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February 8, 2013
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Sharing a Help Project in RH10

  • February 8, 2013
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Hi All,

Two of us at our office are doing documentation in RH.  We are currently using RH9, and - since I have had HORRIBLE experiences with RH and networks in the past - she is literally working off of a completely separate project, and I then import her topic pages and images when she's done with them.  Obviously, this is very tedious.

I have read that RH10 has made changes that make networking better.  Can anyone tell me if this is true?  Would we both be able to open the same project at the same time?

Is there any other advice anyone can offer?  (By the way, we do of course have separate licenses of the Tech Comm Suite.)

Thanks in advance!

Chris

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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    February 8, 2013

    Nope - RH10 allows you to have your projects on a network drive, but it still can't have more than 1 person editing the project at the same time. You need to investigate source control for that.

    RoboColum_n_
    RoboColum_n_
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    February 8, 2013

    Hi Chris.

    The point of a source control application is to prevent two or more users editing the same file. As you can imagine this could have serious reprocussions. Having said that most source control applications have a merge facility that allows you to merge together two versions of the same file. Again this can be problematic and has to be undertaken with great care.

    I think your current approach is a good solution. Importing topics takes no time at all and as long as one of you is responsible for adding TOC entries, Index keywords, CBTs, etc. it should work well. I should add that whilst RH10 has the ability to run a project on a network, I'll still be nervous of doing so.

    RoboColum_n_
    RoboColum_n_
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    February 8, 2013

    BTW your RoboHelp licence includes its own source control application if you don't want to use a third party solution.

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