Compile error

[sharon5602]

I receive an error when compiling my CHM file.  Following is the error(s) in the log file: 

Warning: The size of stop file has

to be limited in 512 bytes.

C:\RoboHelp Local Files

\Commercial Servicer\HtmlHelp\!

chm_tmp_folder_1\CS.hhp

Microsoft HTML Help Compiler

1. 4.74.8702

Compiling c:\RoboHelp Local

Files\Commercial Servicer

\HtmlHelp\CS.chm

1. CS.hhc
2. CS.hhk

CSCMSA_Financial_File_Layout.h

tm

CSCMSA_Comparative_Financi00

1. 000593.htm

CSCMSA_Lodging_Operating_Sta

1. tement.htm

CSGalaxy_Business_Products.htm

CSACH_File_Layout.htm

CSCMSA_Healthcare_NOI_Adjust

ment_W.htm

Fatal Error: Unexpected error from

Microsoft HTML compiler.

Finished compiling HTMLHELP in

60 sec(s)

Compilation complete.

I narrowed it down to four topics I revised since my last succesful compile.  The log stops at the first of these topics before it issues the Fatal Error.  When I deleted all four of the topics causing the issue the compile ran fine.  I later created a new topic and put the same data in it.  I got the same error when trying to compile.  There is something in the topic(s) causing the error, but I can't figure out what.  The data is similar to other topics I have in the project file that do not cause an error. 

[Peter Grainge]

You can ignore the Stop warning, it is nothing to do with your problem. That warning is a bit like a speed limit sign that is telling you the limit but it doesn't mean you are breaking it.

I am guessing you have pasted the content of the problem topic into a new one so that likely has taken the problem with it. Try putting the text into Notepad and then pasting it into the new topic. Try that without any images, tables and suchlike first. Assuming it works, gradually add that content in and generate regularly until it either works or you identify the problem.

If you have any suspicions, apply an Exclude tag from that bit of content and include that tag in the Build Expression.

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