Applying template to imported topics creates book folder

[Guest]

Applying the template creates a book folder for each topic (not visible in the Project view, but is visible in Windows Explorer) and moves the htm file into the folder. No other files are in the folder.

I am generating webhelp htm files, and providing the individual htm files to the developer, and the files must be in a specific folder (the one in which all of these book folders are created). Manually moving the files back to the correct folder is not doable - I generate frequently.

This does not seem to happen on all files, but on most. Any idea what is causing this, and how I can make it stop?

Thanks!

[Captiv8r]

Hi there

Lemme guess, you are using RoboHelp HTML 6, right? Sorry, there is no way I'm aware of to prevent it from happening. All you can really do is to clean up afterwards. The good news here is that you are aware that the topic is moved into the folder. The workaround is to simply move the topic back into the project folder from the book folder.

I don't believe this happens with RoboHelp 7.

Cheers... Rick

[Guest]

Yes, RH 6. Won't moving files outside of RH cause me trouble - I just recovered from a corrupt cpd that I think was caused by sneaking around behind RH's back.

[Captiv8r]

Hello again

Normally, yes. But in this case you actually want to move the files using Windows Explorer. Actually, it's really the only real option you have.

Think of it like this. RoboHelp messed with you by moving the files to an area you can't see from inside RoboHelp. So you have to mess with it by undoing what it politely did!

You may also wish to consider upgrading to 7. I've never seen a report of this in 7.

Cheers... Rick