RoboHelp corrupting files when project housed on network

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February 28, 2011
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I am posting this discussion because I'm hoping there's someone out there with an alternative to houseing the project on a local drive then moving it around our group to work on individual items (as posted here http://forums.adobe.com/message/2952211). This is not a solution because it creates other problems, wont the files become corrupted moving it from local drive to local drive? Besides we need to be able to work on the project simultaneously.

Please help with a better solution than passing the work around, and please also remember to have a great day:)

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Correct answer Jeff_Coatsworth

The only way you can have multiple authors is to use some form of source control (like RoboSource) check topics in/out as they are worked on (locally).

Jeff_Coatsworth

Correct answer

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The only way you can have multiple authors is to use some form of source control (like RoboSource) check topics in/out as they are worked on (locally).

Peter Grainge

Community Expert

First you state moving from local drive to local drive is not a solution (it is but maybe not one that suits you), then you ask if it will cause problems. So are you telling us or asking?

I regularly move projects from machine to machine. I almost always zip the project, move the zip, then unzip. It does not cause problems. But then I've only been doing it for about fifteen years.

If your objective though is simultaneous working, that is different and as Jeff says, and my site says, then you need source control.

What will cause grief is running projects off a network without source control. And of course that will not happen until you are a few hours away from a deadline.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge