Generated lists not working in HTML conversion

[Guest]

Using FM 8.0p277

I have been asked to convert a book to HTML for the first time. When I do this, FM crashes with an error log that I cannot locate in the Program Files folder, as indicated in the error message. I believe it is the generated files that have caused the error(s). Originally, my List of Figures seemed to be the issue, so I tried generating HTML files of just the TOC and the main document in the book. They produced files fine except the links that work in FM from the TOC to the locations in the main file seem broken. If I open the TOC HTML file and click on one of the links, it does open the main document, but always the beginning of the document. I assume that is because I didn't create the HTML from the book file, but from individual files, so I created a book of just the TOC and main document and tried to save as HTML. FM crashed again. Has anyone had a similar experience, both of FM crashes as a result of creating HTML files and of not being able to locate the error logs in the directory indicated?

Janice

[Russ Ward]

Janice,

The standard answer to questions about HTML export is that the feature is not very robust and likely will not produce the result that you want. It might be useful for certain rudimentary applications but generally FrameMaker users use a third-party application such as Mif2Go, RoboHelp, or a Quadralay product for this purpose. You might get lucky and receive an answer to your specific question, but I think it would be unlikely.

Russ

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply, Russ. I do have TCS, so I have Robohelp. I had looked at it briefly when I first acquired TCS over a year ago, but because I haven't needed it until now, I have not really delved into it. I guess I might have to now.

Janice