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October 29, 2012
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Creating ePub file in Unstructured FrameMaker 10-RoboHelp 9.

  • October 29, 2012
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Hello,

I've created a book in FrameMaker, linked it to a project in RoboHelp and generated an ePub file. I can view the file in Adobe Digital Editions, but cannot load it to an iPad and view.

There are some formatting issues that I need to work on (bullets spacing), but the results appear to be fine.

I ran the file though a epub validator online and see that I have several errors:

-length of the first filename in archive must be 8, but was 9.

-character content of element dc:identifier invalid, must be a string with length at least 1

-element spine incomplete

-element navMap incomplete

Can you suggest a way for me to generate ePub files that can be viewed using an iPad (and possibly other devices)?

I've read posts online and viewed videos, but to date, nothing has helped me work through these issues.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

m.e.

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Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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Community Expert
October 29, 2012

Are you saying that you've transferred it successfully to the iPad, but that it won't view?

-Matt

@mattrsullivan

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
mdiemmeAuthor
Participating Frequently
October 29, 2012

I asked a developer to transfer the file to his iPad. He said that it would

not transfer.

Matt-Tech Comm Tools
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 29, 2012

Ok, so was the developer familiar with this process, and at what point did it fail?

(Did it transfer to iTunes on the PC, was the developer able to set it for sync, did it show in the Bookshelf, did it open or not?)

Once you've created the ePub from RH and validated it, it's more of an iPad/iOS question than anything.

-Matt

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
Jeff_Coatsworth
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 29, 2012

If you try using one of the sample projects in RH, does it generate an ePUB correctly for you?

mdiemmeAuthor
Participating Frequently
October 29, 2012

I'll give that a try, thanks

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Jeff_Coatsworth