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Option to select RoboHelp settings.ISF file missing in FM12

Forum|Forum|12 years ago
January 24, 2014
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Hi

I am not sure if this query comes under FrameMaker forum or RoboHelp, but since I did not see RH Integration category in FrameMaker forums, I am posting it here. Moderators, please move it to the right forum or let me know if I have to delete it from here and post it elsewhere.

If I wanted to publish a WebHelp output from FrameMaker 11, I had an option of selecting my settings.ISF file, which had all my FM-RH styles mapped, and publishing it. But now, in FM 12, I don't see it. I have to select the CSS file and re-do the mapping all over again.

Am I missing something here? How can I feed the ISF or mapped doc to FM so that I don't have to do the mapping everytime I publish the Webhelp output from FM12?

Thank in advance.

Sreekanth

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Willam van Weelden

Inspiring

FrameMaker 12 has a different publishing mechanism than FM11. I'm not

sure how it works exactly, but it seems to bypass RoboHelp (at least

superficially). A post in the Frame forums can't hurt. I would try there

as well.

Kind regards,

Willam

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Sreekanth_SAuthor

Legend

Yes Willam. They have "tried" to bypass RoboHelp. But it is not efficient.

On the better side, I can get the browse sequence when I publish directly from FM. On the down side, there is no provision to associate the RH master page that contains our copyright info in the footer. So, I am still figuring out that.

That also makes me think that the individual product teams in TCS might not be working together, and end up in non-synchronization of features. This has already happened with Captivate, which I feel is packaged as a free gift in TCS.

Anyway, I will post a query on FrameMaker forums as well. Thanks for the suggestion.

Sreekanth

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

Since I wasn’t on the FM12 beta this year, I haven’t had time to play with the new direct “publish” features in FM12. I would think that there might be some place to suck in an .isf file if you had one before, but that may not actually be so anymore. Check the new features webinars and reviewer’s guide for clues as to how that’s going to work (i.e. direct publishing out of FM without having RH).

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Sreekanth_SAuthor

Legend

Seems like there is a cold war going on between TCS 5 product team and Documentation team. FM 12 help in this matter leads to TCS 4 help content. It still asks me select ISF file when there is no such field.

Sreekanth

Arnis Gubins

Inspiring

The isf file is nothing but a zip container. You can extract the mapping .css file from that and then use the Import Styles option in the FM12 setings editor to import that css file.

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