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RoboHelp for Word 8.0 - can't open a pdf file from help topic

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October 19, 2011
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running RoboHelp for Word 8.0 on a Windows 7 machine. I produce WinHelp for one of our clients.

I just converted an old online help system from RoboHelp 7 to RoboHelp 8.

one of my topics has a button to launch a pdf file

{button Transport Feature Chart, EF(`GFC.pdf', `', 1, `')}

I can generate the hlp file, launch the help and open the topic but cannot open the pdf file when I click on the button.

any ideas?

RH for Word

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Legend

Hi there

Four words explain it.

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What is likely happening is that you have MOTW enabled.

Cheers... Rick

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Sorry, I may have replied too quickly. I made an assumption you were creating WebHelp. Is that your output?

Cheers... Rick

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The file is in baggage and is in the same folder as the .hlp.

Thanks!!

I've just tried this in RH8 and have discovered that the EF macro only seems to work with certain file types. For example, .TXT and .LOG files do work whilst .PDF and .DOC don't. I'm beginning to wonder if there has been something that has changed between RH7 and RH8 along security lines? Just added my 2p as I haven't used WinHelp for over 10 years!

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