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October 5, 2012
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Parent - child module structure with RH9 parent and RH10 child?

  • October 5, 2012
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Hi,

We have created a parent-child module structure in RH 9 and cannot upgrade at this time.  A business partner has created a child project, following our folder structure, in RH 10.  Although I've created a node in the parent TOC for this new project, the parent output doesn't recognize the child output - it does not appear in the TOC, Index or Search.

I noticed that our RH9 child projects have a whproj.xml file that looks like this:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>

<project homepage="other/toc/config_module.htm" langid="1033" datapath="whxdata" toc="whtoc.xml" index="whidx.xml" fts="whfts.xml" brs="whbrs.xml" >

</project>

The new RH10 child project does not have a whproj.xml file. Instead it has a whproj.htm file that looks like this:

<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>project description</title>

<meta name="generator" content="Adobe RoboHelp 10" />

<meta name="description" content="WebHelp 5.50" />

</head>

<body>

<script  src="whver.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<script  src="whutils.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<script  src="whproj.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<script language="javascript1.2">

<!--

  setLangId("1033");

  setDataPath("whdata");

  addToc("whtoc.htm");

  addIdx("whidx.htm");

//-->

</script>

</body>

</html>

Is that the problem? If so, what can we do about it?

thanks,

Jenny

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October 5, 2012

p.s. See http://forums.adobe.com/message/4678101 for more information. That post was written by the person who created the child project we are trying to integrate. Theoretically it should work, but it isn't.

Peter Grainge
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 5, 2012

In the other thread RoboColum(n) has posted that he was able to import topics created in Rh10 so that would be one solution.

I haven't tried it but you could try deleting the XPJ file from the Rh10 project and then using Rh9 to open the project using the HHP file. It might work if your partner has not used any of the new Rh10 features. Worth a try using a backup of the project.


See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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WiscoLori
Known Participant
October 5, 2012

Peter ~ I am the problem 'child' !  I am very new to RH.  Re: hecjen's ? on the whproj.htm and whproj.xml files....do you know why RH 10 generates an .htm and RH 9 generates an .xml?  And do you think that has anything to do with the cause of this problem?  Do you think the problem is a RH 10 vs RH 9 issue or could it be a project setup issue or something else?   Also, both the parent and child are generating 'WebHelp' output.  Just wondering what the root of the problem might be.  Thank you! ~ Lori