I am updating the Web Help Project created in the RH HTML v3
to v6. As almost all the images (saved as a gif file) of the help
file are outdated I was thinking of deleting (delete from the
wysiwyg editor as well as from the system – by deleting from
the Explorer) them and saving new images (as gif type) with the
same image file name.
I just wanted to make sure beforehand that it is not going to
give any problem later when I take Web Layout or the Printed
documentation layout.
I would appreciate if anybody can give me suggestion on
that!
I often delete images and replace them after annotating them.
I do this from Windows Explorer and it is never a problem but there
is one thing to be aware of. If you change the size of an image,
you need to delete and reinsert it in RoboHelp or it will be
distorted.
John, I have one question for you! When you said that you
often delete images from explorer, what location you exactly meant
in Explorer - from your working folder (that is if your Project is
under Visual Source Safe) or from Program file/RoboHelp 6.0 folder.
I am not sure if that would make any difference but i was
deleting from my working folder of Visual Source Safe, as that is
the only location in Explorer I know from where Robohelp images
files can be seen. I could not find any images files under Program
file/RoboHelp 6.0 folder.
Although, I am curious to find out if there is any other
location where images files can be deleted from and should be
deleted from. Just want to make sure if i am doing the right way!
If the pixel size of the new .gif image is not the same as
the old .gif image, you can open the topic, right-click the new
image, and select Reset Size.
It's still not very fast, but it's a bit quicker than
re-importing (and if you're under source control, it's a WHOLE LOT
quicker!)
And thanks, John, for remembering that - I always forget and
have to hear about the distorted images from QA!
One other comment...if you have image maps associated with
the graphic, *don't* delete it before replacing the graphic in
Windows, or you'll lose your image mapping. If you just do a simple
replace from Windows, then you'll retain your image maps. And as
Elisa mentioned, you'll need to do a Reset Size from within RH to
fix any distortion.
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