Non-local searches return "null" results

Question

I'm creating a Merged help output using AIR Browser Based Help. Said output currently has one major flaw: null search results when viewed over a network.
Now, I have read through the thread on this forum about people who initially got a "null" search result when searching a local project, but with the search subsequently working, and indeed that behavior is what I was initially seeing. That is, on my local copy of the project, my first search would return "null," and then things would work normally. However, when other users accessed my local project over our network, they never got anything other than "null" results. (Quick aside for relevant information: output was from 64-bit RH9, testing is on FIrefox 13 and I.E. 9) If I move my local copy onto the network, I am no longer successful in searching.
I have performed the suggested fix on the whfhost.js file, and while it fixed the problem locally-- I no longer see "null" results-- the problem persists for non-local access. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?
Thanks!

Answer 1

For the benefit of anyone else, this is the solution that was provided by Adobe.
Open the generated output folder and open whfhost.js file in the notepad application. Search for the following strings in the file. you need to replace this function
function Query()
  gbAIRSearchString  = goOdinHunter.strQuery;
g_CurPage = 1;
context = new HuginContext();
  context.reset();
context.push( goOdinHunter.query, goOdinHunter,
  processHunterResult, null );
  context.resume();
With this new function
function isValidType(obj)
return ( (typeof(obj)!='undefined')&&(obj!=null) );
function Query()
  gbAIRSearchString  = goOdinHunter.strQuery;
g_CurPage = 1;
if (isValidType(context) && isValidType(context.aTasks))
  while(context.aTasks.length>0)
  context.resume();
context = new HuginContext();
  context.reset();
context.push( goOdinHunter.query, goOdinHunter,
  processHunterResult, null );
  context.resume();
And try running the output and see if you stilll face the null search result problem
If this problem is fixed, then you can go to the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe RoboHelp 8\RoboHTML\WebHelp5Ext\template_stock folder location, and make the similar changes in the whfhost.js file located in this folder.
It has worked for others so I would first check carefully that you have made the modification correctly.
If you reverse the change, are you back to square one and get a null result first time?
The modification was for RoboHelp 8 or 9. You haven't said what version you are using.
Does it fail with all browsers?
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