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emre_sb
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April 30, 2009
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Can RoboHelp 8 do this?

  • April 30, 2009
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Hi, I have just met with RH and really liked it!

In my company, we create AIR applications with Flash and Flex. We want to use RoboHelp to create help files for these apps.

My question is; can you pass variable to RoboHelp exported Flash or Air file? I want to send a keyword to the help file to show it's related pages. Briefly, I need to fill the RoboHelp exported file's "search box" with my string from the Air application.

(Remember the Flash IDE's actionscript panel: when you press F1 on a word, it opens the help panel and shows related subjects...)

I really hope to find a way to send variable to RoboHelp's search box. Can you help me? Do you have any ideas?

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    Praful_Jain
    Praful_Jain
    Participating Frequently
    May 1, 2009

    hi,

    As explained by other expert people here, RoboHelp support CSH functionality, where in you can call CSH API to show any Help topic in a particular help output(including AIR help).

    The feature which you are asking, wherein given some word or variable, that word should start showing up in the Search input box of AIR Help output, this feature is currently not supported in RH8.

    I recommed you to go to RoboHelp wish list page and add this feature request, so that the RoboHelp product team can look into this feature request.

    Regarding the CSH API support, RoboHelp provide CSH API code in varity of programming languages, you can easliy make corresponding CSH API in ActionScript (try reading javascript API) as well.

    -Praful

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    emre_sbAuthor
    Participant
    April 30, 2009

    wow! No answers. By the way I meant parameter not variable, sorry

    RoboWizard
    RoboWizard
    Inspiring
    April 30, 2009

    Hi there

    I think you are in a bit of unfamiliar territory for most of us here.

    • You are asking about a format that is new to most folks
    • You are asking about a method of operating that is mostly foreign to help development

    As a result, there aren't any pat answers just yet. Likely you will need to obtain the answers from Adobe themselves.

    In most help systems we think of something similar. We call it Context Sensitive Help (CSH). We establish a link between the application and the help so that when F1 is pressed the relevant topic appears. We don't think in terms of supplying a search parameter. This is why I say you are in unfamiliar territory for most of us.

    Cheers... Rick

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    emre_sbAuthor
    Participant
    April 30, 2009

    Hi! Thanks for your answer.

    But I couldn't understand well. So, is CSH possible with RoboHelp or not?

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