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David Hurlston
Inspiring
February 13, 2012
Question

Compiled file size ballooned , WinHelp, RoboHelp 9

  • February 13, 2012
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I notice that the compiled .hlp files are now 2-4 times larger than when they where compiled with RH8..

We distribute on CD's and this is causing a major headache.

Anyone tried going back from RH9 to RH8?

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Adobe Employee
mdsameer87
Adobe Employee
February 20, 2012

Hi,

I verified this scenario with few RHW projects and found that WinHelp file size is not ballooning up. Please see the details below of verification environment.

        1)      OS:- WIN7 32 bit.

       2)      MS Word version:- Office 2007.

       3)      RHW versions:- RH8 and RH 9.

       4)      Help file generated:- WinHelp 4 and WinHelp2000 format.

Please check for your working environment as this issue might be specific to some OS/MS Office version.

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David HurlstonAuthor
Inspiring
February 21, 2012

Thanks for the response.

My environment is as you listed except I am now using a 64-bit Win 7 machine running RH9 instead of the former 32-bit Vista running RH8

So three things changed at once - the hardware, the OS and the RH version. One or all of these may explain it.

It turns out that running out of space on the distribution CD has forced us to rethink the CD approach and realize it would be much smarter to distribute over the web, We should have figured that out years ago!

As they say -  It's an ill wind that blows no good.....

Thanks again

Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 21, 2012

David

Given that you will be generating WebHelp for RoboHelp for Word, do check that the content works in the main browsers, not just IE. I am not saying it will not, just check it does.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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