Using PDFs - Robohelp 7 HTML

I'm new to Robohelp. Is there anyway to use PDFs as topics
instead of importing them and converting them to HTML? I have over
a 100 PDFs i need to use on a project but don't like the way they
look when converted. Does anyone have any suggestions?
much appreciated,
Eynar

Hi Eynar and welcome to the forums.
Yes you can add pdfs directly to a help file. It can get a
bit tricky and depends a little on how you want them displayed. If
you create a direct link to a .pdf (e.g. <A
HREF="yourfile.pdf">click here</A>), the link will prompt
the user to save or open the file. You can also use a shortcut
control, which will open the .pdf in the user's default .pdf
reader. The way to get the file to open in the help browser is to
use the parser function (see below) and create a link calling that
function <A ONCLICK="parser('yourfile.pdf')"
STYLE="text-decoration:underline; COLOR: green; CURSOR:
hand">Link to your PDF file</A>.
The parser function was written by Microsoft to find the
correct path for linked files. I've included it here, you can also
find it in Microsoft's help documentation. You would add it to your
<HEAD> section. With this function your pdf files can be
external to the compiled help file but in the same folder.
John

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