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Joe@Majiq
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June 8, 2023
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Search stopped working

  • June 8, 2023
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Robohelp 2022.8.34

 

I just compiled my help system, and the search isn't working. I know I didn't change anything in the Frameless output preset or the Skin. It was working before, but now it's not.

 

When I type in the search box, autocomple works, but no search results are displayed.

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

 

 

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    Correct answer Joe@Majiq

    So, I don't know what happened, but we finally deleted the project from my PC and re-synched with the VSTS server.

     

    I can't explain why that worked, but ok. Thanks everyone for the help! I very much appreciate your efforts!

    -Joe

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    Joe@MajiqAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    June 16, 2023

    So, I don't know what happened, but we finally deleted the project from my PC and re-synched with the VSTS server.

     

    I can't explain why that worked, but ok. Thanks everyone for the help! I very much appreciate your efforts!

    -Joe

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    AmebrCommunity Expert
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    June 13, 2023

    It's easy to get lost when you're juggling 57 changes in an attempt to get things to work. 🙂

     

    Do post back with what your dev does. (the words you passed on worry me, I admit 😛 )

    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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    June 12, 2023

    "Robohelp 2022.8.34" - isn't that supposed to be 2020.8.34? RH2022 is only at Patch 2 right now (June 2023)

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    Joe@MajiqAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 12, 2023

    Sorry, yes, 2020.8.34. But I've installed 2022.2.22, and compiled the help with that, and still have the same issue.

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    Joe@MajiqAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 12, 2023

    There appears to be a JavaScript issue.

     

     

    Local IT recently switched AV to Crowdstrike, but the server hosting the help files is still on Symantec. The local IT guy says he checked the logs and isn't seeing any flags from the AV software, but it would be a heck of a coincidence if the help stopped working after switching AV.

     

    Any thoughts on what else could be the issue? Thanks!

    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    June 12, 2023

    All the more reason to test one of the samples to see if they suffer the same problem.

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    Joe@MajiqAuthor
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    June 12, 2023

    I compiled the Compass Travel example, and it works. But I would expect that as the local copy of my help system works also. But when I when open and compile from VSTS, my project doesn't work.

    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    June 10, 2023

    Does it work with the sample projects?

     

    RoboHelp creates two copies of the samples on installation. 

    • The copy to use is put in My RoboHelp Projects in the Documents folder that Windows creates in your profile.
    • Another copy goes into Program Files and should never be run from there as Windows will block some of the functionality.  The idea of the copy in Program Files is that it is a clean back up if you need to replace the copy in Documents.

     

    Also I think someone posted a similar issue in the last few weeks. Search for that.

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    AmebrCommunity Expert
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    June 9, 2023

    Given the search doesn't work locally, that suggests the problem doesn't lie with RH. Maybe it's a change to your antivirus or other corporate security tools, preventing the help from generating correctly ?

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    AmebrCommunity Expert
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    June 9, 2023

    Is this after you copy the help to a web server or when you click the View Output option in Robohelp? If it's only from the server it could be a caching issue, as the search results are help in javascript files, which are typically considered "static" (that is do no change very often) files and are thus cached for long periods.

     

    You could try clearing your browser cache, closing all browser windows and waiting for a couple of minutes then reopening the website to see if this fixes it. If so, a longer term solution for your users would be to get the server admin to set the max-age server header to a short time period (7 days for example, or 0 to turn off caching) for the folder these search/toc/index script files are in.

     

    If it happens for the local copy as well, the only thing I can think of is if you updated Robohelp since the last time you generated, and maybe something broke? But I'd have expected more reports of this problem if that were the case.

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    Joe@MajiqAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 9, 2023

    Thanks for the response. The search doesn't work both locally, nor from the server. I cleared my browser cache, and the problem persists.

     

    I'm running the 2022.08.34 version, and I've been on that through many deployments. The only things I've changed are adding and editing topics. I haven't messed with any settings since I got the help system working last year.

     

    Anything else you can think of?

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