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Paul-Hanson
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August 30, 2022
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Generate Time for RoboHelp 2020 Takes a Long Time

  • August 30, 2022
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RoboHelp 2020.746

I started the generate process yesterday morning and it has been running non-stop. I have a "Processing reference [filename]" window that occasionally changes to a different filename so I would think that the process is actually doing something. Does anyone know if there is a log file being created during the generate process that I could use to find out if the Generate process is actually doing something or if I should kill the generate process?

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    August 30, 2022

    Try the sample project first. If that is slow, it's indicative of your network being the issue. Whilst projects can be on a network drive, Adobe do qualify that with "depending on the speed of the network".

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    August 30, 2022

    Hi Paul

     

    There should be three parts to the build.

     

    It's likely to be a project problem but first please try the old trick of generating one of the samples that you will find in Documents > My RoboHelp Projects.

     

    Try right clicking the preset for the log file but I think it is only generated when and if the generation gives up the ghost.

     

    Project and generation folders on a local drive?

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    Paul-HansonAuthor
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    August 30, 2022

    This project had to be moved from my local c:\ drive due to space issues with my c:\ drive. I will see what I can do to free up C:\ drive space, move the project back to the C:\ and see what happens. When I was doing my research prior to posting, I re-read this post in the forums, which made me think I wouldn't have any issues with having the project on a network drive: https://community.adobe.com/t5/robohelp-discussions/robohelp-project-saved-to-shared-network-drive/td-p/10617276

     

     

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