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techwriter_mom
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July 17, 2007
Question

Importing Map ID files

  • July 17, 2007
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I am creating page-sensitive help for a web-based application using RoboHelp HTML X5.0.2. The developers have provided me with a .HH file with each map ID in the following format: #define Add_Provider_Type_page dlgAddProviderType

I import the .HH into the RoboHelp project, but when I select it in the Edit Map ID dialog box, the Map ID box is blank. Any idea why? Is it necessary to have a numeric map #?

Thank you for your help.
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techwriter_momAuthor
Participant
July 18, 2007
Ah yes, that is the problem. When I re-open the project, the map ID with the number is there.

Thank you so much.

Sharon
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techwriter_momAuthor
Participant
July 17, 2007
Thank you for your help. I suspected that was the problem. However, when I changed some of the entries in the .HH file to include a number, those entries still did not show up in dialog box.

I guess I must go back to developers and plead for them to use map numbers rather than the developer-assigned page name.

--Sharon
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johnmccallum
Inspiring
July 18, 2007
Sharon,

If you changed the .hh file manually (as in using Notepad), you may need to close the project in RoboHelp and reopen it for the modified .hh file to show up.

John
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johnmccallum
Inspiring
July 17, 2007
The normal format is to have a numeric ID, something like: #define ID_WHATEVER 111222. I just tried putting other text in place of the numbers and RoboHelp didn't like it - even text that had been defined as numbers earlier in the .hh file. Anything without a numeric value was not seen in the dialog.

I do use an old version of RoboHelp. So your results may vary.

John
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