Searches in RoboHelp output
I am trying to figure out how to do AND searches from the RH7
output in the Search Tab. For example, if I enter the whole term
"RoboHelp 7" in the search box, all occurrences of "RoboHelp", "7"
and "RoboHelp 7" are highlighted. what do I have to do to just get
"RoboHelp 7" hits.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
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What is the Preferred RoboHelp Output?
Hi All,
My developer and I have determined that our desktop application cannot use Microsoft HTML Help output since .CHM files cannot be accessed from the network. Therefore, we're struggling to determine if we should use WebHelp or WebHelp Pro instead?
I have searched the robohelp HELP and these forums, but do not see my specific quandry discussed anywhere.
As well, what's Adobe AIR? It seems that this is a free utility, yes? And with WebHelp Pro, it says we need RoboHelp Server... is that an additional cost?!!? We seem to be able to use WebHelp Pro without "Robohelp Server" - so far.
Any insight would be helpful!
- KarenHi Karen
CHM will work on a network drive if you modify the Windows registry to mark the location as being safe. This would need to occur in the individual registry for each PC accessing th CHM. So it's likely not optimal.
Certainly you can go the WebHelp Pro route, but if this help system is intended to be installed on server environments at client locations, you would need to purchase a RoboHelp Server license for each client you install on. I'm sure that would make Adobe very happy, as you would need to purchase RoboHelp Server licenses at $2,000 or so each. Not only that, but their IT staff will love you as well because they would then be tasked with installing, configuring and maintaining a new server setup. But, it's an option if you want to go there.
Adobe is hedging their bets a bit on AIRHelp. The whole AIR technology is new on the scene. There is an AIR runtime that each user would need to install as a first step. Then you would need to package your output as AIR and each user would have to install the help on their machines in much the same way as they install applications.
My guess is that the best output type for this would be standard WebHelp.
Hopefully this helps... Rick
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I have downloaded JavaHelp using Sun Download Manager (download and extract JavaHelp) to activate Full-text Search in RoboHelp. But, while generating Help in RoboHelp, I get an error that JavaHelp is not installed. I am not able to understand how to Install JavaHelp. Please help.
That's the way it worked in X4 and later versions up but not including RH8. RH8 includes phrase searching in webhelp.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips -
Using external search without RoboHelp server
Is it possible to index pages external to your project in
order to conduct searches without having RoboHelp Server?
ThanksHi, rune1io
From what I understand, the (PPT, DOC, XLS, TXT, and PDF)
files would have to be included in the project, either in baggage
files or placed in the root of your project folder on the server.
Here is a snip from the online help regarding this:
<snip>
Enhanced indexing support for Search
In RoboHelp Server 8, for all the WebHelp Pro and FlashHelp
Pro projects, you can search for any topics and baggage files (PPT,
DOC, XLS, TXT, and PDF) included in a project. You can also add a
reference to these files in a topic, and the baggage files are
displayed in the search results.
For server-side indexing, you can copy the required baggage
files to the project folder. The RoboHelp server reads these files
and re-creates the index at the time of scheduled scanning. Also,
if you do not include these baggage files in the project, the
server still indexes them, provided they exist in the project
folder.
</snip>
So it seems that a link to an external file via HTTP or FTP
would not be indexed. I will try to seek further clarification on
this, but that's the way I read it.
Thanx,
john -
Large spaces in robohelp output
Hi
I've created a Framemaker doc using the DITA Open Toolkit and linked it to Robohelp to produce Webhelp. I use Adobe Tech Comms Suite v2 by the way.
When publishing in Robohelp though the spacing between words is really wide, about double or triple the norm. I've looked at the paragragh designer in Frame and cant see anything obviously wrong and the stylesheets in Robohelp arent showing anything odd either. Anyone got any ideas where I should be looking?
Help apprecicated - I've been looking into this on and off for a couple of weeks now.
NickI had this as well; I changed the word spacing in the CSS to 0 em for all
styles; for some reason RH added spacing.
Nima
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Large spaces in robohelp output
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Securing RoboHelp output files
We have a client that is interested in making their RoboHelp
output files available via their web site. However, they want to
secure the files so that only their customers can gain access. We
are their web site developers.
We reviewed the .Net API, however that is for integrating
context sensitive help, which is not what we are trying to do.
Do you have any clients that are doing this and if so what is
the recommended method?
Please advise.Unfortunatly, it's not that easy. Since the files are raw
HTML, they don't go through the same processing as the standard
.net pages and thus buy pass any application security that is built
into .NET applications. If the RoboHelp files could be exported to
.NET pages (such as .aspx) the problem would be solved and we could
secure the pages without a problem, but it is my understanding that
isn't an option.
We could make the files only accessible via FTP that requires
a username/password, but that isn't what our client wants. They
want them to be able to use the help files online.
Any other thoughts? -
Ilustrations being modified in FrameMaker to Robohelp output
Hello all,
I noticed a problem in the FrameMaker to Robohelp conversion output. I am using TCS, Framemaker project linked to Robohelp. Outputs are EPUB and Webhelp. My issue exists in both EPUB and Webhelp output.
Some of my source images are in EPS and in AI format, as these formats print nicely in PDF. Some of the illustrations include dashed lines. When I convert the projects, in the Robohelp output, the dashed lines are replaced by solid lines. I contacted support and their response is: Ai, SVG and EPS file format is not supported with Robohelp
This puts a damper on the concept of "single-sourcing" since I'm finding I have to make more and more manual tweaks to my source...
Has anyone run into this? Did you find a solution? I'm not an expert in Illustrations, so kind of stuck here.
I can convert these images to JPG or PNG, but such text based images don't look good in PDF in these formats. (the text is not sharp)
Any ideas? Since I own TCS 4, would I be able to contact support for AI and ask them to help me with finding appropriate AI conversion settings so that my JPG and PNG images (converted from AI and AI EPS) look good in print?
Thanks.Couple of things – in the Conversion Settings screen are you having RH use Distiller to process the images? If you aren’t try that & see what the result is like. If you are, turn it off & see what happens. Your other alternative is to generate PDFs of the images and include them by reference in the FM source (conditionalized of course so that they only end up in your RH output) & conditionalize your original images for PDF output only.
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Why does a topic that is not in the TOC show up in a help search? RoboHelp 9
I have two book (.xpj) projects in one directory. They each have their own TOCs, but the directory has all the topics for both projects.
In project A, the generated help output TOC looks correct, but if I do a search, I get a topic that is not in project A- it is not linked to the book. It is linked to project B. Do you know why the search would come up with this topic?
What determines the topics that appear in a help search?
Thank you,
ErinIt's about a thousand years since you could have two projects in one folder. (Well at least ten. )
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
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Where are FlashHelp Search Terms in Output?
I need to find and remove some search terms in the output/generated files for a FlashHelp project. I have searched through all of the output and cannot find the terms I am looking for, but they are still there when I search for them when I run FlashHelp.
Thank You,
RayHi there
There are a few places the terms may exist. What version of RoboHelp are you using? And what RoboFlavor? (RoboHelp for Word or RoboHelp HTML)
Cheers... Rick
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How do I get change bars to appear in Robohelp output?
I am using Frame 11 and Robohelp 10. I have used change bars to mark source content that I have updated (in Frame). When I import and generate output using Robohelp, however, I don't see any indication that that change indicator is coming across anywhere. I need to be able to indicate content changes visually to my audience. Any ideas about how to do that without resorting to changing the content in Robohelp manually or using different para/char styles in Frame?
Yes, I need something in finished help. I need to be able to provide a visual cue to the audience that specific text has changed in both the finished paper and the online outputs. I did this in the past by applying gray highlighting via character formatting in Framemaker. Unfortunately, removing character-level formatting peppered throughout a 600-page guide in Frame is tedious, to say the least. Therefore, I am looking for another solution. I was hoping that change bars would work. You can cause them to appear in the finished Frame output, and I figured that when imported into Robohelp there would be a marker or something in the HTML that I could work with. However, I don't see anything to that effect in the HTML in Robohelp. I am using the import feature. Maybe there is another way for me to bring over the content that will include that metadata? Or perhaps there is an entirely different approach I should be using to achieve my objective?
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I migrated a project from RoboHelp 5 to RoboHelp 8 and now the search is not working. I don't know where to start to check. Thanks
Peter, can you link to the post by Rick Stone? I searched for it with no luck.
I have a search problem of my own with RH 8 - generating WebHelp. I tried several suggestions from another thread:
- substring on/off
- change dictionary
- define keywords in index and search for a specific defined keyword
- generate new layout
- generate new layout in a different folder
- move all project files to a new location and generate to a new folder
- zip project and send to coworker (she has same issue on her machine)
- create new project with a couple topics of dummy text
The issue I have is this: When I generate the layout and test the Search function, it returns the first 12-15 words of the default first topic. Doesn't matter what the search term is - whether it's for a specific keyword or a commonly occuring term in the project.
It's a very small project (the Word version is 45 pages) and I haven't really departed much from the default settings in RH8. I'm sure there's a setting I'm overlooking but no idea what it could be.
Any ideas? Two-topic dummy project (with 0 formatting and no tweaks except to generate a smart index) attached. -
Search help in output(using alvgrid function module)
HEllo Experts,
I hav developed report using ALV grid function module, now my req is I need to provide the search help for particular field in the output.
my output contains .MATNO, PLANT AND STORAGE LOCATION.
Now based on mat and plant I need to provide the F4 help for storage location field in the out put.
could u pls anbody help me on the req asap. with details code.
will give u Full point if it suits my req....Hi Raja,
This is what you can try to do....first select the sales org and distribution channel for the value entered in the material in an 2 separate internal tables.
Then use the FM 'F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST' for each internal table to get a search help for the sales org and distribution channel for any particular material number.
Please write the code at AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST event.
or,
try this code.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR p_salesorg.
select salesorg from tablename into itab where matnr = p_matnr(selction screen value).
if sy-subrc eq 0.
CALL FUNCTION 'POPUP_WITH_TABLE_DISPLAY'
EXPORTING
ENDPOS_COL =
ENDPOS_ROW =
STARTPOS_COL =
STARTPOS_ROW =
TITLETEXT =
TITLETEXT =
IMPORTING
CHOISE = W_LINEN0
TABLES
VALUETAB = itab
EXCEPTIONS
BREAK_OFF = 1
OTHERS = 2.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
READ TABLE itab INDEX W_LINENO.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
P_salesorg = itab-salesorg.
endif.
endif.
similarly for distribution channel pass sales org ....
kindly reward if found helpful.
cheers,
Hema. -
Search Entire Robohelp Forum?
Is it possible to search the entire Robohelp forum, or do I
have to enter my search term into each category individually?
Usually one never knows which category help might turn up
in!Welcome to our community, mcclellc
When you prepare the search, just select all the forum
categories in the list using either Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click.
Cheers... Rick -
Hi
Can we search using arabic text in the search fild in a help
created using robohelp?
Please advice
if any data required please contact me on
[email protected]
Thanx
AbdallahDuplicate post. See
here
for the other thread. -
Hi,
Is it possible to use an FTP site to distribute a RoboHelp
HTML output (.chm) and have all links work?Hi Gastard23 and welcome to our community
As long as the .CHM is being saved locally, things should
work. But you may find that you still need the info in
this
link for the .CHMs that are downloaded, as they could be
blocked by Windows.
Cheers... Rick
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