Which AirHelp option produces less output files?

Hello All,
My help topics were created using RH8, and am looking into other web base help solution due to the large amount of files that Web Help currently outputs. For example, Adobe Air in RH8 has the following Output Types:
Adobe Air Application,
Browser based help,
Air Application AND Browser based help, and
Help Content.
My ultimate goal is simply to have a compact output file (e.g., like a CHM file) so my developer can incorporate into his workflow solution (SharePoint 2010) to automatically deploy my web help to not just the central admin server but also all sub-servers. The initial approach of incorporating the help files (currently using RH WebHelp) into the install package did not address that scenario. Unfortunately, for him, he cannot dynamically include all the files into the solution; they must be included one-by-one, which is pain and will cause issues if new files are added later on. Hence, my inquiry to find another web help platform output to reduce the number of files needed to be included in the solution.
In closing, what do you recommend out of Adobe Air web help solution?
Thank you all for your time and consideration,
~PM

Jeff will not be online yet. The AIR file is a single file but not the same as a CHM. A CHM is what the user opens. An AIR file is a bit like a zip file and it installs the AIR help on the user's PC as a program. Within Program Files, it looks much like WebHelp.
You will need a freely available licence from Adobe if you are also going to install the AIR runtime that will be needed. See the AIR topics on my site.
With that said, I don't think AIR of any type is your solution any more than a CHM is. The latter is designed to be run from the user's PC and not a server. See http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/chm_mspatch/896358.htm
Quite simply, short of a PDF help file, there isn't a single file help option designed to run from web servers. What seems odd here and where more information is needed is why your developer cannot upload webhelp. Something is not ringing right here.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
@petergrainge

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I attempted to convert the source files to Quicktime using the Adobe Media Encoder (I tried with both CS5 and CS4 versions).
The original 8 minute MTS file that is 1.3 GB results in a Quicktime file OVER 80 GB!!!! (Both files are the same exact resolution (1920 x 1080) same bit depth (24 bit) same frame rate 29.97. I've tried several CODECS with no substantial difference. Does anyone have any experience with a workflow that would allow the final output to be of a reasonable and manageable size? The goal is to provide the highest quality Quicktime file I can at 583 x 329 and this file will ultimately be used in a web project (Flash) were file size is obviously critical.
I did also try a couple of "Video converters" available on the web. They can convert the files with excellent file size results but the quality is unusable (looks obviously compressed).
I do have a fair amount of experience providing these types of outputs/files for similar projects and I've never run into such a problem. Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks for your reply. What I meant was the workflow I have delveloped with the client to provide a quicktime file for their use on their end is what has been proven.
The whole reason I started this thread was hoping someone had a NEW WORKFLOW that would allow me to do this.
I have hundreds of clips I have produced for this client that utilze the Animation codec at 100% at a small fraction of the size. In fact I have one clip that is 46 minutes in duration 1920 X 1080 60 FPS using QT Animation codec at 100% and the file is 40 GB. The difference being the source files which were shot with a different camera in DVCPRO HD format.
So if what you're saying is I should expect an 8 minute clip to be 80 GB I'm a bit lost.
Anyway thanks for your reply hopefully someone has some helpful advise. I'm not here to argue with anyone or to be proven wrong, I'm just looking for help.
I'll continue to seach for other options. Thanks to all who have responded.

XML Publisher - OPP log: Output file was found but is zero sized - Deleted

Hi,
I have created one Main template and sub-template is called from it. I am working with Oracle Apps version 12.1.1. XML Source file gets created using rdf file attached to the concurrent program. Now after registering main template with the required concurrent program when i tried to execute it "View Output" button shows XML souce data instead of PDF report which i have called using main template. Log file was showing following error,
Executing request completion options...
Output file size:
33140
------------- 1) PUBLISH -------------
Beginning post-processing of request 3739501 on node ORAAPP13 at 09-AUG-2011 22:16:38.
Post-processing of request 3739501 failed at 09-AUG-2011 22:16:51 with the error message:
One or more post-processing actions failed. Consult the OPP service log for details.
------------- 2) PRINT -------------
Not printing the output of this request because post-processing failed.
Finished executing request completion options.
And the OPP service log has following error, Can anyone guide me to solve this error.
Template code: AERO_INV_MAIN
Template app: XXAV
Language: en
Territory: US
Output type: PDF
[8/9/11 10:16:51 PM] [339827:RT3739501] Output file was found but is zero sized - Deleted
[8/9/11 10:16:51 PM] [UNEXPECTED] [339827:RT3739501] java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.invokeNewXSLStylesheet(XSLT10gR1.java:611)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.transform(XSLT10gR1.java:239)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLTWrapper.transform(XSLTWrapper.java:182)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:1044)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:997)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:212)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.createFO(FOProcessor.java:1665)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.generate(FOProcessor.java:975)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.runProcessTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:5936)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.processTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:3459)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.processTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:3548)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.XMLPublisherProcessor.process(XMLPublisherProcessor.java:302)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPRequestThread.run(OPPRequestThread.java:176)
Caused by: java.lang.StackOverflowError
 at java.text.DecimalFormat.subformat(DecimalFormat.java:877)
 at java.text.DecimalFormat.format(DecimalFormat.java:674)
 at java.text.DecimalFormat.format(DecimalFormat.java:608)
 at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.zeroPaddingNumber(SimpleDateFormat.java:1203)
 at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.subFormat(SimpleDateFormat.java:1142)
 at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.format(SimpleDateFormat.java:899)
 at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.format(SimpleDateFormat.java:869)
 at java.text.DateFormat.format(DateFormat.java:316)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.security.CallStack.getInstance(CallStack.java:97)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.security.DBConnObj.setBorrowingThread(DBConnObj.java:990)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.security.DBConnObj.setBorrowingThread(DBConnObj.java:973)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.Pool.costBasedSelection(Pool.java:1885)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.Pool.selectObject(Pool.java:1686)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.Pool.borrowObject(Pool.java:950)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.security.DBConnObjPool.borrowObject(DBConnObjPool.java:584)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.security.AppsConnectionManager.borrowConnection(AppsConnectionManager.java:330)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.Context.borrowConnection(Context.java:1719)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext.getPrivateConnectionFinal(AppsContext.java:2314)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext.getPrivateConnection(AppsContext.java:2251)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext.getJDBCConnection(AppsContext.java:2108)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext.getJDBCConnection(AppsContext.java:1918)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext.getJDBCConnection(AppsContext.java:1762)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext.getJDBCConnection(AppsContext.java:1775)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.Context.getJDBCConnection(Context.java:1453)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.cache.GenericCacheLoader.load(GenericCacheLoader.java:170)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.profiles.Profiles.getProfileOption(Profiles.java:1500)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.profiles.Profiles.getProfile(Profiles.java:362)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.profiles.ExtendedProfileStore.getSpecificProfileFromDB(ExtendedProfileStore.java:211)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.profiles.ExtendedProfileStore.getSpecificProfile(ExtendedProfileStore.java:171)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.profiles.ExtendedProfileStore.getProfile(ExtendedProfileStore.java:148)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.logging.DebugEventManager.configureUsingDatabaseValues(DebugEventManager.java:1294)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.logging.DebugEventManager.configureLogging(DebugEventManager.java:1149)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.logging.DebugEventManager.internalReinit(DebugEventManager.java:1118)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.logging.DebugEventManager.reInitialize(DebugEventManager.java:1085)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.logging.DebugEventManager.reInitialize(DebugEventManager.java:1072)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsLog.reInitialize(AppsLog.java:595)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext.initLog(AppsContext.java:602)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext.initializeContext(AppsContext.java:579)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext.initializeContext(AppsContext.java:533)
 at oracle.apps.fnd.common.AppsContext.<init>(AppsContext.java:301)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.OAURLConnection.getAppsContext(OAURLConnection.java:121)
 at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateURLConnection.getInputStream(TemplateURLConnection.java:89)
 at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1009)
 at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XMLReader.openURL(XMLReader.java:2353)
 at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XMLReader.pushXMLReader(XMLReader.java:270)
 at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:256)
 at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLBuilder.processIncludeHref(XSLBuilder.java:1045)
 at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLBuilder.processImportHref(XSLBuilder.java:984)
 at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLBuilder.processImport(XSLBuilder.java:949)
 at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLBuilder.startElement(XSLBuilder.java:373)
 at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseElement(NonValidatingParser.java:1252)
 at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseRootElement(NonValidatingParser.java:338)
 at oracle.xdo.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseDocument(NonValidatingParser.java:285)
Regards,
Priyanka

And metalink note 1100253.1 states that this issue (java.lang.StackOverflowError) might be caused by a too large set of data to be sorted in the layout file. Recommendation is to removed the sort from the layout file and instead sort the data already in the data definition.
regards,
David.

Scanning always produces invalid PDF files

I recently purchased an HP OfficeJet 4636, and I notice that when scanning documents to PDF, the generated PDF files are always invalid. When opening these files in Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Pro, one gets the message "The file is damaged but is being repaired." Many other PDF tools can't open the files at all.
I have installed the newest firmware update and restarted the printer, but the problem was not solved.
I tried many different settings (e.g., resolution, paper size, scan from ADF, scan from Glass), but the problem is always the same. For the record, I am using the "Web scan" interface: http://XX.XX.XX.XX/#hId-pgWebScan.
If there were an opportunity to attach a file to this bug report, I would attach an actual PDF file generated by this printer. I am happy to supply the file later, and I will refer to this specific file in my analysis of the bug below.
I am familiar with Adobe's PDF definition:
PDF Reference, sixth edition. Adobe Portable Document Format
Version 1.7, November 2006. Abobe Systems Incorporated.
I examined the PDF file in detail and it is quite clear what the bug is. Object 1 of the PDF file starts at byte offset 10, and it is a stream object containing the main image data in compressed JPEG format. The Length field for the stream object (at byte offset 168) is set to 1051875. However, the actual compressed stream data is only 64914 bytes long.
This is incorrect, because the PDF Reference (Section 3.2.7, p.61, "Stream Extent") specifies that "If the stream has a filter, Length is the number of bytes of encoded data." (emphasis in original). In other words, the stream length should be set to 64914, which is the length of the JPEG encoded data, and not 1051875 (which is presumably the length of the raw unencoded image data).
Moreover, four of the entries in the PDF xref table (at offset 65504) are incorrect:
the byte offset for object 2 is given as 1052085 (actual location of object 2 is 65124);
the byte offset for object 3 is given as 1052140 (actual location of object 3 is 65179);
the byte offset for object 4 is given as 1052206 (actual location of object 4 is 65245);
the byte offset for object 5 is given as 1052383 (actual location of object 5 is 65422).
Also, the PDF startxref pointer (at offset 65674) points to 1052465, whereas the actual location of the xref table is byte offset 65504.
Note that in all six cases, the error is exactly equal to the difference between the declared stream length (1051875) and the actual stream length (64914):
1051875 - 64914 = 986961
1052085 - 65124 = 986961
1052140 - 65179 = 986961
1052206 - 65245 = 986961
1052383 - 65422 = 986961
1052465 - 65504 = 986961
It looks like this is a simple programming error in the printer's PDF generation software: all the offsets are computed as if the length of the embedded image stream were 1051875, whereas it is actually 64914.
I scanned at different page sizes, resolutions, and so on. Each time, the actual byte offsets were slightly different (depending on the length of the encoded image stream), but the above relationships still hold in each case.
Please fix this! It is not really acceptable for an HP scanner to produce broken PDF files. Thanks, -- Peter

Hi @Selinger
One of the important things to point out is that the Webscan feature was designed for diagnostic purposes. The intended method of scanning is with HP software and the software build into the OS.
For Mac users this includes Apple Preview, Image Capture, or scanning from the Print and Fax Window.
For Windows users, non HP software includes, Windows Live Photo GAllery, Paint, and Windows Fax and Scan.
Webscan is a great alternative, but it is very basic. Your best option it to install the HP software and us the HP Scan program.
If there is a particular reason you are using Webscan and prefer to scan this way, the only thing I can really suggest is to try a different browser.
Please let me know the outcome of a different Browser, what Browser you are currently using, and what happens when you scan with HP software. If you require further assistance, please also include your operating system. What operating system, and version do you have? Mac or Windows?
I hope this helps.
Please click the Thumbs up icon below to thank me for responding.
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Please click “Accept as Solution” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.
Sunshyn2005 - I work on behalf of HP

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