Why does JavaHelp output lose formatting in topics?

Forum|Forum|14 years ago
May 12, 2011
1 reply
493 views

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?

HTML

This topic has been closed for replies.

Peter Grainge

Community Expert

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

@petergrainge

Use the menu (bottom right) to mark the Best Answer or Highlight particularly useful replies. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here.

D

davis2016Author

Participant

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.

RoboColum_n_

Legend

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

@petergrainge

You can also search for "JavaHelp Limitations" in the RoboHelp help file for a list of reasons not to use JavaHelp. It is also incorrect to say that WebHelp does not work with a Java application. More food for thought for your developers.