop. It does not matter if you create a project in Flare Online or if you upload one to your Flare Online license from Flare Desktop; they both have FLPRJ file extensions, and the files are compiled in the same way. Any content authored is a combination of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and MadCap Software markup. The markup allows you to use unique software features from MadCap.

What you can do with project files is the differentiating factor. For example, Flare Desktop has countless authoring options and features available, some that are quite advanced and often important only for specific, unique circumstances. On the other hand, Flare Online lets you perform the most essential authoring functions, but you can also accomplish other important cloud-based tasks, such as planning, tracking, and managing processes, hosting output, and working with teams.

Opting to use Flare Online, lets you conveniently make basic projects in the cloud. If an author needs to work with the project in Flare Desktop after it is created in Flare Online—because advanced features are needed for the project—the user needs to (1) have access to the project, and (2) open Flare Desktop and import the project from Flare Online. If additional changes are made in Flare Desktop or Flare Online, the work would need to be synchronized between the local and remote repositories. See Importing Projects and Source Control.