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Hello!
We have an very old desktop program with WinHelp help that we want to update. Is there a way to import either the *.hlp or the *.hpj into RH2020? We consider to produce a CHM from it but are open to alternatives. We're using the trial ATM, if that matters.
I think you are completely out of luck here.
That's about all I can offer. Is there anyone supporting this forum who is familiar with using FAR or the Help Compiler Workshop who can add more?
ATM = At the moment?
The thread you pointed to suggests you may also be able to create a CHM using the Help Compiler Workshop. If that is what you are using that could be worth a try. If that works then reverse engineer that.
Finally given how long it is since WinHelp worked, how have you managed to keep this going?
Sorry it's not better news. Basically you have left the car in the garage and neglected it for too long, no surprise it won't start.
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Hello!
We have an very old desktop program with WinHelp help that we want to update. Is there a way to import either the *.hlp or the *.hpj into RH2020? We consider to produce a CHM from it but are open to alternatives. We're using the trial ATM, if that matters.
I think you are completely out of luck here.
That's about all I can offer. Is there anyone supporting this forum who is familiar with using FAR or the Help Compiler Workshop who can add more?
ATM = At the moment?
The thread you pointed to suggests you may also be able to create a CHM using the Help Compiler Workshop. If that is what you are using that could be worth a try. If that works then reverse engineer that.
Finally given how long it is since WinHelp worked, how have you managed to keep this going?
Sorry it's not better news. Basically you have left the car in the garage and neglected it for too long, no surprise it won't start.
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Do you have the original project files or just the old output? If you've got the trial version downloaded, make sure you're all patched up & try opening them.
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- I have the HPJ project file (plus all the RTFs and whatnot), and the HLP file.
- Updating right now 🙂
- How do I open them? "Open project" wants RH project files, and I found no "Import" option.
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There isn't an import option. The source files in your existing project contain a file to open the project in the version you have. In more recent years it is the XPJ file, before that it was the MPJ file.
In 2020 you can upgrade projects with the XPJ file but upgrading from much old versions is not an option. So the key question is which version of RoboHelp do you have and does it have an MPJ or XPJ file in it?
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We don't have XPJ or MPJ files. Are these RoboHelp project files? We only have the WinHelp project (i.e. an *.hpj file plus the referenced assets like RTFs and bitmaps) and the output (*.hlp file). We never used RoboHelp before – I’m just exploring if we can use it to do the WinHelp-HtmlHelp conversion because I read it can do that.
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Can you share the what you have? If you can, then see the Contact page on my site and zip and send the file as instructed there. Do make sure you include a link to this thread and please do not email the project direct.
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Ok, so all you have are output files - now you're into "reverse engineering" - not sure if anyone has a tool out there to get a RH project out of those old old WinHelp files.
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For us, the HPJ & Co is the source files. 🙂
But yes, that's what I thought I could do using RH. Based on reading posts like https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/SECURITY/en-US/548fbff8-9e5d-4aa5-a498-8a7aca98d2b9/html-he... mentioning RoboHelp.