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Recently upgraded from RoboHelp 2015 to RoboHelp 2017. Normally, a project created in the older version updates automatically simply by opening the .xpj file in the newer version. However, RoboHelp 2017 hangs in both Windows 7 and Windows 10 when trying to open the .xpj file created in RH2015.
I've tried all the old stand-bys: rebooting the computer, giving the project hours to open in case it's trying to update, attempting to open projects with a smaller number of files, re-installing RoboHelp on the computer, and installing RoboHelp on a different computer. The end result has been the same. After about 3 seconds, the Starter screen freezes and dims slightly, and RoboHelp continues to churn until I kill it in Windows. I've noticed two messages in the status section at the bottom of the screen: either "loading xxx.xpj" or "Loading DB info."
I also tried deleting the .cpd file and opening from the .hhp file. Same outcome.
One other observation: Typically when updating a project to a new version of RoboHelp, a pop-up displays saying that the project was created in an older version and offers the option to update in the new version. No popup displays before the system hangs.
I am able to create a new project in RoboHelp 2017, so the app seems to be working as long as it's not updating older files.
Anybody else encountered this issue and come up with a work-around?
Thanks,
Steve
Indeed, this was a bug, and Adobe fixed it in Release 2017.2.
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If you can make it go boom on command, then yes, file that bug report ;>)
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For those who are interested...
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Not my area of expertise but I wonder if setting things out as shown in @font-face tutorial and user guide by Milton Bayer would help?
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring information
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Thanks, Peter. Definitely a useful site; I've been referencing it for a while now.
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Indeed, this was a bug, and Adobe fixed it in Release 2017.2.
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I am trying to open a 2015 project in a new trial version of Rh 2017 (13.0.0.257) (Windows 10). The project is locally hosted.
I am having the same problems as described in this thread. I have deleted the CPD file, edited default.css to leave only one entry for font-face, uninstalled and rebooted and reinstalled, tried opening using various methods (launch the .xpd file, select File > Open), and it hangs and hangs.
At one point I was able to open the project but none of the topics or TOCs were present. I started to create new folders and import the topics manually, but Rh eventually crashed. I opened the project a second time and the folders/topics were not there. A second attempt to manually import the topics resulted in a crash.
Now I can't open the project at all.
Is this a problem that shows only with the trial license?
Please advise…
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Note, this is a quick reply without having read through the thread. I'll look tomorrow, late here.
The obvious point is that the marked as correct answer was with Update 2 applied. You can, and should, apply updates to the trial version.
The trial version is not crippled in any way.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring information
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Having looked through this some more, it would appear that Update 2 should solve the problem. It would be helpful to others if you would confirm the outcome.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring information
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I just updated the trial version and I was able to open my project Rh2017, with all the folder/file structure intact.
Thanks, Peter! That was exactly the right answer!
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The only "crippled" feature of the trial downloads is that they don't include the latest patches "baked in" - they're like flash frozen pies when they first come out of the Adobe oven - just because you took one out of the freezer today, don't expect it to have all the fixes included as if you baked a fresh one today [to mangle my metaphors completely!]
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LOL! Loved the analogy!