RH8 - WebHelp Generated Resource.XML

[Freespirit-ST]

RoboHelp 8 generated a folder called "resource" with a resource.xml file, in the WebHelp generation process. This folder and file just appeared in the WebHelp folder output.  There is no resource folder or resource.xml in the project at all - it just appeared.

When I removed this folder and file, there is no change or problem in the behavior or appearance of the WebHelp system - it seems to be just fine.  But I am concerned about removing something that I don't know about.

I looked at the contents of the XML file in Notepad, and it seems to have a lot of references to RSS.  So, I'm wondering if this resource.xml is used for including RSS feeds in Help topics, which I believe is a new feature in RH8.  That could explain it.  I have no RSS feeds in any topic in this project.

I've done searches in this forum for "resource.xml", plus Google/Bing searches too, but no obvious references to this file in RH8.  Am I missing something?

This is not an urgent matter - the project is working fine.  I'm just very, very curious about this additional folder and file.  I would greatly appreciate any enlightenment or clues you can offer me on this situation. 

Thanks so much!!

[Amebr]

Robohelp creates all sorts of files in the output that aren't in the project, for example, whdata, whgdata, etc. These are all used to make the webhelp work in various situations so anything RH creates should probably be left alone. RH will recreate all the files it needs each time you generate anyway.

Someone else might be able to tell you exactly what it's for, but it contains references to various buttons, browse sequences, comments and bunch of other stuff, so I personally wouldn't remove it, just in case.

[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

Whilst it gets created in the webhelp output folder, it is only required for AIR help. In webhelp the folder and file can be deleted.

---

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

Follow me @petergrainge

[Freespirit-ST]

Thank you so much, Peter - that's exactly the answer I needed.  We will remove it now without concern!

Susan