Skip to main content
N
NL_Derek-GsBV5a
Inspiring
February 2, 2010
Question

Remote Login for RoboHelp

  • February 2, 2010
  • 1 reply
  • 1072 views

We are making a PC available to our SMEs to allow them to edit directly in RoboHelp; they will not touch the structure but will only edit the text.

Now one of them wants to work from the laboratory, by using remote login. Our IT department can arrange remote login, but is it possible to use RH in this way?

This is RoboHelp 8, Windows XP, fully patched, no source control. We authors will arrange for the SME to work from a local copy of the project.

Any tips or tricks?

--- Derek

    This topic has been closed for replies.

    1 reply

    Peter Grainge
    Community Expert
    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 2, 2010

    You can use RH via remote login as it is the same as running it locally. As I understand it, and do check, once someone has logged on remotely, no one else can nor can anyone log on directly to the machine. Obviously it has to be impossible for more than one person to access the machine at any one time.

    You say you will arrange for a local copy for SMEs. I don't follow, if they are using remote login they are accessing a local copy.

    Back up. Back up. Back up.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

    @petergrainge

    Use the menu (bottom right) to mark the Best Answer or Highlight particularly useful replies. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here.
    N
    NL_Derek-GsBV5aAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 2, 2010

    By "local copy" I mean that the author will transfer the project from his/her C: drive to the C: drive of the SME PC, (and transfer back when the SME is ready).

    --- Derek

    RoboColum_n_
    RoboColum_n_
    Legend
    February 2, 2010

    Hi Derek.

    We do the same as you as we have a single RH licence for use by our developers. They are occasional users for one or two projects. They just copy the source to the remote PC, logon and away they go. The PC stops two people from logging on at the same time.

    • Read the RoboColum(n) for a tips, tricks and musings on the Technical Communication Suite products.
    • Follow the RoboColum(n) on Twitter
    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices