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What is the proper procedure to sync from FrameMaker sources to RoboHelp HTML?

New Here ,
Jun 26, 2025 Jun 26, 2025

Hello. I'm using FrameMaker 17.0.3.546 and RoboHelp 2022.4.179 on Windows 11.

I have my source files in FrameMaker and need to use RoboHelp to produce HTML5, not just once but continuously through new releases. Kind of single-sourcing from FM to RH on a continuous basis. Therefore I need to sync from FM to HTML (i.e., HTML sections and topics). So far I was unceccessful in establishing a sync between them. Tried this and that, read this forum, etc. Can anyone please describe the proper procedure to get to sync? If possible, step by step, with pre-requisites (like minimum project paths), and other cumulated knowledge.

 

Context: I have 17 manuals of 100 to 300 pages to be combined into one HTML library.

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Jun 26, 2025 Jun 26, 2025
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FM to RH falls into 2 methods - linking or importing. In the linking methodology, you create the project in RH and link the FM book to it. As you make changes to the content in FM and update the book, the changes can be synched in the RH project.
With the import method, you create a new project each time in RH and import the updated FM content into it.
I've never had much luck getting the linking method to work, so I'm firmly in the Import camp.
Are your 17 manuals in FM each in separate books or are they all contained in 1 book?

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