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Anonymous
August 26, 2009
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Illegal or empty URLs

  • August 26, 2009
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I have RoboHelp 8 and imported html files into a project. These files were created in an old copy of Framemaker (v6) and converted to html. Everytime I open a project file a window pops up with the title Exception and says "Cannot open illegal or empty URLs." Does anyone know how to get rid of this error message?

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Correct answer Willam van Weelden

Hi,

The html does not contain invalid characters, but is contains an invalid file reference. In the top op the file, the body style is defined. Now look at the following code: background-image: url(#FFFFFF);. RoboHelp, or for that matter any browser, expects a url to a background image, instead there is a colour code. Removing this style, or rewriting it to background-color: #FFF; will solve your problem. My guess is that your other files have similar problems.

One other note: This file looks like an output file, not like a source file. Did you import output files in your project? Is so, be sure to check out this item on Rick's site.

Greet,

Willam

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Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
August 31, 2009

Hi,

Can you post a html file where you get this alert? I can't think of anything right now, but if you post a file, maybe we can see what's going on.

Greet,

Willam

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Anonymous
August 31, 2009

Thanks for your response, William. Here is an html file that opens with the exception. I've also included a screen shot of the exception window.

Willam van Weelden
Willam van WeeldenCorrect answer
Inspiring
September 2, 2009

Hi,

The html does not contain invalid characters, but is contains an invalid file reference. In the top op the file, the body style is defined. Now look at the following code: background-image: url(#FFFFFF);. RoboHelp, or for that matter any browser, expects a url to a background image, instead there is a colour code. Removing this style, or rewriting it to background-color: #FFF; will solve your problem. My guess is that your other files have similar problems.

One other note: This file looks like an output file, not like a source file. Did you import output files in your project? Is so, be sure to check out this item on Rick's site.

Greet,

Willam

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