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Anonymous
November 17, 2006
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Easy Conversion??

  • November 17, 2006
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Hi,
I created a HTMLHelp (.chm) file in RH X5. Now that it is finished I need to convert the .chm file to a WinHelp (.hlp) file. Is there an easy process for this? I rarely convert, so I don't know how or if there is way to do this.

Thank you
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this may be an incredibly dumb question, but can you just recompile in .hlp format? If you have access to the project in the RoboHelp environment, just go ahead and do that. In RoboHelp, at the very bottom of your project folder list in the left pane, you will see a file called Single Source Layouts. Right-click on the WebHelp option in that folder to open a Properties window on which you can set up the WinHelp file generation. Then you can right click at any time on the new source layout and select Generate. You can set up all the different methods of compiiling that way - the .chm can remain your default, but all other formats can be generated from the Single Source Layouts menu.

-L

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Anonymous
November 17, 2006
or check this one out.

http://www.criticalfiles.com/Web-Development/HTML-XML/ABC-Amber-CHM-Converter.html
Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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November 18, 2006
Hi all

The only way to accomplish this totally inside RoboHelp would be to take the RoboHelp HTML project, then create printed documentation. This will give you a Word document. (Word documents saved as specially coded and formatted .RTF files are what is used to create .HLP files)

Once you get the Word document, open RoboHelp for Word and create a new project. Then import the Word document you created. From there, you will have to RE-create topics, Table of Contents, Index, etc. Once that is all done, you can compile the .HLP.

Of course the automated tools might work better. But if you use them, you may well be foregoing any ability to edit further.

Cheers... Rick
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Anonymous
November 17, 2006
nothing in RoboHelp looks like an option to bring a chm back to hlp. However, I just did a websearch, and there are third party programs out there that will do this. check out the following URL:

http://www.jafsoft.com/doco/asctortf_creating_winhelp_files.html

I used search keywords +convert +CHM +WinHelp

Good luck!
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Anonymous
November 17, 2006
ooops - forgive me. I am reading WINhelp and even writing WINHelp but have been THINKING WEBhelp. Not the same thing. I am surfing around in the tools and in the help system and not seeing anything yet that would help you convert a chm to a WINhelp system. I'll keep looking, but if there is anyone out there with better attention to DETAIL who wants to chime in....
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Anonymous
November 17, 2006
but i dont see anything that enables me to generate .hlp help files

thanks
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Anonymous
November 17, 2006
no prob - I am delighted to actually help for a change, rather than to be begging for a clue myself. :-P
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Anonymous
November 17, 2006
thats awesome.. see, I didnt know that..
thank you!
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Anonymous
Correct answer
November 17, 2006
this may be an incredibly dumb question, but can you just recompile in .hlp format? If you have access to the project in the RoboHelp environment, just go ahead and do that. In RoboHelp, at the very bottom of your project folder list in the left pane, you will see a file called Single Source Layouts. Right-click on the WebHelp option in that folder to open a Properties window on which you can set up the WinHelp file generation. Then you can right click at any time on the new source layout and select Generate. You can set up all the different methods of compiiling that way - the .chm can remain your default, but all other formats can be generated from the Single Source Layouts menu.

-L
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