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Hi,
Just wanted to share the information with all the users, ePub generation issue faced by Chrissy was due to some settings issue in his OS.
epub script is based on XML output SSL, and on his machine XML output was not working. XML output uses xcopy command to copy some topics, and on his machine c:\windows\system32 was not part of Path environment variable. and hence XML output generation was giving error that xcopy is not a valid command and hence XML output was not generating TOC file and henc
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If that is not the problem, take a look at the supplied samples.
Click Open on the RoboHelp Starter page and then click Samples in the ribbon on the left.
Both have working layouts and instructions on creating an ePub.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
Have you read the instructions in the samples. I believe both have instructions, certainly they are in Employee Care.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
For some months now Praful and his colleagues have increasingly supported these forums. That is over and above their job descriptions and very welcome. There are many things that us old stagers can help with but at the end of the day we are users and don't have the depth of technical knowledge that some questions require. That is where the help from Praful and his colleagues is invaluable so I will support that vote of thanks.
Thanks Adobe guys and gals.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
Okay, so after conversing with Praful about my system path (which, incidentally, didn't need modification at all and was working just fine and dandy with the system32 path already there), I still get a TOC error.
System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
7zip: latest build
RoboHelp: 9.0.2 in ATCS3
Thus far, I have:
1. Removed all the spaces from my Project Name and ePub outputs per this post: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3155109#3155109
2. Followed Praful's instructions to the letter after contacting him to find out exactly how one goes about adding the system32 to the Path variables.
3. Run the generator fifty-nine times.
Out of those fifty-nine times, I have also:
A. Downloaded 32-bit 7zip and used it as the Zip source, and it craps the bed with a TOC Missing error. No go.
B. Downloaded 64-bit 7zip and used it as the Zip source, and it craps the bed with a TOC Missing error. No go.
C. Downloaded zip.exe as requested, used it as the Zip source, HOORAY! It works!
D. Try to replicate, it goes back to 7zip and craps the bed. KHAAAAAAAAAAAN!
Now, I've done this on my C drive (an SSD) and my E drive (a regular storage drive) and used RoboHelp in both locations, doing both on the C and the E drive so that all is contained (project, folder, output, everything) in the same location. I've done this on clean systems and "dirty" systems, and every. SINGLE. TIME. RoboHelp cheerfully informs me that there is no TOC file.
When this happens, it is ALWAYS when it tells me to use 7zip instead of, say "zip.exe".
Like so.
My default ePub reader has been Adobe Digital Editions. It still does this.
I changed the default ePub reader to Sony Reader Library. It still does this.
I changed the default ePub reader to Calibre. IT STILL DOES THIS.
I've done it with the C drive as the sole environment system.
I've done it with the E drive as the sole environment system.
I even installed RoboHelp on a computer with a single hard drive and did nothing but generate this file.
When RoboHelp asks me for zip.exe location, it compiles BEAUTIFULLY.
But then it goes right back to 7zip and craps the bed.
Now, when I say "It still does this", I mean I reverted to all the variables from that point forward. So when you get to "C drive as the sole environment system" that means everything above it, I did with that final condition.
So to answer the pending question, "What's your system?" it is in Windows 7 Professional running 64-bit.
Yes, I've tried Praful's system path variable.
Yes, I've tried clean installs.
Yes, I've tried it on a solo hard drive.
Yes, I've tried it on a clean build of Win7.
Yes, I've tried all of this.
It is still crapping the bed when it gets to the TOC Path missing.
As others have stated, there are no errors in the log. There's no unreferenced files, no weirdness in the naming conventions of the project, nothing.
But if it goes to 7zip, it craps the bed.
If it stays with zip.exe, it's fine.
So, what else can you guys help out here with? This is not a terribly hard thing - to compile an ePub really ISN'T that hard. But what I need to know is what else could I possibly do to fix this?
Is there a setting to make the zip.exe the ONLY zip extension in the script? That seems to work, but RoboHelp likes to jump back to 7zip.
Like others, I've followed these instructions extremely carefully, but there always seems to be an "oh yeah, make sure...." that comes along with RoboHelp that never gets linked up in the manuals.
So what's the next "Oh yeah, make sure?"
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