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Nikki Chapman UK
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August 25, 2021
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Advice on importing generated html files into a Robohelp 2017 project

  • August 25, 2021
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I'm looking for advice on how to resolve an issue where a Robohelp 2017 project has been lost and the only backup is from over a year ago, not good I know.

There is a responsive html generated version of the helpfiles from not that long ago.  Was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to handle this, although I know it's not going to be a simple easy fix.

And to throw things into the mix, I want to upgrade this project to Robohelp 2020 at some point.  So I have a few questions and would be grateful for any advice.

  • Is it best to upgrade to 2020 then sort out the problems
  • Is importing the generated helpfiles into the project going to be easier than copying and pasting their contents? There was about 800 topics in the project.
  • Is there a way of importing the images that are in those html files?

I'm not that familiar with Robohelp 2017, as I haven't used it for years.  I use Robohelp 2020.  It's a colleague who is using that version.

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    Community Expert
    August 25, 2021

    Also, are you absolutely sure the source has been lost? You've scoured the whole computer and checked you can't restore from the Recycle Bin (if it was deleted by accident)? If you can find the source htm files but have just lost the xpj file you might still be able to recover the project using an hhp file if there is one (see Opening corrupted projects and scroll down the Robohelp Classic section)

     

    If you've definitely lost the source files, have a look at the Reverse Engineering page on Peter's site to see your options:

    https://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/reverse_engineering/reverse_engineering.htm