RoboHelp 8 and Chrome

Question

We're using RoboHelp 8 to create html help files. These files reside on our server. Context-sensitive help is displayed by calling RH_ShowHelp().
In IE and FF, calling "RH_ShowHelp(0,'/help/help.htm>NoNavPane', HH_HELP_CONTEXT, 102)" opens a new window displaying the appropriate context-sensitive help page.
In Chrome, the same RH_SHowHelp call opens a new window with no content - url bar has "about:blank".
Is there a workaround for this issue in RoboHelp 8?  If not, is the problem corrected in later versions of RoboHelp?
Thanks in advance,
Trevor.

Answer 1

The basic issue is Chrome is falling into a block of code designated for IE4.
Details:
function SwitchURL in whcsh_home.htm includes this block:
    if(gbNav4)
        if (gbIsFF) {
                goNewWnd=window.open(sURL,sNewName,strOpt);
                goNewWnd.focus();
                setTimeout("goNewWnd.focus();",1)                           
        }else{
            if (gbNav6)
                gsURL = sURL;
                goNewWnd=window.open("about:blank",sNewName,strOpt);
                setTimeout("postWindowNSOpen();",100);
            else
                window.open("about:blank",sNewName,strOpt);
                var oNewWnd=window.open(sURL,sNewName);
                window.close();
                oNewWnd.focus();
    else
        if(gbIE5)
            window.open("about:blank",sNewName,strOpt);
            goNewWnd=window.open(sURL,sNewName);
        else
            gsURL = sURL; // IE4 had hard time to handle bookmark.
            goNewWnd=window.open("about:blank",sNewName,strOpt);
        setTimeout("postWindowOpen();",100);
Based on the values of the various flags, in Chrome, program exection falls into the last section, which I've bolded.
postWindowOpen is called, which looks like this:
function postWindowOpen()
    if(goNewWnd)
        if (gsURL&&!gbIE5&&gbIE4)
            goNewWnd.document.location.href=gsURL;
        goNewWnd.focus();
Based on the settings of these flags, the line which sets the href is not executed and therefore the context-sensitve help window remains blank.
The fix I made was to add a case to the code block I noted above in the SwitchURL function to handle Chrome:
    }else if(gbChrome){
        gsURL = sURL;
        goNewWnd=window.open("about:blank",sNewName,strOpt);
        setTimeout("postWindowChromeOpen();",100);
and to create a Chrome specific function for setting the href of the CSH window:
function postWindowChromeOpen(){
    if(goNewWnd){
        if(gsURL){
            goNewWnd.document.location.href=gsURL;
        goNewWnd.focus();