Migrate RoboHelp 2002 with RoboHelp 7

Question

Hi there,
I want to convert my hold RoboHelp file with version 7 or 8, i don't know today which one i must choose. But i got both and i began to convert with 7 first.
My version into «Help about robohelp» Robohelp for winhelp 2002.r2. Build 1092.
If needed, i can send you the detail of all file included in the version (DLL).
First, the way i go, was suggested by johndaigle in problem:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/736139#736139
I do this:
«open RoboHelp for Word and from the File menu, click New > select the Import tab
and choose Other Help Projects and locate the .hpj project from there. This will convert the project to RoboHelp for Word v6». I compile the project. I join the result generated. If it's suppose to work on the first time, i'm really not convice. I had topic coded with html jump on a JPEG file and the result is really bizarre. If i open my result HLP file and go into the page with the image, I see a broken text who said the camera.bmp is missing. Second, when i click on the suppose to be link on an image, i falling on other part of my help text, who as nothing concerning my JPG image but I see some other help text. If I changed my Image Folders (BMROOT) sequence, and I re-compile, i can't go further because i got the message; The I:\fof006\RBHelp7\Ventex\!SSL!\Winhelp_4\VENTEF.hlp file is not a Windows Help file or the file is corrupted. I go on my drive I:\ and path to see if my HLP file and the content are there. He's there, but he remain 0 bytes.
Anybody can help me on the way to proceed to convert or migrate. Naybody can help me on the problem with an image call by an html jump. All the problem said here, was not present on my older version and working fine !
Francis

Answer 1

Hi princess betty,
First, if could help, I join an image of my version of RoboHelp we have here.
We already have files in DOC, PRS RBH and RTF for result after we built our HLP; I give you a sample:
Auto1.doc, Auto1.prs, Auto1.rbh, Auto1.rtf
Auto10.doc, Auto10.prs, Auto10.rbh, Auto10.rtf
Auto11.doc, Auto11.prs, Auto11.rbh, Auto11.rtf
For the time we can't think change the extension result other than HLP, because the result is re-used inside another system and by the moment we just want made an update of RoboHelp before thinking produce the file in other form than winhelp4 or win2000.
So, i'm gonna try the suggestion you made to try convert our past system by opening a new project and import all the DOC file. I'm not really sure, but i'm gonna try. At this time, if I open a new project at the opening of robohelp and I use the IMPORT, the result was not too bad and better by using Robohelp 8 than 7. And by the way, we used some special characters, indentation and bullet native from word. So, the DOT file is important, but be change.
You can feed me some other information if it's possible for you to help me further. I'm gonna try some solution and check if the result could be good for us.
So, thank for the moment for your help,
Francis