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Hello all,I'm working on RoboHelp 2015 on Windows 7 and I'm getting RoboHelp crashes when I attempt to delete a particular FrameMaker book from the RoboHelp Project in the Project Manager. The FrameMaker book has about 17 files (standard Cover, TOC, chapter files, glossary, and index). I'm able to delete other similar books, but when I get to this one, RH crashes -- every time. The error message is, "Adobe RoboHelp 2015 has stopped working." The only recourse is to close the window.The RH project is just a couple months old (created on RH 2015). But the FrameMaker files have been around for years, and converted to FM 2015 from at least FM 9 if not earlier, and they have several conditional text settings.Any ideas how to fix this?I checked the log files, but they don't mean much to me:<ProblemSignatures>  <EventType>APPCRASH</EventType>  <Parameter0>RoboHTML.exe</Parameter0>  <Parameter1>12.0.0.306</Parameter1>  <Parameter

My colleague was showing me some of the items she wanted me to correct in a project I had worked on when I realized she was looking at a much older version. I went to my computer and reviewed it and two related projects -- it looked fine on my PC (I went to the directory and opened the index.htm file), but when I went to open the project, I couldn't find the xpj file anywhere. Where did it go? I suppose my next step is to ask IT to get my project -- the one that works -- from the previous day's backup ... but I'm still wondering how I could have lost that xpj file.I did look at the question from 10 years ago, but it doesn't seem to relate to my situation.thanks for any help,Lon

Hi folks, discussion title is my question. Anyone have any experience with this? Thanks,Joe C.

Is RoboHelp for Word packaged with RoboHelp 11?

I created my project in Rh 10 and recently migrated it to Rh 2015. The problem I am describing has been present in both versions in exactly the same way.I have a topic called "PCAP Files" (pcap_files.htm). I would like it to be the first result when the user searches for "pcap," but it is not: it's always 9th or so, as shown:I have "pcap" and "pcaps" in the search keyword list for the "PCAP Files" page and no search keywords for PCAP APIs (which is always listed first). Those other topics in between either do not contain "pcap" in the search keyword list, or they do but "pcap" is not in the title, filename, nor TOC entry.How do I make sure that the "PCAP Files" topic is first or second in the search results?

Hello,My TOC has three books with subtopics under each. However, it displays with the first subtopic in the first book open when I generate the help. I have tried everything I can think of to fix it including finding an answer here on the Forum (which did not work for me) and setting the startup topic to the desired topic instead of index.htm. Still no luck. I've tested in IE and Chrome and it still doesn't work the way I want. I can get it to work fine in WebHelp.I've attached images that show what's happening and what I'd like to have happen.What's currentlyDesired TOC display, but with Services topic showing, not Add a Group to a Client's Service.Thanks,MDawn

I'm trying to start a new project by importing a FM2015 book, and it's taking forever and also opening multiple copies of FM while scanning the files. Eventually, it just stops responding and I have to kill RoboHelp using the Windows task manager. It does this whether or not the book is already open in FM. I don't remember having so much trouble trying to start a new project with previous versions. What's going on?

HI~I just installed RoboHelp11 and want to import a word document.But, I get a error that "Adobe RoboHelp 11 has stopped working".I installed microsoft word2010 and used this sample word document.http://downloads.tv.adobe.com/2011-09-11/learn_chlvid55017_rh_exercise.zipHow can I import word doc?

I am using RoboHelp 2015, and I am trying to create a Mobile App.However, "Pinch and Zoom" is not working in the Mobile App (.apk) generated for Android—whether or not “Zoom auf iOS-Geräten aktivieren” is enabled in the settings.(Incidentally, sometimes “Pinch and Zoom” works just fine after toggling a video from within the generated app once between full screen mode and normal view.)Has anyone faced similar challenges?Thanks,Christian

Hi again,I've successfully pulled my projects into RH2015, but my image styles won't apply. So I copied my CSS from RH11 and used it in RH2015. The image styles are in the CSS, but I cannot apply them to any new images I bring in, and when I generate, a 'P' style is being applied to all my images. All the rest of the styles seem to be applying just fine. This is how it appears when I inspect:As a side question, when I am using RH2015 with the styles and formatting pod open, this pod constantly flashes whenever I do something in Design Editor. How do I get it to stop doing that... it's annoying when I'm working.Thanks,Pam

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I use conditional build tags to block internal corporate information from external websites, and vice versa. I've upgraded from and to numerous versions of Robohelp over the years, but never had this happen before. When I open a project, the conditional build tags are still in the project, but they no longer display in the Conditional Build Expression dialog in the Content Categories tab. I have to manually reapply them again in multiple single source layouts. for each project.I have something like 45 projects, each with multiple single source layouts, and a whole lot of conditional build tags to sort through. What is the quick fix for this? Are they aware that this happened?Thanks,

Hello,When I try to generate and publish my already the WebHelp documentation on my FTP, you are giving this error message below.---------------------------Responsive HTML5---------------------------Publishing has been cancelled.Failed to create directory: _Portais.---------------------------OK   ---------------------------But the settings, I put as it is in FileZilla, FileZilla and functions normally. What can it be? Images below.I'm waiting for answers.Thank you very much.

Hi,I'm using FM single-source and link to Robohelp 11 for webhelp output. The WIN PC has no issue playing MP4 video files.Part of my requirement is to also open the same Webhelp on Linux Ubuntu. And I was able to view the Webhelp files on Linux Ubuntu OS. But could not play the MP4 video files. This is because the object codebase calls out for "http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,7,1112".This codebase is not recognisable in Ubuntu Firefox browser. How to resolve this cross platform issue?Thanks!Kai

Hi,I've tried to find this answer on Peter's site, but I can't seem to locate it. I am generating responsive html.Although I know RH is not a website tool, I have been tasked with creating a new home page that functions like a website:Requirements for this page are:-  no visible TOC-  the page functions as a user centre, i.e. there are buttons on the page that will link to other pages within another project.   These buttons will link to:   -  the entire user guide in the 2nd project   -  the newsletters page in the 2nd project   -  the release notes page in the 2nd project   -  additional pages in the future.-  the buttons that appear on the home page should also be visible on all the linked pages - this is just like a website - where there is a nav bar at top and the buttons are constant so that users can go from one area of the project to another.-  if possible, my team would like rollover image

We upgraded to RoboHelp 2015 and now the Expanded Text is no longer working.  It appears like this...You have the ability to create Pager Services for pager devices and SMSstands for Short Message Service. The bolded part is now just connected to the sentence. This is a very large project and we used a lot of Expanded Text.  When I am working in RoboHelp it looks fine.  The above is how it appears after output. 

Hi -- I'm using RH 7 HTML to generate Webhelp.  Can I insert a (TM) symbol into a variable?  I tried two ways:Via the User Defined Variables podVia the rhvariable.apj file (tried inserting <symbol name=Trademark><robohelp>™</robohelp>)Neither worked. The symbol needs to go between words in the variable like this: Robo(TM) Help.  I suppose I could make each word a variable, and insert variable-symbol-variable, but I'm hoping for a better solution.Any ideas?  THANKS.Noel

I am converting 11 HTM files into a Responsive HTML5 help file. These HTML files were generated during a translation from English to Italian using a Word source.Rather than traditional anchor tags (<a name="">, this document identifies named headers using the id tag, such as <H1 id=my_target>My targets</h1>Robohelp does not appear to recognize these as bookmarks for the auto-create TOC. As the files are in Italian (and I don't speak Italian), and there are thousands of topics, I need to use the auto-create feature.Does anyone know how to get configure Robohelp to recognize these ids as bookmarks for the purposes of auto-creating the TOC?Note that the internal hyperlinks to these locations do work properly.I'm using Robohelp 2015 on Windows 7.Thanks in advance!  --Amy

I'm using Robohelp 10.  I have generated .chm files to the same network folder for over a year without problems.  Sometime around late March, this process did not work anymore.  When .chm files where generated to the local folder, they either opened as blank, with the side pane visible and the main content page blank, or with an error message:  Cannot open the file mk:@MSIT Store:\\example\example As a workaround, I have been generating .chm files to a local folder.  The .chm files generate normally to the local folder and can be opened with no issues. When I copy and paste the files generated in the local folder to the shared network folder, they will also open correctly from the shared network folder.  My guess is that something is happening when Robohelp generates to the shared network folder that is actually corrupting the .chm file.I tried created a dummy folder in the same enclosing folder as the shared network folder that lacks any symbols/numbers:

Hi,I had a Frame document, converted it to RoboHelp (Webhelp) and converted that to Word to PDF.Some, not all, of the images in the PDF are blurry.  Those same images are very clear in the Frame, .html and Word docs. This tells me something's screwy with the PDF (right?)I've played with the PDF settings in Word and couldn't find a good enough fix.  The best I came up with is changing the quality to "high quality print" and that seemed to help only some images but tripled my file size, which isn't a good thing.  I'm really at a loss here.  Am I stuck with a large file size?  Also, when I create a PDF of a single page - the images on that page are perfect.  It's only when I create a PDF from the whole file that quality degrades.During the RH conversion from Frame - images were re-saved and re-numbered because they were originally copied into FrameMaker, not referenced.  I might have to dig up the original image files and see if replacing them in RH and

I've successfully implemented "twisties" per Peter Grainge's website - Scripts for Twisties, Show All / Hide All and Print Buttons. Works great - no issues. I am using the single button method.I've now moved on to building Master Pages for my project. I added a mini-TOC at the top of the master page. In the Twisties RH project from Peter's site, there isn't a master page defined.My issue is that I don't want the mini-TOC on the master page be expanded when I click "Expand All" which is in the non-master page part of the topic. I don't want expanding all to include the mini-TOC that I have on the master page.What line in the twisties JavaScript file could I change to make the master page mini-TOC be excluded?prhmusic at hotmail dot com, if you know...Paul Hanson

Hello All,I am trying to generate Printed documentation output in word and PDF. The output is generated, but it includes so many formatting issues. I don't know how to create documentation output without any further work needed. Could you please help me in doing this?Thank you in advanceSahitya

Hi all,I have a customer requirement wherein I need to show the table grids in the CHM output. Not only the outer border but also the internal cell lines. Whenever I am trying to edit the table from Table>Format>Properties, in the Table Borders options the "All" option seems disabled. My help project has multiple table and it will not be possible to format each table manually. Can any one of you suggest how do I make the grid lines visible in the output (we are using "Web help to Chm Converter" script to produce the output) by editing the cascading style sheet or editing the styles so that the modified style is applied to all the tables in the project.I have access to both RoboHelp 10 and 2015. Thanks in advance.

Hi, We are integrating Responsive HTML 5 output with our application. Could you please let me know which Javascript function should we use for calling a particular content page (using mapid or map number) for Responsive HTML 5. For example, in webhelp, we are using RH_ShowHelp(0, "roboHelp/index.htm", 0, 10). I am using RoboHelp 2015.Regards,Prashant

Hi,Has anyone downloaded the trial version of RoboHelp 2015? The descriptions of the new features intrigue me, particularly new HTML5 layouts and enhanced search results.I currently have RoboHelp 10 installed. I tweaked the mobile.css file to use colors that I want in the output files on iPhones and iPads, but the output still looks dated. I was wondering if the default multiscreen html5 layout in RoboHelp 2015 is a lot better or if I'd still need to make a lot of tweaks to the mobile.css files.Are there any other new features in 2015 that have vastly improved your experience or output?Thanks!Donna