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February 14, 2011
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Framemaker link to Robohelp 8 generates umlaut in file names - How to remove?

  • February 14, 2011
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I'm linking translated German Framemaker files into Robohelp.

The heading 1 and heading 2 topics in my Framemaker source files often contain umlauts in the words/phrases.

Unfortunately, when linking to Robohelp 8, the umlauts appear in the topic file names.

And the umlauts are not allowed characters in file names.

How do I remove the umlauts and yet keep a single source construction to my Framemaker-Robohelp project?

(To remove them for the source files would of course be tedious and render the words incorrect.)

(To somehow strip them from the file names would create numerous broken links.)

Our manuals are translated into several languages. I really need the single source aspect of Frame to Robohelp 8 to work properly.

Any process/procedure would be very appreciated!

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Correct answer Mayank_Agrawal

This particular error is altogether a different one. Please verify that all the sub folders in the output folder path in the SSL dialog do not have a space in the beginning of the folder name. It seems that the project has been created inside a folder with spaces in the beginning of the folder name. Please rectify the path by moving the project to a folder having no spaces in the beginning of the folder name in the parent hierarchy of the project's root folder.

This should resolve the issue. In case, it does not, please provide the complete ouput folder and file name path.

Mayank

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Mayank_Agrawal
Mayank_Agrawal
Participating Frequently
February 15, 2011

By default RoboHelp creates topic names based upon the paragraph(heading 1, heading 2 etc.) text on which the FrameMaker document is split. However, this setting can be manipulating the "Topic Name Pattern" option.

To access this setting please follow the following steps.

1. Click File->Project Settings menu to open the "Project Settings" dailog.

2. Go to "Import" tab.

3. Click "Edit" button for FrameMaker conversion settings.

4. Click "Other Settings" on the left tree.

5. On the right you can set the "Topic Name Pattern" settings.

This field allows you to define the pattern based upon which you can generate topic names. One can also insert some specific text to be included in the topic names.

Mayank

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Anonymous
February 15, 2011

I followed your instructions.

I chose to set the Topic Pattern Name to <$filename_no_ext>-<n>.

This takes the very simple Framemaker filename (no special characters) and uses it as the topic filename.

I thought my problem was solved.

But no.

I am still getting the same message "The %s is invalid. The ' ' cannot be the first/last in a folder name" when I try to generate Microsoft HTML help or any type of help.

The file names do not contain any special characters at all now. The are very simple names, like Chapter1, Chapter2.

Any thoughts on why this error is still occurring?

Mayank_Agrawal
Mayank_AgrawalCorrect answer
Participating Frequently
February 16, 2011

This particular error is altogether a different one. Please verify that all the sub folders in the output folder path in the SSL dialog do not have a space in the beginning of the folder name. It seems that the project has been created inside a folder with spaces in the beginning of the folder name. Please rectify the path by moving the project to a folder having no spaces in the beginning of the folder name in the parent hierarchy of the project's root folder.

This should resolve the issue. In case, it does not, please provide the complete ouput folder and file name path.

Mayank

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