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Participating Frequently
November 7, 2007
Question

"Insert Image" will not take my file

  • November 7, 2007
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In RoboHelp HTML, WebHelp
1) Edit a topic and place the cursor in the body text
2) Click "Insert Image" , then click on the folder button to the right of the "Image Name" box
3) Navigate to the local disk c:, locate the .gif file I want, select it and click open
4) The "Image Name:" box is empty when I should be seeing the file path

Can it have something to do with the fact that I am not using the "My RoboHelp" folder?
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4 replies

Inspiring
November 8, 2007
I inherited a set of projects and the project files are located on the local drive of the PC, but in a different directory. I think as long as the files are located on your PC in *some* directory, you'll be ok.
Participating Frequently
November 8, 2007
This is a bug.
MergeThis
Inspiring
November 8, 2007
I just added an image from a network drive with no problem.

The thing is, all of the RoboHelp project files (everything within the project folder you created), must be on your local drive, whereas you can insert images or other objects like .pdf files from anywhere.

If your IT folks are doing things like silently moving folders for you, then they probably also didn't install RH properly. It must be installed under your username with full admin rights; otherwise, not everything gets registered properly.

Seems like your bugs might be internally generated.


Good luck,
Leon
RoboColum_n_
Legend
November 8, 2007
I was wondering if that was the case. So RoboHelp must be run on a local PC. It is against the licensing agreement to do otherwise.
RoboColum_n_
Legend
November 8, 2007
This is a RoboHelp forum. RoboHelp projects should not be run over a network as they use underlyingn MS Access DBs. Your RoboHelp source files must always be used on a local drive and backed up to a network drive. Do you have a Captivate question?
Participating Frequently
November 8, 2007
Typo - Captivate should have been Robohelp.
MergeThis
Inspiring
November 8, 2007
You're not working on a network, are you?

If so,,,don't do that!


Good luck,
Leon
Participating Frequently
November 8, 2007
What do you mean, exactly? Obviously Captivate must work in a networked environment otherwise it would be practically useless.