Where is the Roboapi.asp in RHS8?
We upgraded our workstations and server all to robohelp 8.
There is nothing in the documentation ANYWHERE about the
roboapi.asp being removed, but our server admin is saying it
doesn't exist in RHServer 8, and now our developers are going to
have to re-code all of the context-sensitive links if we can't find
it.
Here are my questions:
Why would Adobe remove something so integral to the way
people link to help files without mentioning it somewhere?
Is it really gone, or is there some trick to get it there?
Please help, we really need an answer to this before we start
the developers coding. Right now, context-sensitive help isn't
working. It's not a good scene!
Hi shootathought,
RoboHelp Server 8 does document all the URLs that are available for accessing context sensitive help from RHS 8. Details are available at
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/RoboHelp/8.0/RoboHelpServer/WS9DE2BAEA-1C51-4a90-8252-039D7502 30C0.html under "Access Context-Sensitive Help" section.
Snippet from RHS 8 documentation:
Using context-sensitive Help, you can associate context IDs with topics. Using CSH API, you can retrieve topics associated with a given context ID from the server. You can use the CSH API of the server to call a context-sensitive Help topic from WebHelp Pro or FlashHelp Pro projects in RoboHelp HTML. You can access CSH for WebHelp Pro and FlashHelp Pro projects from the CSH tool and the browser window.
Using the CSH tool, specify a URL and Map Number as follows:
For WebHelp Pro, specify http://<server-name>/robohelp/server?project=<project name>&area=<area-name> in the Help URL and context ID in the map number.
For FlashHelp Pro, specify the Help URL as http://<server-name>/robohelp/server?project=<projectname>&type=flashhelp&area=<area-name> and context ID in the map number.
To access context-sensitive Help using the browser window:
Specify the URL as http://<server-name>/robohelp/server?project=<project name>&ctxid=<ctx id>&area=<area-name> for WebHelp Pro projects.
Specify the URL as http://<server-name>/robohelp/server?project=<project name>&ctxid=<ctx id>&type=flashhelp&area=<area-name> for FlashHelp Pro projects.
You can use CSH API to access Help using a topic name. Enter the URL http://<server-name>/<context-name>/server?project=<project name>&tpc=<relative topic path>&area=<area-name>[&type=flashhelp]
Regards
Tulika.
Similar Messages
-
Like many in my position, I am a Technical Author that also administers the document servers for the company. In my case, the Australian Federal Police. I have been using RoboHelp and RoboEngine/Server for many years, so I am quite familiar with the setup. I am also quite close to the development team, who worked with me in the beginning to set up all the applications for the RoboHelp/RoboServer Context Sensitive Help (CSH) technology.
RoboHelp Server 6 and 7 created many problems for me. The constant errors, the weekly server re-boots, the monthly flushing of databases, the daily Windows Service restarts; I'm sure there are others familiar with this as well.
Then along comes RoboHelp Server 8. After a frustrating length of time receiving no help whatsoever from Adobe, I am told that RoboServer 8 will fix everything.
So I put in a case and was given the budget to proceed with the upgrade. Two RoboHelp Server licenses, a Tech Comms suite and three RoboHelp Office 8 licenses. Thousands of dollars and countless hours later, I am no better off because none of our applications can call the CSH from RoboServer 8. None of the documentation for RoboHelp 8 or RoboHelp Server 8 says this up front. In fact, the RoboHelp 8 documentation maintains the use of the RoboAPI.asp for viewing WebHelp Pro output, but, like I said, it just doesn't work and won't work.
In the back of the RoboHelp Server 8 book is the procedure for connecting Tomcat and IIS. If anyone has bothered to look, it is pure gobbledegook. None of the URLs take you to the file downloads and you need a university degree to understand the process anyway.
I now have the Madcap Madpack, plus Madcap Server, which I shall be trialing, but, in the meantime, I have these urgent questions:
Can RoboHelp Server 8 be connected to IIS so that I can use my RoboHelp 6 and 7 API calls that are part of our applications?
Does anyone have a set of instructions that a failry intelligent person can follow to do this?
Currently, our main application uses a configuration file to specify the root server. It looks something like this:
http://<server>:666/ and is placed in the variable strRootPath
The call in the code is defined in the variable strHelpPath and is in this form:
RoboAPI.asp?context=<context ID>
This has worked well for many years and many versions of RoboHelp from RoboEnterprise to RoboEngine to RoboServer 4.
Someone out there has got to have an answer for this. I can't imagine what would happen if I had to go back to the development team and inform them that we have to change the code. For the Web Apps, it would not be so bad, but will still take months of coordination and testing before it can be released. Our main application, however, is another story, and will require the approval of a new On Line Help project. If we have to do that, it won't be RoboHelp!After some badgering of a couple of the developers, I am almost at the verge of some small milestone. The string that calls the on line help is built using the content of a couple of variables. The main one is the servername. In the old RoboHelp 7 format, it is entered into the config file as http://<servername>:<port>/RoboAPI.asp?
I changed this to:
http//<servername>:<port>/test/server?
(I created a context in RobHelp Server 8 called "test").
The rest of the string is built from the content of a variable that pulls the context ID from a database table. The result is "context=<ID>", so it should work just fine, right?
Well, no, it doesn't.
A help viewer called browser.exe is used to view the help. When the above configuration is used, the help viewer opens with this single line of text:
The help page you are looking for can be found at here.
Clicking here takes you to the correct page, in the help viewer.
There MUST be some way of bypassing that crudely drafted message. There are other issues, but this ome MUST be resolved first.
Anyone?
Please? -
RoboHelp Server 8 - roboapi.asp & robo.dll redirect
We are currently using RoboHelp x5 and have upgraded to RoboHelp 8. We need all requests for roboapi.asp and robo.dll which were supported in X5 to redirect properly to work in RoboHelp Server 8.
I have read a few posts that recommend adding the RoboHelpFilter.dll however I have not been able to get this to work. Has anyone been able to get this to work?
We are using IIS6 and Tomcat.After some badgering of a couple of the developers, I am almost at the verge of some small milestone. The string that calls the on line help is built using the content of a couple of variables. The main one is the servername. In the old RoboHelp 7 format, it is entered into the config file as http://<servername>:<port>/RoboAPI.asp?
I changed this to:
http//<servername>:<port>/test/server?
(I created a context in RobHelp Server 8 called "test").
The rest of the string is built from the content of a variable that pulls the context ID from a database table. The result is "context=<ID>", so it should work just fine, right?
Well, no, it doesn't.
A help viewer called browser.exe is used to view the help. When the above configuration is used, the help viewer opens with this single line of text:
The help page you are looking for can be found at here.
Clicking here takes you to the correct page, in the help viewer.
There MUST be some way of bypassing that crudely drafted message. There are other issues, but this ome MUST be resolved first.
Anyone?
Please? -
Where is the error support link now??
There used to be very good knowledge base when esupport was there...
http://primussupport.hyperion.com/esupport/esupport/consumer/esupport.asp?
But now no esupport.... there is somesort of knowledge base in the new oracle metalink but i cannot find any support for even the common errors there..
where is the esupport error msg support now???
any idea???metalink 3?
-
HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 551dn - where did the drivers go?
I go to the download page to download the drivers for this 551dn. I download all windows 7, 8, 8.1, 2008, 2012, so that i can put them on my print server. I downloaded them from here..
<http>//h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=5081348&lang=en&lang=en&cc=lamerica_n...
when i get the file, lets say for windows 7/64bit, i choose...
HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 color M551 Printer Series PCL6 Print Driver (no Installer) 61.130.04.12834
24 Sep 2014 21.3
I get the file downloaded (LJEnt-color-M551-Drv-no-installer_12297.exe), i run it, get the security warning and Run. the file extracts - then POOF, the installer is gone.
where did the files go? They aren't on the root of the C: drive, a folder/files were not created on my desktop, no files or folder created in my downloads folder.
I was never asked for a file save location.... ??? really? is this this basic stuff?
Where are the files? this $$$ printer is a brick until i get drivers!
Thanks!
Jason
UPDATE- I FOUND THE FILES!!
First of all, HP... i'm not impressed.
All the files for all the drivers are in a series of temp folders...
C:\Users\-myusername-\AppData\Local\Temp\3\7zS4A73
really?
hope this helps someone.There is no change to this problem after 6 months since the last post. Put simply, and as stated in the previous posts, there is no way to scan a document and receive the image on your PC. If you are working with graphics for any length of time or want to create an image for inclusion as an image in a document or web page using this piece of equipment will not allow you to do so.
Great shame as every other function works well - it cannot be beyond the wit of HP to include a Windows application that enables you to scan an image, receive it in the software you are using at the time (e.g. Outlook, Word, Photoshop...) and use it in your work.
HP Printers several years older than this £1000+ Enterprise printer were able to do this simple job and have done so for a great many years. Just being able to use Microsoft's Fax and Scan would be start. -
Sometimes I am locked in "day" view in iCal. There is no where on the screen to choose "month" view, even when I close it out and open again. Tapping anywhere on the screen or scrolling doesn't help.
Give this a try:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete the contents the following folder: User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try full screen again.
NOTE: For Mavericks and Yosemite, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
where you can check the Show Library Folder checkbox. -
Where did the Stream 7 drivers go?
The support page for downloading drivers for the HP Stream 7 tablet (any model) has disappeared from the HP website.
Navigating to the HP Stream 7 support page, Selecting "Software and Drivers", then "Go directly to software and drivers page", Operating System "Windows", then Version "Windows 8.1" (the only choices), then clicking the Update button, gives a message "No software or drivers are available for this product with the selected operating system. Please make a different selection, or visit the product homepage. " This happens using Firefox, IE 11, or Chrome.
These drivers have been missing for at least a few weeks, and multiple forum users have also had no luck finding them. Before that time the drivers seemed to come and go randomly, but they've stayed missing now for weeks. One dorum user has posted direct FTP links to the drivers, and they might be the latest version, but not really sure.
Where did the drivers go, HP?This is for the 5701 as of a few days ago.
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69307.exe
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70001-70500/sp70275.exe
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70001-70500/sp70340.exe
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70001-70500/sp70339.exe
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70001-70500/sp70337.exe
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69308.exe
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69305.exe
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69309.exe -
How do I figure where is the data in a materialized view coming from
Hi: when I run select NAME, OWNER from dba_mview_refresh_times, I see a number of materialized views. How do I find more details about this view i.e where is the data coming from and which fields. The source table that is in another database changed. But the view on my database where the materialized view exist has not changed. I want to confirm from where is data coming in this view
TIA
RaviSQL> select * from dict where table_name like 'ALL%MVIEW%'
TABLE_NAME COMMENTS
ALL_BASE_TABLE_MVIEWS All materialized views with log(s) in the database that the user can s
ee
ALL_MVIEWS All materialized views in the database
ALL_MVIEW_AGGREGATES Description of the materialized view aggregates accessible to the user
ALL_MVIEW_ANALYSIS Description of the materialized views accessible to the user
ALL_MVIEW_COMMENTS Comments on materialized views accessible to the user
ALL_MVIEW_DETAIL_PARTITION Freshness information of all PCT materialized views in the database
ALL_MVIEW_DETAIL_RELATIONS Description of the materialized view detail tables accessible to the u
ser
ALL_MVIEW_DETAIL_SUBPARTITION Freshness information of all PCT materialized views in the database
ALL_MVIEW_JOINS Description of a join between two columns in the
WHERE clause of a materialized view accessible to the user
ALL_MVIEW_KEYS Description of the columns that appear in the GROUP BY
list of a materialized view accessible to the user
ALL_MVIEW_LOGS All materialized view logs in the database that the user can see
ALL_MVIEW_REFRESH_TIMES Materialized views and their last refresh times for each master table
that the user can look at
ALL_REGISTERED_MVIEWS Remote materialized views of local tables that the user can see
13 rows selected. -
What/Where is the Value Lifecycle Manager (VLM)
What/Where is the Value Lifecycle Manager (VLM)
I was just reviewing an ASUG presentation from Soledad Alvarado Ganzhorn of SAP NetWeaver Product Management at SAP Labs. It describes a value lifecycle manager tool that includes:
��Value Discovery content includes: Interview Questions, Pain Points, Best Practices, Solution Enablers, Value Drivers & KPI's, and Data Requests
�� A Knowledge Management Platform Retrieve and Enter content
�� A Highly Flexible and Customizable Business Case Building and Reporting Platform
�� Used by Value Engineers, Solution Engineers, ISG, Partners and others
Is anyone aware if SAP is using this tool already? Will customers get access to it? This sounds like a replacement for the business case builder which I haven't seen either. It would be nice if customers had access to these sorts of discovery tools. Since we don't utilize SAP consulting, we are often not able to access this content as we initiate new initiatives. It would be nice to have access as it seems like we are internally selling their software for them.The tool is available. It is at the following URL:
https://sapvalueengineering.com/VLM2/client.page
SAP has nominated select Partners that have access to the tool. You can probably check with the SAP partner relationship manager in your organization to see if you have access to this tool. -
I created a video clip by ripping from a (non-protected) DVD & brought it into Photoshop CC for editing. I want the audio to fade in & out but cannot find any audio controls!
The info I've found online says to click the little triangle at the right end of the clip & I should get the audio flyout menu, but all I get is a menu with "Motion" options.
Please help!! Where are the audio options I see on the tutorials?
Thanks ...The audio was indeed in there; I could hear it! But I found the fix:
Some Googling revealed that the timeline video sprites should appear *blue*, not purple as in my screenshot. I'm not sure how that happened, but I scrapped the project & restarted from scratch - and though I can't say what I did differently, this time the video sprite in the timeline was blue, and the audio flyout was there! So it's all good, thanks! -
When I import files (copy from jpeg or copy as DNG from raw, where is the full size original stored?
I have the photos go here file, does LR5 put the untouched original there? Do I need my own file for originals and if so, how does LR5 know where to find the full size original? I have everything working but don't understand where my untouched originals go after import. Say I import off my card to My Pictures/Lightroom Catalog/ Photos go here ..... are my originals there? What if I erase my card now, do I only have partial size negatives basically? I don't understand why LR5 didnt put in an originals do here file that imports the full photo to a stock folder. I am so confused I am about ready to throw out LR5. I even bought your instructional DVD and it doesnt make where the original files location clear, it just repeats that LT5 does NOT import the original, just thumbnail and instructions, where is the program getting the photo when I double click to open it , or am I only seeing a lower resolution version of the photo and the full res is now gone because I formatted the card?
When you import photos, you can choose "Copy" or "Move" or "Copy as DNG", and then select a destination folder on your hard disk. This happens on the right hand side of the Import dialog box. So your original files go to this destination folder.
Alternatively, if your photos are already on your hard disk, you can import by choosing "Add" and the original photos remain in the existing location.
If you're not sure where the photos are, open Lightroom, go to the Library Module, and on the right hand side is the Metadata Panel. Set the dropdown to "Default", and it will show you where your photos are stored. Alternatively, you can right-click on any photo and select "Show In Finder"/"Show in Explorer" and Lightroom will take you to the exact folder where the photo is located.
So, bottom line, you are in total control of where the originals go, and if your forgot where you put them, or made a mistake, you can always find out where they are.
What if I erase my card now, do I only have partial size negatives basically?
If your import was successful, then the photos are now stored on your hard disk. So you have the full size original for Lightroom to work with.
it just repeats that LT5 does NOT import the original, just thumbnail and instructions
Lightroom does import the original, which means, in Lightroom jargon, that it records the location and metadata about the photo; in other words, Lightroom knows where the photo is, but Lightroom NEVER contains your photo, your photo is ALWAYS stored on the hard disk.
Because Lightroom now knows where your photo is located, it is important that you not manage your photos (move, edit, rename, delete) outside of Lightroom. Photo managements tasks now must be done in Lightroom. (There are advanced methods that let you manage your photos outside of Lightroom, but these would be NOT RECOMMENDED for beginners) -
Where is the hyphen on the apple TV? I am trying to set up my network and there is a hyphen in the password for the network
A few options to try:
They hyphen should be next to the + on the character map.
If you are still having issues, provided your ATV software is up to date, you can now connect an Apple Wireless Keyboard through bluetooth connections.
Change your network password so it does not use a hyphen
Good luck! -
Apple maps has received a poor performance rating just after introduction of the iPhone 5. I am running Google Maps app on the phone. SIRI cannot seem to get me to a specific address. Where does the problem lie? Also can anyone tell me the hierarchy of use between the Apple Maps, SIRI, and Google maps when the app is on the phone? How do you choose one over the other as the default map usage? Or better still how do you suppress SIRI from using the Apple maps app when requesting a "go to"?
I have placed an address location into the CONTACTS list and when I ask SIRI to "take me there" it found a TOTALLY different location in the metro area with the same street name. I have included the address, the quadrant, (NE) and the ZIP code into the CONTACTS list. As it turns out, no amount of canceling the trip or relocating the address in the CONTACTS list line would prevent SIRI from taking me to this bogus location. FINALLY I typed in Northeast for NE in the CONTACTS list (NE being the accepted method of defining the USPS location quadrant) , canceled the current map route and it finally found the correct address. This problem would normally not demand such a response from me to have it fixed but the address is one of a hospital in the center of town and this hospital HAS a branch location in a similar part of town (NOT the original address SIRI was trying to take me to). This screw up could be dangerous if not catastrophic to someone who was looking for a hospital location fast and did not know of these two similar locations. After all the whole POINT of directions is not just whimsical pasttime or convenience. In a pinch people need to rely on this function. OR, are my expectations set too high?
How does the iPhone select between one app or the other (Apple Maps or Gppgle Maps) as it relates to SIRI finding and showing a map route?
Why does SIRI return an address that is NOT the correct address nor is the returned location in the requested ZIP code?
Is there a known bug in the CONTACTS list that demands the USPS quadrant ID be spelled out, as opposed to abreviated, to permit SIRI to do its routing?
Thanks for any clarification on these matters.siri will only use apple maps, this cannot be changed. you could try google voice in the google app.
-
Where is the binary data of this icon stored and retrieved from Application server?
Hello guys,
Today I observed one phenomenon and could not explain it per my knowledge.
I have one url which points to an icon in application server:
https://<host name>:44301/sap/public/bc/ur/nw5/themes/sap_corbu/common/libs/Icon/SuccessMessage.gif
I could successfully open it via chrome:
and after that I could see an entry in ICM server cache. Everything works perfectly.
Then I tried to check this icon in mime browser in SE80. To my surprise, the folder /sap/public/bc/ur/nw5/themes is empty.
However, the ICM cache shows that there is a subfolder called "sap_corbu" under "themes" folder. But why I cannot find it in mime browser?
Then I write a report to retrieve the binary data of icon via CL_HTTP_CLIENT, and clear the ICM buffer via tcode SMICM.
I expect this time some database table will be queried to load the content of the icon, since now the buffer is not available.
To my surprise again, in SAT no database table is involved.
So now I am confused: since I have already cleared the ICM server cache, where does the icon binary data come from when I run the report to access the icon?
Best regards,
JerryHello guys,
one colleague today told me that there is a zip file "ur_mimes_nw7.zip" in MIME repository /PUBLIC/BC/UR/ur_mines_nw7.zip. I download it locally and unzip it and indeed find many theme folders including sap_corbu folder and its resource files. So I guess there must be some logic done in web application server which will unzip this archive file and put each theme folder to the corresponding folders in application server. I would assume those logic are done outside ABAP stack side, this is the reason I cannot find any hint of them in ABAP backend via tcode SAT even I clear both client and server side cache.
Best regards,
Jerry -
Where is the parameter panel on the embedded Crystal Report preview in Visu
Where is the parameter panel on the embedded Crystal Report preview in Visual Studio?
I found a tweet on google about this.. but the link is invalid.. and I could not find the article on SDN.
KB #1486469 - Where is the parameter panel on the embedded Crystal Report preview in Visual Studio? http://tinyurl.com/22thlcg
How do I the show parameter dialog in either WPF or Winforms viewer of Visual Studio 2010.
Parameters are not even visible in the Parameters Side panel. It is empty too..
I see two classes ParameterPrompting and ParameterPrompt both, on initialization throws exception.. even to manually invoke them...
Is it permanently removed?Hello,
Seems like a reported Bug.
Please check:
Re: CRVS2010 - Hide Group Tree and Parameter Panel
A possible woraround but you need to change as per your need:
CRVS 2010 BETA - WPF Viewer - How to hide SidePanel?
Hope it helps.
Thanks.
Maybe you are looking for
-
I had an awful time getting apple to accept my username and my credit card but finally got it to accept and purchased facetime App .It downloaded correctly and put an Icon on my toolbar,but would not operate as it said my email address was in use by
-
I am trying to convert a pdf to a word doc. The pdf was created in Framemaker. I am using Acrobat XI Pro and getting formatting errors and scrambled (or missing) text, especially below a heading. Any fixes?
-
When I try to do a batch date change in iPhoto, I change the month, tab to the day and change it, tab to the year and change it and for some reason it automatically changes the time. For instance, if I'm changing the date from 1/1/2001 to 1/1/2000, a
-
[DW-8]No me funciona la funcion captcha
Hola, estoy probando poniendo captcha en mi web, pero estoy haciendo pruebas y no me funciona, lo que hago es el en form, es llamar a una funcion Comprobar que tiene en esa misma pagina, pero no me funciona, os pongo el codigo asi se ve mejor <body>
-
How can I filter (send to trash) all non-english messages?
I am getting an overload of oriental language (Chinese) and slavic langauge (Russian or similar) emails. I a perfect world Thunderbird would filter all non-english messages into my trash folder or block them. Does anyone have any ideas?? Thank you