Why XML?

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May 21, 2010
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I can't find any information about the purpose of the XML output. What is it for? Where can I find information about what its purpose and use is?

~Margaret

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Captiv8r

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Hi Margaret

To this point we have largely ignored XML. I believe to this point it was really for folks that wanted to produce a DocBook or DITA type format.

But recently Adobe has been working on a script that brings new importance to the XML output format. The script converts your help content into a format called ePubs. ePubs format is viewable on many different devices. Phones, eBook readers, etc.

You may read more about this at the following blog post:

Click here to read

Cheers... Rick

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Margaret_BeckerAuthor

Inspiring

OK. I'm not getting it. I followed the instructions in the blog post, but nothing with the extension .epub was created. What can I be missing?

Deb Sauer

Inspiring

I haven't tried it, but looking at the blog post instructions, I think there's a typo at step 4 where you tell the script where the 7za.exe program is found - I don't think you should have double backslashes in your path.

Someone else has created an .epub file and gave a mini-review of it here on the forums - search the RH section for "epub" to find the thread. From what I remember, they weren't too impressed with it, but it was a first step in the right direction.

I noticed those double backslashes, but left them. Now, I've made them single backslashes, but I'm still not getitng the epub files. The link to the 7za.exe script in Ankur Jain's post is dead. So, I looked for the exe on the web. I downloaded it from www.sourceforge.net. The only exe listed was 7z465, so that's the one I downloaded. Not sure it's the right one. Ankur's instructions say to remove the .zzz file extension, and this file does not have that extension. I put the file in the default location listed in the script (C:\\RoboHelp\ePubGenerator). Didn't get epub files. And now I have removed the extra backslashes. Still no epub files. I looked for the post you mention. There are just a few on this topic. None are particularly flattering.

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