RoboHelp 2017 How to edit Remote URLs

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January 27, 2023
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I have an Online Manual with links to over 90 PDFs. The PDF files are stored in an Azure Blob site. Is there a way to access, and edit all of the Remote URLs without editing the Hyperlink properties for each individual link?

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Correct answer danh55495888

They would definitely be in the output - otherwise they would never work! Inside RH they would be stored in the Access db that RH uses - not easily findable inside there. I would suggest searching in RH inside the project.

Thanks Jeff, That worked great!

Backup Project
Open Project
Open first topic
Open Find/Replace
Enter Find/Replace parameters
Files of Type: = All files (*.*)
Click checkbox for Find in source code
Test a few Replace entries
Click Replace All

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

Not that I know of off the top of my head. Is it the same change to each of the URLs? Maybe you could do a find/replace in that case (but make a backup of the project just in case before trying anything).

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danh55495888Author

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Yes, I want to make the same change in all of the http addresses.
I thought of that but I can't find the URLs anywhere in the Project folders or the Output folders

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

They would definitely be in the output - otherwise they would never work! Inside RH they would be stored in the Access db that RH uses - not easily findable inside there. I would suggest searching in RH inside the project.

LinSims

Community Expert

Let me move this to the Robohelp forum for you, which is the appropriate forum for your question.

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