Decompiling chm file with Robohelp 7

I am evaluating Robohelp 7. I am trying to decompile a chm
file and cannot find where this feature is located in Robohelp 7.
Does anyone know? The older version had the feature in the Tools
tab. Robohelp 7 does not have a Tools tab.

Peter, I was directed to your website. I successfully
decompiled the chm file and found out that it was created using
Flare. The source files are missing. Can you point me to
information on how to create an hhp file? I downloaded the product
you recommended on your web site, HHP builder. I tried opening the
HELP so I can get instructions on using it and the help will not
open. Can you recommend a web site that provides information on how
to use HHP builder?

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Hello,
I was recently trying to decompile a .chm file (following the
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RoboHelp. The file appeared to decompile correctly, but when I
loaded the project into RoboHelp, many images were missing. Is
there something else I should be doing or is this a known problem?
I am using RH6.
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Aaron

Hmm...
Ok, I tried a couple things:
1. Created the folder in RH per both of your suggestions.
Result: RH still not seeing the files.
2. Create a new Sub-Folder in the Project directory folder
containing a copy of all the images and also created a folder with
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Result: RH still not seeing the files.
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My dir structure looks like:
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See Reverse Engineering on my site. It's quite simple and quicker than it might look at first glance.
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Hello everyone,
I apologize for the novice level of my question, I've only started using Robohelp a few days ago. My company wants me to update our software's help file (it was originally created in RH6, I believe). Unfortunately the last person to work on it no longer works for us, and he apparently has all copies of the project files used to compile it originally.
I found how to decompile the CHM into its component files but when I decompiled it I didn't get a XPJ project file. I'm unsure how to make this project "whole" again, is there any way to re-integrate this into a project (hopefully retaining the TOC, Indexes, images, links, etc.) or do I have to create a new project and import each file individually?
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Hi there
Did you catch the Reverse Engineering page on Peter's site?
Click here to view the gnireenignE esreveR topic on Peter's site
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Hi, tanguero33484,
If you're having the same problems as me accessing Peter
Grainge's site at the moment, the short answer to you question is:
decompile the .chm file with KeyTools, which is available from
here:
http://www.keyworks.net/keytools.htm
Its decompile function provides the option to re-create the
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Edit: Looks like Peter's site is back again!
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Hello all,
I saw there are some markup chm files showing the update in the content in the recent version.
The updated html content are shown in yellow or blue. The content column with red color * indicates there is an update.
Please can anyone let me know how to create such CHM file with markup to indicate update ?
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To the best of my knowledge a source control system is only going to tell you which topics have been modified, not what the changes are.
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I am working with RoboHelp for HTML 9 on a 32 bit machine. Recently, we encountered problems when viewing a .chm file on a 64 bit machine. The TOC was fine, but the topics did not appear, only error message "Navigation of this web page cancelled". My compilation settings did not change since the last compilation some months ago. What happens?

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Hi, I've been looking through the forum posts, as well as on Peter Grainge's web site under Reverse Engineering, and I haven't quite found the answers to some questions I have about turning a chm file into a RoboHelp project. Any help with the following would be much appreciated.
Background
Our .net API developers use ndoc (which I've never used) to generate a chm file for each API. I received a copy of one of the chm files. Kind of looks like a handy dictionary, in the same spirit as Man pages, with definitions of methods, elements, types, and syntax. Useful for what it is. But there's very little in the way of context or "big picture".
What is missing is an overview, method examples, a discussion of the business rules and constraints that the developer needs to keep in mind for each method, and so on. As the tech writer, I'm tasked with adding the missing info as well as clarifying some of what's already there.
The final help documentation needs to be useful to developers, QA testers, or even a PM who wants to have a general understanding of what the methods do, what data is used, and so on.
So, I thought maybe I could just pull the chm information into a RoboHelp 8 project and augment it with additional text, topics, etc.
What I Tried
After reading Peter's reverse engineering info, I opened RH8 and used HTML Help Studio to decompile the chm file I received.
However, when I opened the resulting hhp file in RH8, all of the topics were on the same level, unlike in the original chm file.
No nice hierarchy. Plus there was no TOC or index.
I then thought I would try Pete Lees' suggested method of recovering the TOC and index, as a start toward fixing things, but since I did not see two hhc and hhk files in my project, I couldn't use that method.
I then tried decompiling the chm using Keytools, but the results were the same when I looked at the project in RoboHelp.
My Questions
1. Before I spend more time on this, am I even on the right track, thinking that the way to go is to take API Development team's chm files and turn them into RH8 projects that I can doctor up? Or am I overlooking a better alternative?
2. Is there another way to recreate the topic hierarchy, TOC, and index after decompiling the chm file and then opening the hhp file in RH8?
Thanks again for any and all help.

I think you are on the right track.
TOC AND INDEX
You should be able to recover those. Check the detail of my article. Post back if no joy.
HIEREARCHY
It is a while since I have done any reverse engineering so I would have to test whether or not the hierarchy is maintained. I thought it was but not sure.
It maybe there was no hierarchy in the source. You don't need one to create a TOC with hierarchy so are you sure the developers had one? I suspect they may well have ignored niceties like that. If so, you would either have to live with that or undertake it manually.
FUTURE
Have you considered how you will maintain this arrangement when the product is upgraded? I guess you could reverse engineer the CHM you are given and then import the topics you need, provided they don't need too much massage.
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When I first created this project two years ago, I didn't think I'd be using browse sequences. Well, of course, things change, and now I think it would be a good idea.
I followed the instructions for creating a browse sequence automatically (Tools > Browse Sequence Editor, then Auto-create from TOC). That seemed to work.
I compile the .chm file. No >> buttons.
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You can find documentation on this redistribution license and how to register it in the online help:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d11aff59c2a0-7f49.ht ml
Here is the path where you will find the DLL itself:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe RoboHelp 10\Redist
BTW, the reason the DLL was created in the first place is that Microsoft never provided a Browse Sequence or a Glossary tab in their "out of the box" offering so RoboHelp conveniently provides this to authors as a "extra".
Hope this helps
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John Daigle
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www.showmethedemo.com
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We have a large help system for F1 help with about 2,000 help
topics in about 50 different Word .doc files. We had used RoboHelp
for Word previously, but with the goal of generating a single .chm
help file, we tried using RoboHelp HTML to change the Word .doc
files to .htm files. RoboHelp HTML does this conversion and creates
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system? Are there any workarounds to generate the .chm file
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number, then chalk out how we want to divide the .html help topics
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@petergrainge

RoboHelp HTML 9 - CHM file The Back button works uncorrectly.

Dear all,
I am using RH HTML 9 to generate chm file from my project. The problem is when I click on topic 1, topic 2, topic 3 in turn in the Content pane. After that I click the Back button three times, topic 2 is highlighted on the Content pane, although the content of the topic 1 is displayed on the right pane. I think the topic 1 should be highlighed on the Content pane. Is it a bug of Microsoft HTML Help ?
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Dear RoboColum(n),
The following is the report from my machine. Please help me check it. I really don't have experience in this. Thank you so much.
MJ's Help Report
A common problem with HTML Help 1.x is DLLs not correctly registered during installation. This utility checks all components and registers DLLs if required. We also report if the RoboHelp DLL is registered, and if MS Help 2 components are installed and registered.
After running the report, try running your program again to see if the fault has cleared.
General Info
Report EXE:            C:\DOCUME~1\nhanvt\LOCALS~1\Temp\7zOC4BF7DD4\MJsDiag.exe
Report Run Date:       12/18/2012 9:38:11 AM
Report EXE Version:    2.7.2.0
Download URL:          http://helpware.net/downloads/
Operating System:              Windows NT 5.1.2600
SysLocale.DefaultLCID: 0x0409 (1033)
SysLocale.PriLangID:           0x0009 (9)
SysLocale.SubLangID:           0x0001 (1)
DecimalSeparator:              .
HH Installed:                  YES
HH Version:                    5.2.3790.4110
HH Friendly Version:           > 1.4a
H2 Installed:                  NO
H2 Version:
IE Installed:                  YES
IE Version:                    6.0.2900.5969
IE Friendly Version:           Internet Explorer 6 (Windows XP SP2)
NT Administrator
NT Admin Check: Current user has full administor privileges: YES
HTML Help Run-time Components
File Registered OK: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hhctrl.ocx (Version: 5.2.3790.4110)
File Registered OK: C:\WINDOWS\system32\itss.dll (Version: 5.2.3790.4186)
File Registered OK: C:\WINDOWS\system32\itircl.dll (Version: 5.2.3790.2453)
File Found: C:\WINDOWS\system32\hhctrl.ocx
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InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\system32\hhctrl.ocx
ProgID = Internet.HHCtrl.1
        DLL is Found and Registered OK = YES
File Found: C:\WINDOWS\system32\itss.dll
        Version = 5.2.3790.4186
        Registry Info: {5D02926A-212E-11D0-9DF9-00A0C922E6EC}
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InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\system32\itss.dll
ProgID = MSITFS1.0
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        Version = 5.2.3790.2453
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HTML Help 1.x Registry Settings
Description: If present this Key can disable HH Shortcuts and HH WinHelp commands on the local PC
Reference: KB 810687, KB 323180
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\
Value: HelpQualifiedRootDir (string value) =
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Description: This key can be used to enable Hhctrl.ocx ActiveX Visual controls on servers
Reference: KB 892675
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\HHRestrictions
Value: UrlAllowList (string value) =
Value: MaxAllowedZone (string value) =
-> Report: Settings reported for information only.
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Reference: KB 873343
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\HelpRestrictions\AllowedExtensions
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Description: This key can be used to allow access to remote ITS files
Reference: Win 2003 SP1, KB 896054
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions
Value: UrlAllowList (string value) =
Value: MaxAllowedZone (string value) =
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HTML Help 1.x Workshop Components
*** HH Workshop not found or not installed correctly. Try reinstalling.
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KeyHelp OCX by Keyworks.net - KeyHelp.ocx
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*** KeyHelp.ocx is not registered or not installed!
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For More Info See: http://keyworks.net/
RoboHelp DLL by eHelp/Macromedia - HHActiveX.dll
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Version = 9.0.1.262
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InProcServer32 = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe RoboHelp 9\RoboHTML\HHActiveX.dll
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MS Help 2 Run-time Components
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Decompile a CHM file

I have a CHM file I would like to decompile and I follow the
instructions to do so (through the HTML Help Studio), but I keep
getting the error:
HTML Help Studio
Invalidate target path name.
OK
I am trying to extract to a valid network drive that I have
full access to. Can someone please help?
Thanks!

HI again
Are you talking about a compiled .CHM? When you move the .CHM
you get the message? If so, take a look at the following link:
Click
here to read about the issue
If you really want to use RoboHelp output on a network drive,
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