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Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:28:36 GMT

I meant in the sense of something other than the paths in these files.

Have you tried working on one of the supplied projects and then moving that around?

Can we take it that the moves do not involve network locations? (If you haven't already made that point.)

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Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:53:33 GMT

Peter,

That is the point. These other files have hard-coded paths.

Adobe AIR.ssl (Can ignore this one)

pblsvrs.sss

RHExtDocAuxData.apj

RHFrameDocs.apj (The paths in this file really mess things up)

.pss

Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:44:16 GMT

Full path in the one I looked at. Moved the project, regenerated a CHM. Whilst the JS file did not change to the new path, the project is just fine.

Your problem is somewhere else.

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Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:28:26 GMT

Line 14: var HH_ChmFilename

But that just looks like and output location, so admittedly it's fairly

innocuous.

Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:43:17 GMT

Indeed, I have not known it nor heard of it. That's why I asked about the JS file as that is a RH supplied file and if it were a problem, we would all see it.

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Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:23:14 GMT

Hi again

That's pretty odd. I'm sure my colleague Peter will agree with me here. I've never seen it where RoboHelp HTML forces me to keep a project in the location where I've created it. I've always been able to simply copy the project files and paste them on different PCs and in any folder I like. It's never "tripped all over itself" when opening. So it's very curious that yours seems to behave that way.

What version and RoboFlavor are you using?

Cheers... Rick

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Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:03:22 GMT

Eileen

You will hate how easy this was to resolve!

Double click the HHP file. When prompted about using the existing XPJ, select No. The project opens with one broken link.

Close the project, reopen it with the XPJ and the broken link is also fixed.

At a quick glance, everything seems to be in order but I don't know your project well enough to be 100% sure.

If anything is missing, post back.

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Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:53:10 GMT

eHlpDhtm.js

Where does that have a hard coded path?

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Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:46:03 GMT

Rick,

I'm glad you can move your project wherever you wish.

I cannot do the same with mine.

The following files in my project have path rooted in "c:" and branching

off to individual project directories.

Adobe AIR.ssl

eHlpDhtm.js

pblsvrs.sss

RHExtDocAuxData.apj

RHFrameDocs.apj

.pss

If I move the project, RH trips all over itself -- in a manner very

similar to that reported in this thread -- and ultimately hoses

(technical term) the project.

I can only move a project by manually hacking the hard-coded paths in

these files /before/ attempting to open the project.

I call this feature a bug.

Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:25:02 GMT

We recently upgraded from RH7 to RH8. One of our project files (.xpj) would not open. After clicking Okay to Upgrade to RH8 I got the same message others have been receiving "Error: Cannot Read RHFrameStyleMappings.apj". I decided to try copying RHFrameStyleMappings.apj from another project folder into the project folder of the project file that would not open. Then when trying to open the project file again I received the same message as others "Error: Cannot Read RHFrameDoc.apj" and once again I copied it over from another file. I tried opening it again and it didn't work, so I tried copying RHFrameDoc.apj from a different file than before. This time it opened, so maybe for those still struggling, try that out. I also tried generating the project to make sure it worked and it appears to work as normal. My question is if there is any reason my copying the two .apj files over could cause problems with the project file or if I should consider the problem fixed. Thanks!

Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:24:50 GMT

Hi there

I'm not sure what you mean by the bug and hard coded paths. I've used RoboHelp for more years than I care to remember and I don't ever recall anything being hard coded that would tie it to a specific folder on my PC. I can freely move projects to any folder I like and as long as I maintain the relative structure things work.

I'm confused by the reference... Rick

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Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:44:26 GMT

Have you created a copy of the project and put the new one you are

trying to upgrade in another location?

Another long-standing bug is that RH uses hard-coded directory path

references in its project files.

If this is the case, then either move the un-upgraded file set to the

original location, or do a windows search on your original path on all

files in your RH project directory and 'fix' paths in those that turn

up. There should be four or five... don't waste time doing the same for

output files.

Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:41:20 GMT

And have you tried upgrading the clean copy of the backup?

If you have, see my contact page.

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Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:30:21 GMT

Rick, thank you for your assistance.

Yes, I did try creating a fresh, new RH8 project and copying the missing files over to the new project. Unfortunately, it didn't make any difference whatsoever. Sorry I failed to post a response there.

/Eileen

Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:26:28 GMT

I am suggesting that the upgrade messed up first time and now you are trying to upgrade a messed up project.

So first try upgrading a copy of your clean backup. If that fails, then respond to Rick's question.

After that post back where you are, then maybe.

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Re: RH8 won't upgrade RH7 project. He'p Me!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:22:03 GMT

Hi Eileen

In one thread you were talking about four files that were not present in the upgraded project and RoboHelp was giving you grief about the four missing files. I suggested you create a totally new project to create them and copy the missing files to the upgraded project.

I'm not sure I saw a reply from you as to whether you had tried this or not. As you still seem to be stuck, I'm guessing that this failed? Or that perhaps you failed to see it? I was curious if what I suggested was a possible workaround.

Cheers... Rick

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