Derive project file from compiled chm file

Hello. I have CHM file which I wish to edit. I can de-compile
using HTML Help Workshop, but I do not get the Project file, which
I need to import back into Robohelp.
Can anyone tell me how to do this derivation? I need to use
Robohelp for this action.
Thanks.

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
.hhp file — albeit an approximation of the original.
Edit: Looks like Peter's site is back again!
Pete

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                                                                                From:       elemonated <[email protected]>
To:         Debbie Sarig <[email protected]>
Date:       06/17/2009 05:56 PM
Subject:    Selected images disappearing from compiled CHM
I've got a project that I'm trying to get compiled into a CHM file from
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