Copy link to clipboard
Copied
I'm collaborating with Russian colleagues who have RH7, I want to get RH8. What can we do to ensure file compatibility across these two versions?
Hi again
Sorry, but when you open a topic in version 8 it is changed and will no longer work in earlier versions. Unfortunately there is no (Save as version 7) or some such.
The only other option that may be less expensive is to find a version 7 for those that have 8 and dowgrade them.
You could also work by always re-creating topics in 7 that have been touched by 8 using copy and paste, but that's an awfully painful process and best avoided.
Cheers... Rick
Helpful and Handy Links RoboHelp Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form Begin learning RoboHelp HTML 7 or 8 within the day - $24.95! |
Copy link to clipboard
Copied
Hi there
There is only one answer and it's surprisingly simple.
Upgrade all users to version 8.
Cheers... Rick
Helpful and Handy Links RoboHelp Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form Begin learning RoboHelp HTML 7 or 8 within the day - $24.95! |
Copy link to clipboard
Copied
Well, yeah, that had occured to me but I'm kinda hoping for a less expensive option... like an output choice to format in RH7 mode or something like that. Does anyone know of such a thing?
Copy link to clipboard
Copied
Hi again
Sorry, but when you open a topic in version 8 it is changed and will no longer work in earlier versions. Unfortunately there is no (Save as version 7) or some such.
The only other option that may be less expensive is to find a version 7 for those that have 8 and dowgrade them.
You could also work by always re-creating topics in 7 that have been touched by 8 using copy and paste, but that's an awfully painful process and best avoided.
Cheers... Rick
Helpful and Handy Links RoboHelp Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form Begin learning RoboHelp HTML 7 or 8 within the day - $24.95! |
Copy link to clipboard
Copied
Hi again
Another thought occurs here. Slightly less painful but still a bit involved. Perhaps you could generate CHM files using version 8, then decompile them and create projects using 7 to make edits.
Cheers... Rick
Helpful and Handy Links RoboHelp Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form Begin learning RoboHelp HTML 7 or 8 within the day - $24.95! |
Copy link to clipboard
Copied
Thanks for all the ideas, we're debating here whether to try to find an old
copy of RH7 or make everyone go to RH8. I don't get to make the decision but
then I also don't have to write the check!
Copy link to clipboard
Copied
We had the same problem. My colleague got version 7 in Decement 08 and by the time I got RoboHelp the following January the only version we could get was 8, so she then had to upgrade to 8, just so we could work together. The lack of backwards compatibility is something to do with the additional XHTML support in RH8, although I couldn't explain the technicalities of it all.