How do I prevent RoboHelp from adding generated files to source control?

[Duck_Master]

I have a RoboHelp 10 project configured to use Team Foundation Server. When my user generates output (e.g. by previewing or 'Generate...') RoboHelp automatically tries to checkout the generated files (add or edit operations). I only want the source files to be added or checked out automatically, not the generated output. It is tying up Team Explorer on the user's computer each time this happens as hundreds of files are reconciled with TFS.

How can I resolve my problem?

BONUS problem I need solving:

So the user has these files checked out because RoboHelp demands it (until my original question is solved). If another user tries to build the same files (like I just did) on another machine, RoboHelp complains that the file is already checked out (regardless if multiple checkout policy is enabled). Then I have to click OK on each file. How to stop this as well and allow multiple users to work on the same project?

[Duck_Master · Accepted solution]

I solved this issue by cloaking the !SSL! folder. I do not have a solution for the multi-checkout issue however although the cloaking mitigates the huge number of message boxes when generating.

[Willam van Weelden]

Alternatively, you can generate to a different folder than the !SSL! folder. If you, for example, select C:\Help-output, you won't run into this issue either.

Though it's strange that you even have this issue. Did you check in the !SSL! folder in source control at some point?

Kind regards,

Willam

[Duck_Master]

I did originally check in the !SSL! folder when I added the original project to source control. TFS 2010 typically doesn't check files out on its own like that though. If I open a file in notepad and then save it TFS doesn't know about it. This behavior is different in later versions.

As I said, cloaking this folder solved my original issue for me. I don't need the generated outputs to be in source because I have TFS building it on demand.