RoboHelp 10 fails to build JavaHelp Search

[jeanha]

When I generate JavaHelp with RoboHelp 10 I have the error below in the console:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: myProject_JavaHelpSearch\POSITIONS (...)

    at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)

    at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)

    at com.sun.java.help.search.DocumentLists.<init>(DocumentLists.java:161)

    at com.sun.java.help.search.DocumentLists.invert(DocumentLists.java:243)

    at com.sun.java.help.search.DefaultIndexBuilder.close(DefaultIndexBuilder.java:103)

    at com.sun.java.help.search.Indexer.compile(Indexer.java:228)

    at com.sun.java.help.search.Indexer.main(Indexer.java:76)

In the working directoty used for JavaHelp, the "myProject_JavaHelpSearch" sub-directory contains:

• DOCS
• OFFSETS
• TMAP

The error is not fatal and RoboHelp do generate the JavaHelp file. The JavaHelps displays TOC, Index, and the project pages as expected, but when I try using the "Search" tab in the generated JavaHelp, it does not work.

If I generate a Microsoft HTML Help or WebHelp, the "Search" tab works fine.

My project is a former  RoboHelp 9.1 project converted to RoboHelp 10. It was working fine on Windows XP Pro Us (32 bits) + RH 9.1, I'm running now RH 10 on Windows 8 Pro French 64 bits.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[RoboColum_n_]

Whoa! That is a combination that not many people will use. In case no one pops along with a nugget, all I can offer is this link:

http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/javahelp/javahelp.htm

[Peter Grainge]

There is nothing there about Rh10 and it is not a topic I will be updating. Sorry but JavaHelp is not a popular output. Flare does not even offer it for reasons stated in the page on my site.

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@petergrainge