Hi, I'm not an expert on HTML help, so I'm not sure until I sort it out. Three things come to mind: - RoboHelp changes your css when you create HTML help. It does this for Webhelp, but it might change it differently for HTML help. - The DTD (doctype) in HTML help is changed in the output. In Webhelp and in the source files it is XHTML 1.0 transitional, preventing IE (7 and 8) from running in quirks mode. - The rendering of HTML help greatly differs between HTML help and regular HTML. (Different engine, always in quirks mode, etc) Another member may shed some more light on this. Until I've had a change to get into this, or until I'm enlightened by someone else, my guess is as good as yours. I'll try to take a look tomorrow evening, but if you find out sooner, I'd love to hear it. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, I'm not an expert on HTML help, so I'm not sure until I sort it out. Three things come to mind: - RoboHelp changes your css when you create HTML help. It does this for Webhelp, but it might change it differently for HTML help. - The DTD (doctype) in HTML help is changed in the output. In Webhelp and in the source files it is XHTML 1.0 transitional, preventing IE (7 and 8) from running in quirks mode. - The rendering of HTML help greatly differs between HTML help and regular HTML. (Different engine, always in quirks mode, etc) Another member may shed some more light on this. Until I've had a change to get into this, or until I'm enlightened by someone else, my guess is as good as yours. I'll try to take a look tomorrow evening, but if you find out sooner, I'd love to hear it. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, You'd have to test that, but my guess is that it will work. I'm not a HTML help addict, but as far as I know, HTML help uses (elements of) Internet Explorer for rendering. A HTML help guru will probably know how it better than me though. HTML help is just a bunch of files bundled in one package. It uses xhtml and style sheets like webhelp, so any style in your style sheet should work the same in HTML help as in WebHelp or a regular HTML file. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, Do you mean the standard tooltips, such as in this image: Then, as far as I know, it's a Windows control called by the browser, like Rick suggested. There's no way I know of  to change this from a simple html page. An application can customize tooltips, but that requires scripting. Other than using ASP.NET pages, I don't know how to fix it. I haven't worked with X5, but I haven't seen tooltips on popups before. It's defenitly not included in Robo8, but it might have been in X5. Are we talking about the same thing? Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, To keep thing simple, don't use the non-scrollable region and don't use a frameset for this. The frameset is way to much work and the non-scrollable region is an ugly fix for Internet Explorers crappyness. It was the only solution, just don't use it anymore as it won't work for 'good' browsers such as Firefox. To achieve the effect you want, pick an element you want to stay at the top of your page, say Heading 1. In your css, use the following code to fix it to a specific element (such as H1 for Heading 1): position: fixed; top: 0px; left: 1px; width: 99%; This wil fix the element to 0px from the top of the topic and 1px from the left of the topic. The element will stretch 99% of the width of the topic. You can easily change the values to suit your needs. This will also make your style easily changable. Just add css styling to the element and you're all set up. It even works in the RoboHelp HTML 8 preview and won't pose problems for the WYSIWYG editor. -- One note for all Robo7 users: This will only work with Robo8, not Robo7, due to a feature in IE called quirks mode... It will work for Firefox but not for IE 8 and under ...-- Things like that really make me hate IE. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, You can create additional map files, there's no maximum number of map files that I know off. Your map numbers and Topic id's do have to be unique in a project (RoboHelp checks this for you). Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, Start by reading this article on Peter's site. If you still have any questions after reading (follow all the links), please post back. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, Do you want to create a master id and assign the topics sub id's? I'm not sure what you want exactly. Start by reading the article on Peter's site, be sure to follow the links there. If you have questions after reading it, just post back. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, The toc only determines which topics will be in your toc, it doesn't affect which topics make it to your output. Using conditional build tags, you can exclude text and topics from your output. If you use the toc, a customer can still open and view all topics by using the index or search. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, Apart from what Peter says, don't import a css using RoboHelp. Create a style sheet with the name you want, and then paste your style sheet over it in windows explorer. I haven't had any problems importing, but I can imagine that RoboHelp 'examines' your style sheet on import Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, To stop RoboHelp from messing with your css, simply don't use Robo's internal css-editor and do not use inline formatting. W3C also advises to use the strict DTD whenever possible, so even when Robo doesn't support it, you can still act like it does Try creating a new style sheet with Robo, then copy your style sheet over Robo's css. As long as you don’t try to open or edit the CSS in Robo's internal css-editor, it leaves your css alone. Modify it using the internal editor, and it rewrites your css. -> Edit using an external editor. Yes, the internal editor doesn’t offer you the full package, but if you want all what css has to offer, you'll have to code it yourself anyway, so why bother with the internal editor? Also, for most people a term like 'em' means nothing at all, while points are much more common. And I wouldn't use ems myself, better go for absolute sizes as 'small', 'medium' and 'large', which are the W3C's choice. Please keep in mind that Robo isn't a fully fledged html editor/web design tool, it's a HAT. It offers the basics that most authors will find usefull. If you want to use some more 'advanced' css, like suckerfish dropdowns, tamed lists, etc, you'll have to use an external editor for both css and html. Since these techniques aren't very common in help systems and the like, I have no problem with Robo not supporting them. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, Just getting the latest version should work. I had a similar problem after a crash. RoboHelp can't detect which projects are in the VSS database, but after getting them, it all worked fine. You may however still want to backup your projects on a removable media to be sure. After the reinstall, just make sure the VSS client in installed, copy your project from the media and get back to work -- Could it be that simple? Well, it was for me. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, 1. Login to the forum. 2. Click my name left of the post. 3. Right of my profile, click Send private message Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, I don't see any files attached or queued. Can you try adding them again, of pm me for my e-mail so you can send the files directly to me. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, I guess the reason is that RoboHelp doesn't understand the code. Try attaching four of five style sheets, each for different media, Robo will change that to. Since it isn't a web design tool, the html options are somewhat limited. That's why I use Notepad++ for topics that require some more 'advanced' html Those tags are RoboHelps way to know what's happening. You'll soon find the tags SPACES, p-implicit tags, several X-xxx (x-use-null-cells) tags, conditional build tags are span classes... All are just RoboHelps way of knowing what's going on and these tags don't appear in your output. -- This is much better in Robo8 tough, it uses xhtml 1.0 transitional and has much cleaner code. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, Discouraging? Only if you expect a fully blown webdesign tool... If you want to be able to use all html features, you better get Dreamweaver. Robo8 is much better than Robo7 in many ways, but I find the table support still somewhat limited. Let us know how it works out for you. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, You can save your pod layout, so you can load it when necessary. In the File menu, you can save your layout, load a saved layout, or restore the default layout. In RH7, this is directly under File, in Robo8, I thought it was a submenu. (I don't have Robo8 where I'm working now.) Another member will know exactly where it is located in Robo8. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

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Hi, RoboHelp is not a fully fledged html editor, and it's not a tool for webdesign. You can use all the basic html, but when it comes to DIV's, non standard tables, floating lists, multiple style sheets and so on, I always use an external editor. I don't know why Robo removes your TH, but it probably doesn't understand it, since a 'regular table' doesn't have such headers. The only thing that'll solve your problem, is to use a third party editor for the specific file. You will however lose the benefits of RoboHelp (conditional build tags, variables, etc). Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, You can ofcourse create the TOC by hand, but that's probably not an option... The easiest way is probably to create a TOC in the word document that you can live with, and convert this TOC to a RoboHelp TOC on import. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, I don't use HTML help, but the Robo8 help has the following note with this help topic: Note: Microsoft HTML Help doesn’t support links to custom windows from the topic, only links to pop-ups. Since no one has posted to your question yet, it's probably not clear what exactly is the problem. Can you exactly describe what you want to do, what you did, and what isn't working. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, I'm not sure what you exactly want, but perhaps it helps that you can add this first topic of every book to the book. Select the properties of the book and check Book with link. Select the topic or placeholder you want the book to open when clicked. If you miss a feature, be sure to ask for it on the RoboHelp wish form. But before you ask for a feature, make sure it isn't already built in in some dark and hidden place. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, It's not a css method. CSS works with HTML to render your pages. DIV objects may be problematic for the WYSIWYG-editor, true. If you want to keep using your tables, select the table and go to html view, it probably looks something like this: <body> <table style="some crap" width="750px" x-use-null-cells xxx> <tr><td> Now make it look like this: <body> <table id="align"> <tr><td> Open your CSS and add the following line (just copy and paste) #align {width: 750px;}. Your table should work. If it doesn't, replace the former line with: #align {width: 750px !important;}. If it still doesn't work, please post back an example topic. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, You say that the files are stand alone, but that the files will be in a subfolder of your output. Does this mean that you can add the files as baggage files to your project, or is that impossible. About the ../ and ../../, it simply means take parent directory and take parent directory of parent directory. When you have a file in MyFile/Doc/Important/ and the topic is in MyFile/Robo, the path will be ../Doc/Important. When the topic is in the directory MyFile/Robo/Project, the path will be ../../Doc/Important. When you add the files as baggage files, you simply add a hyperlink to the file and let Robo sort out the hyperlink. If you can't attach the files as baggage files, you'll have to manually add all relative links. I can't think of an easy way to automate this. Altough a developer might be able to create a script for you. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, I assume you are using Robo8 with WebHelp as your primary layout. When you output your primary layout, select File | Generate | Primary layout (webhelp). Click next, and on this screen, you see the Toolbar buttons, simply uncheck all the buttons. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, Is your primary layout a CHM, or do you have CHM as baggage files? RoboHelp 8 still supports creating CHM and you can still add baggage files to your project. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, As for your tables, I think tables are still an acceptable way of aligning content when you're not familiar with HTML. It's easy and intuitive. You can also give your table the id "align" instead of creating a div. When you don't use inline styling, the result should be the same for you. Greet, Willam ... Afficher plus

Hi, I don't mind asking, but it's probably simpler that you think. 1. First, you open the DIV by adding the tag <DIV> in html mode. Since we want to style this DIV, and because it is unique on ever page, we give it the id 'align'. Your tag looks like this: <DIV id="align"> 2. Now we close the DIV. To close it, add the end tag </DIV>. Your code now looks like this: <DIV id="align"> </DIV> 3. Place all content in between the DIV start tag and DIV end tag. Normally, you add the start tag right after the body tag (<BODY><DIV id="align">) and you place the end tag right before the end body tag (</DIV></BODY>). 4. Now we style the tag, we set the width, the heidht, border, background colour, everything you want. Since this DIV is unique for every topic, I normally assign an id, in this case "align". Now open your style sheet in an external editor like Notepad and Notepad++ and add the following code: (Note that the text between /**/ is a comment, you can remove it.)      #align /*targets the element with the id 'align'*/      {      position: relative; /*Makes the element appear on the place where it is inserted in HTML. This is standard, add to make sure that a DIV style doesn't overwrite this.*/      width: 750px; /*Set the width of the element to 750px;*/      } 5. That's all. Just add your content in the block. RoboHelps WYSIWYG will show you a block, just click it and add your content. ... Afficher plus