Alphabetize TOC in Robo 9

Hi there
I just download a try Robo 9 to see if my problem with alphabetize TOC was "Fix" in Robo 9.
When i use the drag and drop from Project manager to TOC Pods - My TOC is in the file order and not in alphabetic. what am i missing
I had a idea that you could create TOC alpabetize but what am i missing ?
My project is a R5 convertet to 8 and then 9.
hope the forum can help.
/T

Hi Peter
Sorry, I dit't try to continue the old thread but – noting happened..
I think that you are right about problem...
I have an old Robohelp 5 project with 30.000 files in, and when i open it in RobbHelp 8 it looks fine. When i look at the TOC - If i look fine. Then i have to chance a lot of titles and create / Update TOC then it is not in alphabetic order. I have read you ( very good web site ) and got the feeling that this was a problem with RoboHelp 8. I tried to chance the order in the Project Management to alphabetic. It do not make a change... to alphabetic order even if the Project Manager is correct.
I have look at the "MyProject.hhc" and can se the order different in Robohelp5 and RoboHelp 8 files. It look like RoboHelp is doing it different than RoboHelp 8
By the way I export to webhelp.
My TOC are build with one topfolder – Software, then a subfolder with – InDesign, – Illustartor, –Photoshop. In the – InDesign supfolder i have files about text, font, pictures etc..
So if i have to move the all the file in Project Manager, i have to chance file at the last level. The pictures file is before the font files.
I would like to create a TOC in alphabetic order even if my project files have a different order or to update my TOC with out rewriting a new TOC.
So what do i do wrong - how do i solve this problem or is it my who got it wrong ?
I have wonder if was easer to chance the "MyProject.hhc" in a text editor and if is possible ?
best regards
/Jack in the Box

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                                                                                From:       Jim Leichliter <[email protected]>
To:         Dave Tressler <[email protected]>
Date:       03/26/2010 06:02 PM
Subject:    Possible to Have ToC Default to Show Only Top Level (collapse
              sublevels)?
Dave,
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          <name>Adobe Illustrator CS2</name>
          <category>Print Publishing</category>
          <boximage>images/illustrator.gif</boximage>
          <bkgimage>M_2.swf</bkgimage>
          <descheader>Vector graphics reinvented</descheader>
          <desc>Adobe® Illustrator® CS2 software gives you new creative freedom that lets you realize your ideas quickly and powerfully. Instantly convert bitmaps to vector artwork and paint more intuitively. Save time with intelligent palettes and optimized workspaces. Plus, tight integration with other software allows you to produce extraordinary graphics for print, video, the web, and mobile devices.</desc>
          <features></features>
     </product>
     <product>
          <name>Adobe InDesign CS2</name>
          <category>Print Publishing</category>
          <boximage>images/indesign.gif</boximage>
          <bkgimage>M_3.swf</bkgimage>
          <descheader>A new standard in professional layout and design</descheader>
          <desc>Join the growing ranks of creative professionals discovering new levels of creative freedom and productivity using Adobe® InDesign® CS2 software. Tightly integrated with the Adobe applications you use most, InDesign CS2 delivers faster production workflows and a more fluid creative environment for designing professional layouts with sophisticated graphics and typography.</desc>
          <features></features>
     </product>
     <product>
          <name>Adobe GoLive CS2</name>
          <category>Web Publishing</category>
          <boximage>images/golive.gif</boximage>
          <bkgimage>M_4_1.swf</bkgimage>
          <descheader>Professional, standards-based Web and mobile authoring</descheader>
          <desc>Adobe® GoLive® CS2 software lets you unlock the power of CSS with intuitive visual tools such as prebuilt CSS objects that you can drag and drop to build sophisticated sites. Jump-start your designs by easily converting Adobe InDesign® layouts into Web pages. Or, design Web and mobile content in an advanced, standards-based coding environment.</desc>
          <features></features>
     </product>
     <product>
          <name>Adobe Dreamweaver 8</name>
          <category>Web Publishing</category>
          <boximage>images/dreamweaver.gif</boximage>
          <bkgimage>M_5_1.swf</bkgimage>
          <descheader>Dreamweaver 8 is the industry-leading web development tool, enabling users to efficiently design, develop and maintain standards-based websites and applications.</descheader>
          <desc>With Dreamweaver 8, web developers go from start to finish, creating and maintaining basic websites to advanced applications that support best practices and the latest technologies.</desc>
          <features></features>
     </product>
     <product>
          <name>Adobe Flash 8 Professional</name>
          <category>Web Publishing</category>
          <boximage>images/flash_pro.gif</boximage>
          <bkgimage>M_6_1.swf</bkgimage>
          <descheader>Introducing Macromedia's biggest Flash release to date.</descheader>
          <desc>Flash® Professional 8 is the industry's most advanced authoring environment for creating interactive websites, digital experiences and mobile content. With Flash Professional 8, creative professionals design and author interactive content rich with video, graphics, and animation for truly unique, engaging websites, presentations or mobile content.</desc>
          <features></features>
     </product>
</products>
HTML Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:spry="http://ns.adobe.com/spry">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Detail Region and Effects Sample</title>
<link href="files/samples.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
.product {
     cursor: pointer;
.hover {
     background-color: #FFFFCC;
.selected {
     background-color: #CCCCCC;
#description {
     opacity: 0;
     filter: alpha(opacity=0);
     background-color: white;
</style>
<script src="files/xpath.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="files/SpryData.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="files/SpryEffects.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
<script src="files/standard.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Detail Region and Effects Sample</h3>
<hr />
<table width="100%" border="0">
     <tr>
          <td width="21%">
<ul spry:region="ds1" spry:repeatchildren="ds1">
                    <li class="product" onclick="fadeOutContentThenSetRow('{ds_RowID}');" spry:select="selected" spry:hover="hover">{name}</li>
            </ul>
          </td>
       <td width="79%">
   <div id="description" spry:detailregion=" ds1">
<div id="CaptivateContent">
   </div>
   <script type="text/javascript">
      var so = new SWFObject("{bkgimage}", "Captivate", "100%", "100%", "8", "#CCCCCC");
         so.addParam("quality", "high");
         so.addParam("name", "Captivate");
         so.addParam("id", "Captivate");
         so.addParam("wmode", "opaque");
         so.addParam("bgcolor","#F1F4F5");
         so.addParam("menu", "false");
         so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always");
         so.addVariable("variable1", "value1");
         so.setAttribute("redirectUrl", "http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash");
         so.write("CaptivateContent");
   </script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
      document.getElementById('Captivate').focus();
      document.Captivate.focus();
   </script>
      </div>
      </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Message was edited by: drodax

Hi,
I think you will need a third party convertor - a quick
google sent me to this one
http://www.winavi.com/swf-to-avi.htm
which is free.

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