How to generate a TOC in Rh8 based on a structured Fm9 book

[Guest]

Hi,

After linking a structured FrameMaker 9 book in RoboHelp 8, is it possible to generate a RoboHelp TOC with the same folder structure?

For example, let's say you've created a structured Fm book which consists of several DITA (XML) topics organized into folders, as shown below.

After linking the book in Rh, is there a way to automatically generate a TOC with the same folder structure, as shown below? The TOC should remain linked, so that any changes you make to the Fm book will also be reflected in the TOC after you update the book in Rh.

Note: As RJ Jacquez demonstrated in Linking FrameMaker 9 Books in RoboHelp 8 via Adobe Technical Communication Suite, this can be achieved with unstructured books and documents by using a TOC generated in Fm. However, if you attempt to use this method with structured documents (such as DITA files), the generated TOC is flattened, i.e., the folder structure is lost.

Does anyone have any ideas or solutions?

PS: I am using the Adobe Technical Communications Suite 2.

[Matt-Tech Comm Tools]

Hi scibert,

I just saw this thread while searching for the same issue in RH10. Did you ever get it solved?

-Matt

@mattrsullivan

[Priyank Shrivastava.]

Hi there,

When you linked the book in Robohelp, in project manager pod just right click in the linked book and go to properties. There you have an option to select the TOC.

Hope that helps

Thanks

Priyank

[Matt-Tech Comm Tools]

Using TCS4 (FrameMaker 11, RoboHelp 10) you can use File > Save Ditamap as... > Book 11 with fm components (*.book). The resulting file (which includes a regular nested FM TOC) can be linked to your RoboHelp project. Not ideal, but good enough to produce occasional RH outputs (including EPUB and HTML5)

-Matt