Chm to PDF ?? is it possible

Hi
I was wondering if there are any software available for the mac that you can convert chm to PDF, thanks
Chris

There's a bunch to choose from here. Some are free, some are shareware.
Edit: Sorry, only one of them appears to be a Mac application. I'll look a little more.

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Hyperlinks from CHM to PDF

Our documentation comprises On-line Help as CHM files, and User Guides as PDF. Up to now the user guides were printed but we wish to provide them as PDF for on-screen use.
Now we also wish to have hyperlinks from CHM to PDF and vice versa. We can presumably (I haven't yet tested this) handle PDF-to-CHM using the context-sensitive help functionality, but when we make links from CHM-to-PDF we are unable to go to a specified location in the PDF.
The calls we use are of the type:
<a href='SomeDocument.pdf#page=10'>
<a href='SomeDocument.pdf#G1025448'>
<a href='SomeDocument.pdf#nameddest=SomeChapter'>
and they work in the preview window but not from CHM; the PDF opens on page 1 rather than at the specified page or marker.
I had some success embedding the PDF call in a batch file and calling that, but that will be unmaintainable.
We use RoboHelp 8 and FrameMaker 7.1. Would updating to TCS2 (ie Frame 9) help us? From what I could find on Adobe.com TCS allows importing from Frame but we do not want to import, just to cross-refer, preferably with links which can be updated automatically.
Anybody who can advise us?
--- Derek

I have made a dent in the problem, can't say I've cracked it yet.
RoboWizard has a page describing the use of HTML Help Shortcuts which is got me started (thanks Rick, if you'll post here I'll give you a "Helpful Answer").
The procedure I now use is, in RoboHelp: Insert > HTML Help Controls > Shortcut. I fill in second part of the wizard like this:
so that it calles Acrobat to display the PDF (full path given), with parameters to search for a string "bookmark_2".
Then in the PDF I add a comment using Comments > Tools > Highlight and edit its properties like this:
When I compile the CHM and click the link, Acrobat opens and searches for the string. I made sure it was unique so the user is brought to the correct place.
Now it's a bit clumsy since you have to add the bookmark manually after creating the PDF from Frame, but it does work.
The other problem is that the HTML Control is not editable except in RoboHelp's HTML view. You can edit it in Design view but the edit doesn't stick. In HTML view the link details are present three times and you have to edit them all.
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My Manager has provided me a chm file and asked me whether a
pdf can be generated using this chm file.
Note:
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I did the following steps (using Robohelp 6) to generate pdf
from this chm file.
1. Using HTML Help Studio Tool in Robohelp i extracted all
the files from the chm file.
2. After Extraction, i got HHP file (hope this is prepared
using HTML Help Workshop). I opened the same in robohelp.
3. But when I open the htm file (topic), in Robohelp which
has been extracted from this chm file, only notedpad is getting
opened.
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Folder File
====== ======
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keywordlinks property
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