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Start RoboHelp from a FrameMaker script?

Apr 20, 2012 8:27 AM

Tags: #framemaker10 #extendscript #robohelp_9 #jsx

How can I start RoboHelp at the end of a FrameMaker script? Specifically I'd like to do that with <FM10_INSTALL_DIR>\Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional Text\FM_Outputs_CondText.jsx.

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  • rlauriston
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    1. rlauriston,
    Apr 23, 2012 3:52 PM   in reply to rlauriston
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    Thanks to some tips from Willam van Weelden I figured this out

     

    var runrobo = new File("C:\\scripts\\robohelp.bat");

    runrobo.execute();

     

    c:\scripts\robohelp.bat contains:

     

    C:\Progra~2\Adobe\adober~1\RoboHTML\robohtml -x C:\scripts\robohelp.jsx

     
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    2. Ian Proudfoot,
    Apr 25, 2012 3:28 AM   in reply to rlauriston
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    It is also possible to directly send scripts to RoboHelp from FrameMaker using BridgeTalk. See Chapter 5 of the JavaScript tools guide. The major advantage of this approach is that the communications are bi-directional, so it is possible to know if RoboHelp has sucessfully launched or performed a specific scripted task.

     

    Ian

     
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    3. rlauriston,
    Apr 25, 2012 8:26 AM   in reply to Ian Proudfoot
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    Yes, I know that's theoretically possible, but I haven't been able to find a sample script showing how to do it, and my experiments were unsuccessful.

     
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