Hi, Launcher1
I certainly don't want to discourage you from looking at
RoboHelp Server 6. At the same time I want to help you understand
the differences.
Your two main needs apparently are: to link and search among
multiple merged projects. You can do that NOW with "plain" WebHelp
(or FlashHelp) without RoboHelp Server!
So, what would you get extra with RH Server 6 and what
exactly are the Pro advantages? For that, you might want to take a
look at my article on the Adobe Developer Network which covers
Adobe RoboHelp Server 6.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/robohelp/articles/rhserver_06.html
So, basically, the "Pro" version provided by RH Server 6
gives you Feedback Reports on what your users are looking for and
the ability to search the text of MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint and
Adobe Acrobat PDF files which you cannot do with the "plain"
RoboHelp 6. These are tremendous advantages and many companies find
this worth the extra money. Remember, you don't have to buy RH
Server for each author, only one copy for the server. The authors
get RH 6.
As for "porting" RH 6 to RH Server 6, that's simple. You
really don't need to port them at all! You simply take the exact
same project from the RH 6 authoring tool and publish it to the RH
Server 6. So, it's not so much the tool you use to develop the
project (it's the same in all cases). Rather, it is the destination
of where you publish the project that makes the difference.
Hope this helps. If it doesn't, ask some more!
Thanx,
john
John Daigle
Adobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate Instructor
Newport, Oregon