RH6 and RH7 separate installations?

Just to repeat, as it's you, you're welcome to email and arrange a phone chat.

Thanks Peter, got it!

Thought I was clear.

You can have both 6 and trial 7 on the same PC.

You can open and work on a 6 project using 6 while both are installed.

You can open and work on a 7 project using 7 while both are installed.

You will get a warning if you double click a 6 XPJ as it will then try to open the project in 7. If it is a 6 project and you do upgrade it, there is no going back.

What I don't know for sure is what happens when you uninstall the trial of 7. Like I said earlier, it should only be a case of reinstalling 6.

I'm not clear on one issue: if I install the Trial V7, can I continue to use my existing V6 on current projects: (a) while I try V7 and (b) if I decide not to buy V7 and want to uninstall it?
Has anyone got a definite Yes or No, please?

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If a company takes on new authors, it is going to have to put them RH7. What they do with their existing authors is another matter. Like I said, if that company has RH6, it shouldn't be difficult to persuade them to upgrade. Then you have a nice ready made training class!

The forums and other feedback suggest the take up rate for RH7 is very good.

My learning curve was over the beta and of course knowledge was being pooled. Not difficult but you either have to sit down and figure it out or get someone to show you first time out.

The code changes a lot in RH7 so there's no way back this time.

Sorry Rick, I nearly forgot to thank you for your reply. You say you have all 3 version co-existing on one PC; did you have to buy full licences for all three versions? Or did Adobe do you a deal? After all, training users gets them more $ales.

1. I don''t have X5 any more.
2. Nobody that I have talked to is using V7 yet; mostly V6 and a few still on X5. It's not the cost of upgrading, it's getting new authors at a company to upgrade and then persuade other authors along with the switch.
3. How easy was it to become competent in V7, Peter? Was it an easy transition, or was it a bit of a slog?
4. Are V7 projects backwards-compatible with V6? Can a V7 project be opened and edited by a V6 user?

It shouldn't damage 6. Not sure about when you uninstall if you don't proceed but at worst it would be a reinstall of RH6.

I don't think you have any option but to buy RH7 to continue training.

Your problem is you will still be asked to train on earlier versions. Perhaps you could consider keeping X5 and not RH6. To my mind, nobody should keep RH6 when the upgrade to RH7 is so cheap. Therefore the demand for training for RH6 should be minimal and you could do it by switching between X5 and RH7.

If you want to talk about this on the phone, email me direct.

I've just looked at your web site Peter, at the RH7 pages. It's Totally Different in appearance; looks a bit like Flare! This makes a serious problem for all RoboHelp Trainers. We train people who are existing users of RH5/RH6, which look fairly similar to each other, and I can cover the necessary essentials of CHM and WebHelp that apply to both. But RH7 - this is a big stumbling block.