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Margaret_Becker
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May 21, 2010
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Why XML?

  • 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
Captiv8r
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May 21, 2010

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
May 21, 2010

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
Deb Sauer
Inspiring
August 10, 2010

I just did the download of the 7-zip installer - it looks like the 4.65 version's command line executable is called 7z.exe. I would try that in that path command (& leave the double backslashes - the script is full of them I see).


I forgot to mention, when I ran the script the first time, a dialog box told me I needed to download 7-zip. This was not mentioned in Ankur's post.  I did this and now it's in the Program Files folder. I put the 7z.exe in C:\\RoboHelp\\ePubGenerator as shown in Ankur's post. I changed the line in the script to point to 7z.exe and ran the script again. Same results. No epub files. I'm thinking I should create a small test RH project to see if that works. Current project is linked/imported to FM. Contains DHTML effects, dropdowns, and so on. Maybe that's the problem. I thought something would come through, even if it wasn't pretty. Just trying to get proof of concept, and then I'll dive in and work on the format, etc.

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