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olkkka
olkkka
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October 11, 2017
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RoboHelp 2017 - Help in a sidebar

  • October 11, 2017
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Hi there,

For our project, we need to create a context help, not in the separate window but in the sidebar of the web app itself.

The output generated by RoboHelp (Responsive HTML5) consists of HTML pages with <header>, <body>, some scripts, etc., while we need just the page body to render it in the sidebar.

We also tried to generate the XML output, hoping to parse it somehow, but it doesn't differ from the HTML for some reason. There are NO .xml file and a bunch of .htm pages with headers and scripts.

Any suggestions?

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Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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October 11, 2017

I have amended the title of the thread as it was pretty meaningless to anyone who might have a similar problem in the future. The best place to put your version is at the beginning of the content.

To do what you want will need something created by your developers and an XML output is probably their best option. The folder you generate to should only contain XML files and some JS files, certainly no HTML files. Are you sure you are generating to a folder that has no content. RoboHelp should empty that folder anyway but I am wondering if it is not for some reason.

Generate XML from one of the sample projects to see what you get there. Click Open on the RoboHelp Starter page and then click Samples in the ribbon on the left.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring information

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olkkka
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October 11, 2017

Hi Peter,

I've tried generating XML output out of EmployeeCare sample project. I tried all 3 available export handlers :

1. Export Project to DocBook

2. Export Project to XHTML

3. Export Topics to DocBook

Here is what I received:

Again, in all of the above outputs, htm file are generated, e.g Employee_Care folder:

Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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October 11, 2017

In the same folder, this is what I see and I don't see HTML files no matter which of the three handlers or the setting within Advanced.

Do you have the Updates applied? You should see 13.0.2.334.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring information

@petergrainge

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