Can a RH8 topic be compiled via the command line?

Report · Jun 12, 2009

We have a python script that, in addition to building the code for our products, also compiled the CHM. The script makes a call to the HTML Help compiler to build the CHM. Since upgrading to RH8, however, this script no longer works--the hhc file appears to have changed format from HTML to XML, and it's this change that seems to be causing the problems. If I look at the output of a build in the RH8 output window, it seems that there is some kind of preprocessing going on before calling the compiler. Is it still possible to perform a build via script or via command line?

Report · Jun 12, 2009

Yes the internal files have been converted to XML.

You can generate via the command line. It's covered in the online help.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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