RoboHelp

I am new to RoboHelp 10.  I am looking for any good learning resources.  I have watched several videos on YouTube but am still having difficulty figuring out where to start!  Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Several times now, I have chosen the option to activate the product and proceed to login with my Adobe account and enter the license key and it registers the product, but after a couple days it will show me the start screen again indicating I'm in a trial phase asking my if I want to continue the trial or license the product.  When I login to my Adobe account I find that the Robohelp 10 product license detail I provided is not displayed, so it's not retaining the license key in my Adobe account.  My companies IT department has confirmed the license key they have provided is valid.  Any one have any ideas?

Hi,I have RoboHelp 10 and am producing webhelp output.I have an issue currently where the search function will not work properly in IE 11. If I search, it just hangs without returning any matches at all. I have noticed this is most likely to happen with very commonly occurring words that are used through the help project (it is a large project). If I search on less commonly occurring words, I am more likely to have results returned.One of my users says he gets the following script shown at the end of the browser help page when it has hung for a while without returning anything:"% remains at 0%, IE message  finally displays that webcoretest-2k8  is failing to respond and IE status bar contains 'javascript:void(0);"This problem does not occur in Chrome or Firefox, however, we need our customers to be able to use IE.

Hi,I get this message 'HHcomponentActivator is undefined' often, for example when previewing a topic.Any suggestions.Thanks Anat

I inserted the following script"<noscript><!--Javascript is not enabled--></noscript>".I used the menu options Insert > HTML > Advanced > Script. Unfortunately, RoboHelp places this tag inside the "<script>" "</script>" tags which causes errors. I was in the procces of moving the tags when RoboHelp froze. RoboHelp (HTML) v11.0.1.235 was installed on my system last week. There is an Add-on to Microsoft Visual Studio (v4.5.50938) where all the files are kept in Source Control. The contents of the problem details are below:    

Hi all,Greetings to everyone.Recently, my company has upgraded from Robohelp 9 to Robohelp 11. When we are generating webhelp output, the search functionality is not working. When we try to enter a word in the search box, it is not performing any search or it is displaying an messages stating , 'void'.Is it s a bug which needs to be fixed or is there any other issues causing this problem.I have checked the contents inside the  Whxdata  folder. I have the following JS files.Is there any JS files missing. I have also checked the sample projects that is shipped along with RH11 - Employee Care. I tried to generate the webhelp from those projects as well. However, the search function is not working. We have reinstalled the software as well. However there is no fix.Let me know if there is any fix for it.Regards,Parag Deb

why does 'transparent' get into the HTML code and how can I stop this from occurring

RoboHelp HTML Version 7.Hi, I successfully generate the WebHelp but when I try to preview the output, I get the attached error. This also happens if I try to open the file directly from the generated project. The project is stored locally on my C drive.I've tried to find help online, but I think most problems with opening projects relate to the pre-generated files. My project opens as it should and I can work as normal, I only have a problem with opening the generated WebHelp.Any suggestions are much appreciated!Thanks in advance, Elaine

It seems the old 64bit version does not work any more on Win8..Robert

Is it me, or is the help for RoboHelp version 11 from some previous version?In an effort to understand how RH11 works, I've been reading the help for various functions in the program.I'm running into two problems:1) Dialog boxes with no Help button.2) Help topics that don't correspond to what is on the screen in RH11

I am using RH11 on Windows 8 with a Virtual Machine (VM) platform.I went to CREATE NEW and selected Knowledgebase as my type of RH project. In Single Source Layouts, the Primary Layout is WebHelp. Is there a reason for that? I created a Responsive HTML5 layout in SSL and have failed to be able to make it work. Am I tied to using WebHelp formats/options or shouldn't I be able to implement a Responsive Layout for the Knowledgebase. My goal is to have a Responsive Layout for the Knowledgebase and publish to SharePoint. Any experience or knowledge re: this?Thank you, - Susan

Hi,When I view the generated topics in either chrome or IE the  text defined as "normal" is not visible. This happens both in wbhelp and HTML5 multiscreen.any suggestions ThanksAnat

The 'Back/next' functionality does not work in the Theme2_Government template, therefore I have added my own arrow buttons to the template, using the same image names that came with the template, and relocated these buttons slightly on the template. I have inserted the alt text in the coding (where it was designated in the original code) because there was no alt text in the code.I have several issues:The alt text does not display in the generated file (neither locally nor on the server, neither IE nor Chrome)When I click on a topic in the TOC, the arrow buttons shift right, then back to the leftAlso when I click on a topic, the "Show" text flashes on and off2014/06/26:  I'm just looking at the code today, and not being an expert, I am wondering if there is some way I can move the arrow buttons and the code around to make the buttons stop moving.In the above image, 'Back next' has browse sequences, but these text links don't appear in the generated output. Can I delete the 'Back ne

I am having such a tough time with RoboHelp. My current issue is the glossary and index not appearing in the generated output. They used to. However, yesterday I thought I should go in and clean out all the junk in my project, i.e. I had about 5 glossaries and 5 indexes because I was testing things out. I made sure I didn't delete the populated glossary and index, but by the end of the day, they were both gone. So, I located these again from a backup and imported them back into my current project. Everything is there...all my terms and definitions, the index and the links...blah blah. NOTE: Everything is there, but I was required to block it out due to privacy issues.However, this is how it now displays when I generate:  Why won't this populate?Thanks,Pam

We're generating a Simplified Chinese WebHelp system using Robohelp 10 and we need to change the sort order in the Search results so that it follows the pinyin order instead of "Y, Z, M, T" (Referring to 仪，准，美，通). Is there a way to do this?

I am trying t create a custom layout in RH11.I have found the place where you can modify the appearance of the major layout components. But I cannot seem to find the place where you assemble those components to a custom layout.I stumbled upon it once, but now the Screen Layout Editor seems to be hiding from me.Will someone point me in the right direction?Thank You!DB

I am no longer able to generate WebHelp after applying patches to RoboHelp 10.Yesterday, my IT Support person helped me to install patches to RoboHelp 10 that were listed in the Van Weelden site:http://www.wvanweelden.eu/articles/robohelp-patches-and-updatesAside: Patch 10.0.1 was a bit of a pain to get to work (required uninstall and reinstall of RH10).  The subsequent patches were easily applied.Now, when I try to generate WebHelp output, I get the error messages below and if I click view, it doesn't open a browser window and I can't see any output. I see that another forum poster had this same problem in December but I'm not sure if it was ever resolved. Here is the an extract of the messages in my Output View:Initializing compiler...Generating WebHelp 5.50 (10.0.0.287)...Error: Cannot find xml definition file C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe RoboHelp 10\RoboHTML\webhelp5Ext\template_skin\webhelp5skin.xml.Template Error: can not resolve macro: WEBHELP_TEMPLATE.pane.navpane.dh

Hi,After inserting a Comcast video file, I am able to see the video in Preview. But when I generate a CHM output, the video doesn't play. If Comcast is not compatible with Robo Help 10, can you tell me which video file/format will will be? Thanks,Indrasish.

Good Day. I am using RH9 and my large projects started to freeze up and not respond. I suspect file corruption. I have reinstalled RH9 to no avail. Any suggestions? Thanks.Additional information: Project opens and sometimes works for a short period before freezing.

Is there a simple way to copy or import existing jpeg or gif images used in other applications into the RoboHelp project. I manually copied an image into the RoboHelp Projects folder on my C:\ drive, but when I open the project, I can't see it. From the File drop-down menu there's an Import link, but there's no option to import images. Why isn't this easier or more intuitive?I'd appreciate any help you could provide. Thanks

RH11Does anyone know why an image inserted into a footer master page is not automatically resizing to the width of the printed page when applied to a print layout and output to Word? If you insert an image into the body of a topic or a master page and generate printed documentation, the image automatically resizes.I'm trying to insert a high-res footer image (300 dpi) into my footer so that it appears on every page, but at the moment it's being embedded at full-size.ThanksJonathan

I have created a screen layout (Standard), saved, and previewed it successfully.I have selected Responsive HTML5 as my Primary Output.However, when I click the Generate Primary Output button, I get;Starting compilation...Responsive HTML5 preprocessor 11.0.0.179Clearing output folder...Screen layouts used in this single-source layout are missing. Make sure that the required screen layouts are added in the project.Internal error encountered,  Failed to generate Responsive HTML5. Compilation complete.What am I doing wrong?Thank you!

I've successfully used the Printed Document SSL to generate pdfs, and they all have my own name as the Author (well, duh.) However, the client team at my company wants the author name to be the company name, but the field in Acrobat 9 will not allow me to edit the author name.  Note that when I generate simple review pdfs, there is no name entered into the Author field.  How can I generate the Printed Help with no Author, or edit the Author once generated?

I'm on RH 10. How can I change the colour of CHM file's TOC index button?

I am trying to create a new CSS within Robohelp 10. In the past we have used pts to identify fonts and indents. What is the current best practice? Should we be using EM or % instead? How does this impact the output both in print and web formats?Also, I am having trouble applying an updated style to old projects that were recently moved from RH 6-10 and then new CSS was applied. It is not applying consistently. Thanks for your help!