Robohelp.... about extension robohelp's file

Hi to evryone..
I am the very new person for Robohelp,Still i hav'nt this software. but i looking to use this.
i hav some basic question it.it is very simple for u but important for me..
plz help me...
1. what is the file extension of robohelp file after creating this..is it html file or not??
2.can we write down directly in robohelp or we hav to must use editor like ms word,notepad..etc??
3. how to integrate this robohelp file in our project. our project is in java or jsf??
4. what is best edition or version for me use.??
please please answer such question. i very confusing about all this question....
thanks in advance. it w'l takes ur valuable time but i hepls me lot..
plz

Hi opsmca and welcome to the RH forums. So many questions so let's get to them
The file extension from a RH project depends on the type of output being produced. Threre are many different output types available depending on your needs. I outlined these in a recent blog post which you can read here.
The RoboHelp product is in fact two beasts. The first RoboHelp for Word uses Word as its editor creating RTF files which are then compiled. However this is little used these days. The other application is RoboHelp HTML which has its own in built WYSIWYG editor (it looks similar to Word) that creates the underlying HTML used to render the documentation topics. With this you can still have writers writing in Word or FrameMaker and then import this into RoboHelp. You can even dynamically link Word or FrameMaker files to your RoboHelp HTML project making the process of getting any updates very easy.
The answer to this question depends on the output type you are using (see question 1). Each output type has its own deliverable and as such requires a different method of integration. You may also want to consider how context sensitive help calls are handled. My advice though is not to fall into the trap of saying you need JavaHelp just because your app is Java.
RoboHelp 8 is the current version and is the only one you're likely to find in the shops. If you want to use simulations, FrameMaker in any shape or form you may want to consider buying the Adobe Technical Communication Suite. The latest version is 2.5 and includes RoboHelp, FrameMaker, Captivate, Acrobat Professional and assorted other applications and utilities.
Finally I'd really recommend that you at the very least download a RoboHelp trial. This is a fully working version that you can use for 28 days. It should give you a good idea of further questions to ask! There are also a number of useful RoboHelp resources you can tap into:
Peter Grainge's site
Technical Communications Suite resources
The RoboColum(n)
@robocolumn
Colum McAndrew

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Hi there,
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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

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Background
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Hi,Carol
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The good news is that when and if you do decide to use RoboHelp Server, you simply take the Rh project (whether from Rh 10 or 11) and publish it with the WebHelp Pro SSL. It sounds like there is a some confusion between RoboHelp Server and Source Control. It is a common option to use RoboHelp Server and Source Control. But they are mutually exclusive. (While both may be used, they have nothing to do with one another.)
If you think about it, RoboHelp Server is output (by definition not "source")
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As for publishing, be aware that when you move to RoboHelp Server, the publishing workflow is different. The web admin can't simply copy/paste WebHelp Pro output (from source control as you describe) to the Rh Server (or, as you said, "pick up files"). The project must be published from the RoboHelp 10/11 client directly to the Rh Server. This is because Rh Server is a database application and in order for the database to be "aware" of the new content, it must come from the RoboHelp client app (10 or 11). Also, in terms of Application Help and context sensitivity, there is a CSH API and a syntax that is used to call the Rh Server help topics from the application. This is covered in the online help. See the sub head "Access context-sensitive Help" in the Adobe RoboHelp Server 9 * RoboHelp Server Web Administrator tasks as well as Adobe RoboHelp 11 * Program Help for web pages
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I'm still not sure about what you are using and were using in Rh7. Rh for Word has an HPJ file to open it, Rh HTML has an XPJ file. They are different from an HHP file which is also a Rh HTML file.
Both generate CHMs so once we are certain about that Rh HTML is what your Rh7 project was in, we can deal with the table problem.
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Here is my upload servlet. Can you tell me where to change the type so it will write the file with the new extension?
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private static final String NO_FILE = "unknown";
private HttpServletRequest req;
private File dir;
private int maxSize;
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String saveDirectory,
int maxPostSize) throws IOException {
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if (request == null)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("request cannot be null");
if (saveDirectory == null)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("saveDirectory cannot be null");
if (maxPostSize <= 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("maxPostSize must be positive");
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req = request;
dir = new File(saveDirectory);
maxSize = maxPostSize;
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throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a directory: " + saveDirectory);
// Check saveDirectory is writable
if (!dir.canWrite())
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not writable: " + saveDirectory);
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// write the file contents to the saveDirectory
readRequest();
public FileExport(ServletRequest request,
String saveDirectory) throws IOException {
this((HttpServletRequest)request, saveDirectory);
public FileExport(ServletRequest request,
String saveDirectory,
int maxPostSize) throws IOException {
this((HttpServletRequest)request, saveDirectory, maxPostSize);
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// Strings. It returns an empty Enumeration if there are no parameters.
public Enumeration getParameterNames() {
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// Strings. It returns an empty Enumeration if there are no uploaded
// files. Each file name is the name specified by the form, not by
// the user.
public Enumeration getFileNames() {
return files.keys();
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// the parameter was not sent or was sent without a value.
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try {
Vector values = (Vector)parameters.get(name);
if (values == null || values.size() == 0) {
return null;
String value = (String)values.elementAt(values.size() - 1);
return value;
catch (Exception e) {
return null;
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// the parameter was not sent.
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try {
Vector values = (Vector)parameters.get(name);
if (values == null || values.size() == 0) {
return null;
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return valuesArray;
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return null;
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// specified by the user. It is also the name under which the file is
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return null;
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throw new IOException("Corrupt form data: premature ending");
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throw new IOException("Corrupt form data: no leading boundary");
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boolean done = false;
while (!done) {
done = readNextPart(in, boundary);
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// readParameter() and readAndSaveFile() to do the actual work. A
// subclass can override this method for a better optimized or
// differently behaved implementation.
protected boolean readNextPart(MultipartInputStreamHandler in,
String boundary) throws IOException {
// Read the first line, should look like this:
// content-disposition: form-data; name="field1"; filename="file1.txt"
String line = in.readLine();
if (line == null) {
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// Thanks to Daniel Lemire and Henri Tourigny for this fix.
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String disposition = dispInfo[0];
String name = dispInfo[1];
String filename = dispInfo[2];
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// A subclass can override this method for a better optimized or
// differently behaved implementation.
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String filename,
String contentType) throws IOException {
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if (filename.equals(NO_FILE)) {
out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); // write to nowhere
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out = new MacBinaryDecoderOutputStream(
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File f = new File(dir + File.separator + filename);
out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(f), 8 * 1024);
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// adds a \r\n to the end of the last line.
// Since we want a byte-for-byte transfer, we have to cut those chars.
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bbuf[result - 2] == '\r' &&
bbuf[result - 1] == '\n') {
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int index = line.lastIndexOf("boundary=");
if (index == -1) {
return null;
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boundary = "--" + boundary;
return boundary;
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// with elements: disposition, name, filename. Throws an IOException
// if the line is malformatted.
private String[] extractDispositionInfo(String line) throws IOException {
// Return the line's data as an array: disposition, name, filename
String[] retval = new String[3];
// Convert the line to a lowercase string without the ending \r\n
// Keep the original line for error messages and for variable names.
String origline = line;
line = origline.toLowerCase();
// Get the content disposition, should be "form-data"
int start = line.indexOf("content-disposition: ");
int end = line.indexOf(";");
if (start == -1 || end == -1) {
throw new IOException("Content disposition corrupt: " + origline);
String disposition = line.substring(start + 21, end);
if (!disposition.equals("form-data")) {
throw new IOException("Invalid content disposition: " + disposition);
// Get the field name
start = line.indexOf("name=\"", end); // start at last semicolon
end = line.indexOf("\"", start + 7); // skip name=\"
if (start == -1 || end == -1) {
throw new IOException("Content disposition corrupt: " + origline);
String name = origline.substring(start + 6, end);
// Get the filename, if given
String filename = null;
start = line.indexOf("filename=\"", end + 2); // start after name
end = line.indexOf("\"", start + 10); // skip filename=\"
if (start != -1 && end != -1) { // note the !=
filename = origline.substring(start + 10, end);
// The filename may contain a full path. Cut to just the filename.
int slash =
Math.max(filename.lastIndexOf('/'), filename.lastIndexOf('\\'));
if (slash > -1) {
filename = filename.substring(slash + 1); // past last slash
if (filename.equals("")) filename = NO_FILE; // sanity check
// Return a String array: disposition, name, filename
retval[0] = disposition;
retval[1] = name;
retval[2] = filename;
return retval;
// Extracts and returns the content type from a line, or null if the
// line was empty. Throws an IOException if the line is malformatted.
private String extractContentType(String line) throws IOException {
String contentType = null;
// Convert the line to a lowercase string
String origline = line;
line = origline.toLowerCase();
// Get the content type, if any
if (line.startsWith("content-type")) {
int start = line.indexOf(" ");
if (start == -1) {
throw new IOException("Content type corrupt: " + origline);
contentType = line.substring(start + 1);
else if (line.length() != 0) { // no content type, so should be empty
throw new IOException("Malformed line after disposition: " + origline);
return contentType;
// A class to hold information about an uploaded file.
class UploadedFile {
private String dir;
private String filename;
private String type;
UploadedFile(String dir, String filename, String type) {
this.dir = dir;
this.filename = filename;
this.type = type;
public String getContentType() {
return type;
public String getFilesystemName() {
return filename;
public File getFile() {
if (dir == null || filename == null) {
return null;
else {
return new File(dir + File.separator + filename);
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// It keeps track of how many bytes have been read and detects when the
// Content-Length limit has been reached.
class MultipartInputStreamHandler {
ServletInputStream in;
int totalExpected;
int totalRead = 0;
byte[] buf = new byte[8 * 1024];
public MultipartInputStreamHandler(ServletInputStream in,
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this.in = in;
this.totalExpected = totalExpected;
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// of stream.
public String readLine() throws IOException {
StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer();
int result;
String line;
do {
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============================================
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/* Author : Jayashree */
import com.xhive.XhiveDriverFactory;
import com.xhive.error.XhiveException;
import com.xhive.core.interfaces.XhiveTransactionIf;
import com.xhive.dom.interfaces.XhiveDocumentIf;
import com.xhive.core.interfaces.XhiveDatabaseIf;
import com.xhive.core.interfaces.XhiveConnectionIf;
import com.xhive.dom.interfaces.XhiveLibraryIf;
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In the above code, I am trying to list all those files which have the filter as .xml. I am unable to understand what code i need to write in the accept method of the FilenameFilter interface which accepts the directory name and the file name. There could be a directory which consists of multiple xml files too..this is where i am finding a problem
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Jayashree

This sample code uses an inner anonymous FilenameFilter that takes all readable files with a ".xml" extension.
File[] fileList = dir.listFiles (new FilenameFilter () {
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        if (!f.canRead())
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});Please post any question if you don't understand.
Matthieu

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Can we define exception In custom XSLT function XML file.
Like i have following Custom XSLT function XML-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<extension-functions>
<functions xmlns:uppercase="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.Uppercase">
<function name="uppercase:GetName" as="string">
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<param name="lname" as="string"/>
</function>
</functions>
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Thanks.

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