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May 12, 2011
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Why does JavaHelp output lose formatting in topics?

  • May 12, 2011
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I'm using RoboHelp 8 to produce a JavaHelp context-sensitive help system. When I generate the output as Webhelp, the topics look good, but when I generate JavaHelp, the formatting is lost. Do we know why?

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Peter Grainge
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May 12, 2011

Take a look at the JavaHelp page on my site and seriously consider whether you really need JavaHelp.


See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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davis2016Author
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May 12, 2011

I'd really like NOT to use JavaHelp, but the application it's going into is a Java application, and the developers tell me Webhelp won't work.

I did discover that I should be producing compressed JavaHelp when I'm actually producing uncompressed JavaHelp. Maybe fixing that will fix the formatting issue.

Peter Grainge
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May 12, 2011

Good luck!

Just a long shot but I would go back to the developers, maybe show them the page. Often that is the standard response from developers but only sometimes is it correct.


See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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