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Brad55
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July 14, 2010
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Question: Why does RoboHelp do this?

  • July 14, 2010
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Why does RoboHelp 8 place 87 lines of code to a HTML file when the file works just fine without the code.

What I’m talking about is if I make up a tutorial in Captivate 4 and then bring it into my RoboHelp 8 project as baggage then publish the project with RoboHelp 8 it writes 87 lines of code to the HTML file. I know part of the code is breadcrumb trail. This has caused some problem but nothing I could not fix by just replacing the HTML files with the ones form Captivate 4 and once I replace the files with the Captivate 4 files everything work as it should. Everyone does not want a breadcrumb trail on their tutorials. Plus when you click the Show link it shows the tutorial in the main frame where it was not planned for.

There shold be more control over what a person wants on their page by placing options for different things, and I could name a lot because we out put at least 10 projects per month.

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Captiv8r
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July 14, 2010

Hi there

Brad55 wrote:

Why does RoboHelp 8 place 87 lines of code to a HTML file when the file works just fine without the code.

Because you told it to. Oh, you may not realize you told it to, but you did by choosing the options (or by not DE-selecting options) that govern the manner in which your output is created.

Brad55 wrote:

...Everyone does not want a breadcrumb trail on their tutorials...

Adobe understands that. This is why Breadcrumb Trails are optional.

Brad55 wrote:

...There shold be more control over what a person wants on their page by placing options for different things, and I could name a lot because we out put at least 10 projects per month....

You have massive amounts of control. I think you just aren't sure exactly what to change and where to change it.

Cheers... Rick

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Brad55Author
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July 15, 2010

Because you told it to. Oh, you may not realize you told it to, but you did by choosing the options (or by not DE-selecting options) that govern the manner in which your output is created.

Well Captiv8r dont just give me hints or tell me that it can be done and tell me where this button or check mark is hidden.


Adobe understands that. This is why Breadcrumb Trails are optional.

Well if you build a Master page and tell it to have breadcrumb trails (and you want these in your project) but you dont want them on your tutorial pages which was done in Captivate and place in you project as baggage files. These files are baggage they should not have a program write to them just because it is linked in the project. RoboHelp 7 never did this it just placed the files in the folders that they needed to be in.

You have massive amounts of control. I think you just aren't sure exactly what to change and where to change it.

Not as much control as i would like.

Don't get me wrong Adobe has a fair product with RoboHelp just needs some more work in giving the user more control over what is going to be in the published version of their product. Example to change the background color of a See Also button (not the button) the links that pop-up you have to edit the Java script that RoboHelp puts out and if you change it you better make a back up some place else because it will over write it the next time you publish you product, and another one is the About button that is in the top right of you product you can change the button but then after RoboHelp publishes the product you have to palce a picture with the same name to replace the one RoboHelp publishes plus you may have to edit the HTML file.

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Brad55Author
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July 20, 2010

I thought Captivate created .swf files that you inserted on your FM (if using TCS2) or RH pages which were then generated into html in your SSL. Have you tried just using that sort of output from Captivate? Maybe RH wouldn't have to add so many lines of code in that case?


No i have not tried this one but yes Captivate does publish HTML file for your swf files and a java script. We link to the HTML files to keep the demos the size we want them, if you link to just the stright swf file you can resize the page and some thimes that distorts the swf file. Now before any one jumps my case about the resizing of a swf and distortion let me tell you i can do it at any time it does not do it to the whole files just some parts.

Now this may be Captivate doing it but i dont think so, because i can take a project and publish it from Captivate and play it from the HTML file and all is fine then i can play it from the swf file and all is fine then i play it with a java script in front of it to have just the window open and no tool bars and i get lines in the demo.

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