Expanding test / Extra language map ids in RH7 for html

Hi, I am building a winhelp2000 project (Context Sensitive)
in RH7 for word. It is meant for an application built in Delphi. I
saw the expanding text option in RH7 for html but couldn't find
anything similar in RH for word. I want to use that feature in my
project.
If I create my project (as a .CHM project) using RH for html,
I am not able to create extra language map ids for Delphi (.PAS
files). Can anybody pls tell me if we have that facility in RH for
html.
If no, then is there any way of building the expanding text
part in RH for html and then importing and using it in RH for word
? I think we can use a .CHM project with Delphi.

Always best to keep unrelated questions as separate posts. I
can answer your dropdown question but not your map id question.
The dropdown option does not exist in RH for Word and I am
not aware of any workaround. The suggestion of using RH HTML will
not be practical. The method relies on javascript and because you
are working in RH for Word, you would have to add that in the
output. Your output is a CHM file so you cannot do that. Even if
you were using webhelp, you would have to add the javascript back
in every time you build the help. It is a non starter.

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Hi -
We produced Webhelp for various projects using RH 7.0. We
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However, yesterday we found looked in the project and found that
one of our older topics has no map ID attached to it (If you go to
Topic Properties>Advanced, it says “No Map
ID…”). But, in the whchsdata.htm file, the topic does
have a map ID.
I have two questions: First, is there an easy way to pinpoint
which topic has a missing map ID, when you discover the number of
map IDs is out of sync with the number of topics? Also, why would a
map ID be missing in the project but be OK in the Webhelp as
described above?

Hi Mary.
You can see the topics with no mapid by running one of RH's
reports. The Mapid report lists the mapids and the topic they are
assigned to. The Topic Properties report can also be used with the
mapid option on to show topics with their mapid.
As far as why the topic with no mapid is in the webhelp, is
the file you are looking at the latest version? I'd ensure you have
the "Republish All" option set and try again.

Map IDs working inconsistently

We recently upgraded to RH7. With RH5 we had a system with
our developers and all worked fine. What we are experiencing in a
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all the IDs appear in some compilation).
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This can be achieved by directly calling the URL of help system along with the MapID string in the following format. RH_ShowHelp() function need not be called.
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<A HREF="WebHelp/WebHelp_Example.htm#<str=Setup">Click Here to Test</a>
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How Do RoboHelp 9 WebHelp Generated Files Handle Map IDs and Aliases?

The text below was written by our team's developer/architect. I am the help author who uses RoboHelp to write content and generate the help files, but I am clueless how it all gets generated and is deployed. Please help. We use RoboHelp 9. I use it in Windows XP and our app and help run on IE 7, 9, and Firefox (multiple versions).
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#define PECS_Home_Page1 1053
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<alias name="PECS_Home_Page1" link="pecs_home_page.htm"> </alias>
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You need to assign the numbers you find in the pecs_help.h file to topics in your help. You do this in Context Sensitive Help > Map Files > All Map IDs. (From RH7, but I assume the location is similar in RH9.) This creates the entries in the .ali file.
Peter Grainge suggests a couple of sites to read for a greater understanding here:
http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/calling_webhelp/using_map_ids.htm
(Although the second site is based on RH X5, the basic concepts and procedures should be very similar. )
HTH,
Amber

What are the advantages of using Map IDs?

Hi:
I am trying to find out the advantages for using map ids as
opposed to just using the file names for the topics, but I couldn't
find this information in the RH7 Help or the forums. Can you please
list the advantages and disadvantages.
Also, I am describing how I wish to implement the context
sensitive help feature for my application and you can tell me which
approach is better. We make an application that is packaged within
a Java IDE. We want to launch context sensitive help topics from
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be either be installed on the local machine or network (file://
protocol) or available on our portal (https:// protocol). We do
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K

It sounds like your application call needs to call an online
version of the help first and if this is not available to point to
a local copy. Is that right? If so, how this happens is entirely in
the hands of your developers. I know it can be done, just sketchy
on the actual procedure.
As far as the CSH in the help is concerned, you can use
mapids for both versions of the help if you want. If using webhelp
you'd do well to check out
this
link on Peter Grainge's site.

Using Map Files / Map IDs

Heya,
RH9, merged webhelp
I'm trying to set up Map IDs for a quasi-context sensitive help feature, and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. I've read through the RH9 help which links to the Grainge website and a couple more links, but I'm still not sure what to do.
First, the background:
We auto-generate a set of release notes for new features and fixes. This is done using a script that pulls the relevant information out of Dovetail (basically where all our support and development cases are stored). So basically our release list shows the case number, the area of the software, and a brief summary of the fix/feature. The release notes are script-generated as an .html file that we can link to in help.
The issue is that they want me to alter the release notes so that the case number serves as a hyperlink to the relevant topic in help. So, for example, if we had a new feature for widget making, case number 12345, the release notes entry for this would have a hyperlink that would take the user to the 'Widget Making' help topic.
My thinking is that I can use the case numbers as Map IDs, ie assign Map ID '12345' to the 'Widget Making' topic, and then create a generic link in the release notes that can 'insert' the relevant case number when the user goes to find that associated help topic.
Potential Issue:
We use a merged help system, but we do not need to merge map files. Our help system consists of one mostly-empty parent project (title page, about page, etc.), a project that contains the majority of our topics, a project that contains database information for technical users, and a few other odd projects. All of the linked topics are going to be in the same main child help project. Because of this, the map file/IDs are going to be a single set in a single project, but not the parent project.
Does this only affect the pathway for the basic link (e.g. "webhelp/mergedProjects/child1.htm" instead of "webhelp/start.htm"?), or are there other considerations? For example, the merged help map ID topics I've seen talk about using number ranges to denote the different projects, but since we've only the one, do we really need to do that? To me, it seems like we should be able to use a relatively straight-forward single-project type link, with the only difference being that the the link goes to a child project folder and not the main webhelp folder.
So far in testing, the link doesn't work, so I'm wondering if either the URL is not as straight-forward as I hoped, or I'm missing something else due to the nature of how our webhelp is set up. Because it's a child, do we still need to 'merge' map files even if we don't need one for the parent? (ie we create an empty parent map file, merge it with the child, and link to the parent?)
Thanks for any tips/advice!

Hi,
When you use CSH in a merged project, the master project will automatically check all child projects when the context sensitive id cannot be found in the master project. Peter’s method includes merging the map files but I don’t think that is necessary. We have several merged projects that work perfectly without merging the map files. But Peter is the authority on merged help
It is important to first get the terminology straight. In WebHelp there are Map ID’s and Map numbers. The Map ID (or topic id) is an alphanumeric string that can be anything from one character to a hundred or more characters. Then there are the Map numbers. Map numbers are a number between 1 and 4.294.967.295.
The terminology is important because what RoboHelp calls a Map ID may be referred to as a map number. Reading the article on Peter’s site I get the impression that what is called a Map ID on Peter’s site is actually the Map number in RoboHelp. (Please correct me if I’m wrong Peter.) The Map ID in RoboHelp is the Topic ID on Peter’s site. See step 8 of the article, it describes how to create a test page using the default RoboHelp JavaScript API. But that test page actually uses the map numbers as the default JS API does not support topic id’s, only map numbers.
Your map file tells the following:
‘12345’ is the Map ID or topic ID.
‘1’ is the Map number. The Map ID referred to on Peter’s site if I’m not mistaken.
Calling the Map number 12345 will not work if you use the default method because you are looking for the wrong number. Try the following:
Say that your master project is placed on http://localhost/newproject.htm. Open a new browser window and add the following URL in the browser where you replace the url with the url your project is placed:
http://localhost/newproject.htm#<str=12345
Does this get the desired result? Also try the test page but use ‘1’ instead of ‘12345’. Does this also get the correct page?
You (or your developers) may also be interested in my WebHelp CSH dissection: http://www.wvanweelden.eu/robohelp/webhelp/csh Note that this article is aimed at developers and does not provide any direct answers, but it will help you understand the different settings in RoboHelp.
Hope this doesn’t confuse you and I hope my assumptions about your intended action are correct.
Greet,
Willam

URGENT: How to create Map IDs

I am using RH7, have inherited a help project in which all topics have been assigned map IDs. I have created several new topics (at the root level) and do not know how to create map IDs for the new topics. I need step-by-step help on how to create IDs without disrupting the current IDs.

Thanks William. I'm all set now.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:47:58 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: URGENT: How to create Map IDs
Hi,
Start by reading the article on Peter's site: http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/calling_webhelp/using_map_ids.htm
If you have any questions after that, just post back. You'll be able to make your question more specific.
Greet,
Willam
>

Map files and map IDs

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d11aff59c571-7ff9.ht ml

Typo in this section:
Remove an unused map ID
Your map files must be unlocked to use this option. To remove unused map IDs:
Expand the Context-Sensitive Help folder in the Project Set-up pod.
Right-click the Map Files folder.
Select Edit.
Do the following:
Map Files Select the map files from which to remove unused map IDs.
Select All Click to remove unused map IDs from all map files.
Clear All Click to deselect all map files and not remove unused map IDs.
The third point should read "Select Remove Unused Map IDs..." instead of "Select Edit"; then the rest of the topic makes sense.

Predefining Map IDs Prior to Help Creation?

We're looking to streamline our help integration process for
in-program, window-level help. The way we would like to do this is
to have the developers assign Map IDs in the code right from the
outset in the development process, before the help is written.
However, doing so would mean that any map file I get from them will
not include topic titles. Is this a problem?
(The advantage is that by using this system I could go
through the application screen by screen during the testing phase
and determine which screens do not have associated help topics.)
If we can in fact implement this system, what does the
developer need to give me? What should the file content look like?

I have usually not had any problems with BugHunter. But my
usual caveat applies here - I use RH v. 2000. Another tool you can
use is Microsoft's Help Workshop. It will also intercept help
messages from applications.
Before trying anything else, you have your application and
BugHunter running simultaneously? And do you have your RH project
open? Do you know what command the developer is using to call help?
You should get something with the following format from BugHunter:
CHM File Name: C:\PROGRAM FILES\DSQUARED\LATEST
BETA\delight.chm
Topic: Welcome.htm
Command: HH_HELP_CONTEXT
Map Number: 0
Result: Topic launched.
I have, on occasion, had neither BugHunter nor Help Workshop
respond and the reaon has something to do with the fact that I run
numerous, unregistered to Windows, beta and release versions (all
with the same filename) of our software on one computer. I have
always been able to fix it if I delete the hh.dat file. Something
in that file (which seems to have a highly secretive format)
interferes with help calls if you have changed directories of your
app without letting Windows know.
John

Why are Map IDs landing in Project Map File, not All Maps, and with a .h extension

I am using the Tech Comm Ste 2, Adobe Robohelp 8.0.2.2 in Windows XP. I assign map IDs manually instead of using automap. I open the Edit Map IDs window. In the right column, under "Topic," I select the topic I want to map. I then click the icon below to open the Context-sensitive Properties for Help Topic window. I select the topic title, without the .htm, and copy it. Then, from the left column, I click the Map File dropdown list and select the HH file to which I want to map the help topic. I then click the icon at the bottom to open the Create/Edit Map ID window. In the first field, I paste the topic ID, and in the second field I enter the map ID I want to assign. Then I click OK.
Usually this places the topic in the correct HH file, highlighted in yellow until I select the topic from the list and then click Assign. For some reason, RH is not adding my topic to the HH file; instead it is adding it to the Project Map file. When I click OK, I get a blank window and the Assign button is disabled. My topic shows up in the Project Map File. The topic displays with the HH files and a .h extension has been added to it.
I can't delete these topics from the Project Map file. I can't assign them map IDs. And this seems to happen randomly. SOMETIMES I can map my topics, but I never know when I can do it and when one of them is going to land in the Project Map file.
Can anyone help?

Personally I've never had or heard of this issue. The fact that this appears to be random suggests that the MapFile dropdown may not be displaying the correct map file when you add or assign the mapid. Also check to ensure your project's source files are not located on a network drive as this can cause issues. If this continues perhaps you could give us an image of what you are seeing.
The RoboColum(n)
@robocolumn
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Map ID not appearing in "Edit Map IDs" dialog box

I have RH HTML 8. I am adding new topics and assigning map IDs to those topics via the Edit Map IDs dialog box.
All of my map IDs appear in the BSSCdefault.h file as well as the project's .hm file. I even manually added the topic string to the project's ali file. However, it is not appearing in the Edit Map IDs dialog box. If it's not appear there, where does this dialog box get the map strings and map IDs from?
No FARP685 string:

Peter,
I think your discussion of this problem could explain the situation and propose a workaround more simply than it does.
Based on your article, I assumed that Robo displays only the built in Word list styles such as List and List Continue (since those were the only styles showing up in the style mapping dialog and since your example shows matching a Robo style named List Mapping to a Word built in style named List). I assumed I would have to match my Bullet style to a style named List in Word, and match the indented bullet style to List 2, and so on. The actual situation is that Robo, for some godforsaken reason that only idiots would understand, will not show a Word style if any numbering (bullets or numbers) is applied to it. That is, one does not have to avoid a class of styles called “List styles”, one only has to avoid applying numbering to the styles until later.
Thus the workaround is to create the word styles (with names that match the Robo styles!) that contain every attribute you need EXCEPT the numbering. That is, I can link Bullet to Bullet and Number to Number and Indented Number to Indented Number, and so on and on, as long as I have all the Word styles in the template with their numbering set to None.
Then after I generate the document, I can modify the styles to add the appropriate numbering, and voila!
Currently scrolling the doc & modifying styles. Might be a glimpse of daylight.
John
From: Peter Grainge [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 8:47 AM
To: John Dawson
Subject: Word styles not appearing in Print Document Appearance dialog
Re: Word styles not appearing in Print Document Appearance dialog
created by Peter Grainge<http://forums.adobe.com/people/Peter+Grainge> in RoboHelp - View the full discussion<http://forums.adobe.com/message/3969382#3969382

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Hi,
I'm using RH 10 with linked FM 11 files to create a WebHelp project and this is what happens when I do an update or force update of a linked file in the RH project:
After the update, the topic that contains updated content gets deleted from project TOC in RH.
After the update, any Map IDs assigned to the topic that contains the updated content are deleted.
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HI Gabe,
You will want to link the TOC from FM in your conversion settings, and set the map id's via TopicAlias markers in FM.
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Joe,
most likely your XSLT is outputting a not well-formed XML message.
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Also, for mapping debugging in java enhanced function inside XSLT mappings, use the following:
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where <i>param</i> is the input parameter refering to the <i>inputparam</i> from XSLT.
The AbstractTrace and StreamTransformationConstants classes can be found in the aii_map_api.jar file (used in Java mappings).
Regards,
Henrique.

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