Chm to pdf

Dear all,
My Manager has provided me a chm file and asked me whether a
pdf can be generated using this chm file.
Note:
However she does not know, in which software has this chm
file been generated.
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.
4. Then i just used Convert to pdf option to generate the
pdf.
Kindly clarify me the following questions:
1. How can the topic be viewed in RoboHelp WYSIWYG.
2. When i open this generated pdf, certain internal links
were not working.. Am i using the right procedures to generate the
pdf from this chm file.
Thanks with Regards,

hi peter,
Thanks for the details. I went through your site.
When i create my printed pdf, i face the following issues:
Only Bookmarks created for internal links are not working.
When i extracted the source files, the following folders were
present in my project.
Folder File
====== ======
Associative links property
keywordlinks property
files all images, stylesheets and .fpj file were present in
this folder
NFO again some images and .fpj file were present
When i opened the HHP file in robohelp 6, all the images were
copied into my baggage file automatically, and images directory was
created in the project Tab and all these images were pasted into
it.
I've also added *.stp file into my baggage.
In my printed documentation, properties, I chose the option
Images>Embeded in documents.
However, When i create my printed documentaiton some internal
links were not working.
I've also chosen "Retain hyperlinks option also
I'm not clear on the file created under Associative links and
Keyword links. It is just present in my project folder.
Pls help me where am i going wrong.

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