Place .hlp file on a cloud drive

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August 27, 2013
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How can I place a .hlp file on a cloud drive and be able to download to another PC and be able to open it?

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I am wondering if anyone using RoboHelp for Word has successfully uploaded a .hlp file to a cloud drive, such a SkyDrive or Dropbox? I am asking on the RoboHelp forum because I would think someone has tried to do this and may have found a way to successfully upload a .hlp file and also be able to download it and have it still be able to open.

Captiv8r

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Hi there

Is this question more rhetorical? Or are you saying that you are having problems making it work?

If it's rhetorical and just pondering whether it will work, I might suggest you actually try it and see. After all, what's the worst that would happen?

If you HAVE tried it and are having issues, it will be infinitely helpful to you when asking here to state what the exact issues are that you are seeing.

Cheers... Rick

RoboColum_n_

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If you are just trying to see if it works you'd need to upload more than just the HLP file to the cloud. At the very least you'd also need the .CNT file. If my memory serves me right (it has been years since I used RH for Word) there is a report you can run to list all files that need to be installed to make the help file run effectively. All of these would need adding to the cloud and downloaded by the user.

Peter Grainge

Community Expert

Whilst I appreciate RoboHelp for Word can produce a .HLP file, I'm puzzled as to why you are asking this question in a RoboHelp forum. Your question seems to be a simple one about how do you upload a file to and download from a cloud drive. That will be down to how the store you use works. A .HLP file is just another file as far as that is concerned.

Is there something more to your question?

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