Import FrameMaker info new RoboHelp project with extendscript

Hi,
I have done the following in robohelp 11 from Adobe Technical Communication Suite 5
1) select file|new|project
2) select import tab
3) Select the FrameMaker Documents option icon
This works quit well. I get a new RoboHelp project.
I would like to do the same via a RoboHelp extendScript but I can't get it to work.
Does anyone have some hints or good exampels to be inspired from?
Thanks
Alex

It does depend on how fancy you want to make it. Creating a GUI with
file picker is quite a bit of work.
But if you only want a script to create a new project and import an FM
book, that's not too hard. For example:
RoboHelp.newProject('', 'MyProject', 'C:\temp\rh\scriptproject',
'MyProjectTitle',);
RoboHelp.project.importFrameMakerDoc('D:\FM\FMBook.bk','FMFolderinRH','D:\FM\FMBookTOC.fm' ,'RHTOCName',true,'RHIndexName','RHGlossary');
(Untested)
Run RH via command line with the script name as parameter: robohtml.exe
-x script.jsx
There is not much information on ExtendScript in RoboHelp. You can find
two introductory articles in the RoboHelp Developer Center to get you
started: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/robohelp.html
If you want to do something more advanced, I have a free RH library for
extendscript to make working with scripts easier. It includes functions
as reading/writing files, setting context sensitivity, saving settings
and more. See
http://www.wvanweelden.eu/product/robohelp-extendscript-library
Kind regards,
Willam

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