Use RoboHelp Search to Search Website

Hello All,
I was wondering if it it possible to use RoboHelp's search feature to search a website that is not part of the WebHelp system.
I am using RoboHelp (WebHelp output) for context-sensitive help, and this is delivered with the application and run through the application, rather than on a website. Since this is installed on the client machine, I am trying to keep it from getting too large, and have moved more general topics out to a website. So, I would like for users to be able to search both the WebHelp content and the website content from the RoboHelp search field, if that would be possible.
Does anyone know if that can be accoplished, and if so, how?

Hi there
First off, no. RoboHelp cannot be used to search a Web Site. Unless, of course, the Web Site is one that was constructed entirely in RoboHelp.
Secondly, you posted this question in the WinHelp forum. So I'm going to move it from here to the WebHelp forum where it really belongs.
Cheers... Rick
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