Question
Cannot Open CNT file
Hello all.
Here's some background. I've been making winhelp files for 12 years and my firm has a considerable number of legacy help systems in this format. Using Robohelp 6, we're going to convert them for the web one day but we're just not there yet.
Here's the situation: using Robohelp 6, I'm compiling a help system that incorporates the keyword index from another .HLP file. For this reason, a .CNT file gets created automatically. Because I do not have a TOC in this project, this .CNT file contains only two lines: ":Base 34821_32.hlp" and ":Index OE=348oe.hlp" Essentially, it serves as a pointer for the secondary .HLP file to aid in the creation of the full index listing. These projects were created using Robohelp Office 2002, by the way. Robohelp 6 converted them in what I thought was a smooth fashion at first.
Here's what's happening: The project compiles without incident but I can't even test this help file locally without getting an error message telling me that it cannot open the .CNT file on "S:\CLIENTS". The text string "S:\CLIENTS" does not exist anywhere in the project. I've run the Winhelp Bug Hunter on it too but it doesn't tell me anything useful, or at least, I cannot see anything obviously wrong. The other weird thing: I've got several other projects like this (where the index listing is comprised of two separate help screens) and they all work just fine. I've compared them to this bad project and once again, I cannot spot anything really wrong with it.
So what happened to my project? Any guesses?
Here's some background. I've been making winhelp files for 12 years and my firm has a considerable number of legacy help systems in this format. Using Robohelp 6, we're going to convert them for the web one day but we're just not there yet.
Here's the situation: using Robohelp 6, I'm compiling a help system that incorporates the keyword index from another .HLP file. For this reason, a .CNT file gets created automatically. Because I do not have a TOC in this project, this .CNT file contains only two lines: ":Base 34821_32.hlp" and ":Index OE=348oe.hlp" Essentially, it serves as a pointer for the secondary .HLP file to aid in the creation of the full index listing. These projects were created using Robohelp Office 2002, by the way. Robohelp 6 converted them in what I thought was a smooth fashion at first.
Here's what's happening: The project compiles without incident but I can't even test this help file locally without getting an error message telling me that it cannot open the .CNT file on "S:\CLIENTS". The text string "S:\CLIENTS" does not exist anywhere in the project. I've run the Winhelp Bug Hunter on it too but it doesn't tell me anything useful, or at least, I cannot see anything obviously wrong. The other weird thing: I've got several other projects like this (where the index listing is comprised of two separate help screens) and they all work just fine. I've compared them to this bad project and once again, I cannot spot anything really wrong with it.
So what happened to my project? Any guesses?
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