Robohelp project missing the .xpj file

@rajanh Nothing really to add to what Amber has said. It does look as if the project was on the author's machine so if that was wiped with no back up, you are in the doggy do. Reverse engineering becomes the only option.

I have never tried this because I've not had to reverse engineer for real but if you understand regular expressions, I suspect that could be useful to the cleanup.

I have changed your original post tag to Classic.

@ sourabh12 I have edited your post as it contained a link not relevant to the question. That is not allowed under forum rules.

Your post refers to the RHPJ file. There is no such file in a Classic project.

Yep, that's definitely webhelp.

Good luck tracking down the source files. 

I think it's probably webhelp based on the files and folders, but open the R2_Online_Help_System_Release12.1.htm in your browser and take a screenshot as that will give me a better idea.

EDIT: To clarify, I'm 90% sure you need to follow the Webhelp instructions, but it'll be helpful for you to know later if it's actually Responsive HTML5. 🙂

My reply is also based on you using RH2017. I note you picked NEW UI as a tag, which is a very different thing, and I'm not sure if the same process holds true for RH2019 New UI.

If you could clarify which version of Robhelp you're using that would help.

If you don't have an xpj file, then you probably only have the output files, not the source files.

Do your best to find the source files as this will save you a lot of headaches.  Here are some places to look:

• Source control. TFS, GIT, SVN. Perhaps you can find the source project in source control.
• Original developer's computer.  Check in their Documents folder for a My Robohelp Projects folder (you'll need an admin account to access this I think). Or they might have a folder directly off C: that they created - look for help, robohelp or a folder that matches the project name (If there's a log file, that file name is probably the project name). You can also just search all of c: for *.xpj.
• If they left notes or a style guide, that might give a clue if the project is on a network drive. Perhaps a co-worker knows which network folders they typically used?

If you can't find the source files, you have a lot of work ahead of you to reverse engineer your project from the output. Read through Peter Grainge's topic on reverese engineering to understand the full process, which will vary a bit depending on the output you have. Webhelp is the most likely, but if you're not sure, post a screenshot of the output and we can probably tell you.

http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/reverse_engineering/reverse_engineering.htm

The manual webhelp instructions I think are now only available via the Wayback Machine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080319133143/http://www.robowizard.com/RoboWizard/MonthlyScry%2F062004.htm