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March 14, 2024
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Are .gz files necessary in RoboHelp output?

  • March 14, 2024
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I upgraded to RoboHelp 2020.8.34 early this year. After generating my outputs, our dev team noticed that the size of the projects were significately larger than before because of the addition of .gz files.

Are these files necessary? If not, is there a way to disable them from being generated as part of the output?

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    Peter Grainge
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    March 14, 2024

    Suggest your files are needed so perhaps the developer could exclude some of their files. 🙂

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    Peter Grainge
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    March 14, 2024

    BTW. Your 2020 subscription allows you to upgrade to the current version, which is 2022.3. No extra cost.

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    March 14, 2024

    Thanks, Peter. I assumed they were essential, but the dev noticed the increase the size of the help folder and freaked a bit. 

    I didn't realize that there was a 2022 version until I started searching on this topic today. I'll probably upgrade next week.

    Peter Grainge
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    March 14, 2024

    They weren't put there for fun. 🙂 They are to improve user search response times. They can be removed but at an obvious cost.

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