Taking more time while generating webhelp.

[Maddy737]

I am updating the MBDB manual using RoboHelp.  This manual consists of 9 projects that are merged into 1 (or over 16,000 documents total).  For each project I open it, add new or make revisions to the documents within and generate the document.  It is the generate process that is taking so long.  They should take between 5-10 minutes to generate and some of these take 30+ minutes to generate.

[RoboColum_n_]

Try setting the option to rebuild the project's .CPD file. See here for further details. Let us know if this makes a difference.

[Maddy737]

Hi,

Thank you so much for the quick reply.

But am no where using .CPD files. I am just modifying the existing help files and trying to generate the process. And it is taking more than 30 minutes of time.

Madhu

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Did you actually try Colum's suggestion of resetting the .CPD file inside RH? You don't mention if it had any effect on your issue. I would also ask, has anything changed since you last compiled with times of 5-10 minutes?

[Captiv8r]

Jeff, it would seem that Madhu is perhaps confused about .CPD files, as it was stated "no where using .CPD files".

Madhu, the .CPD file is a file created and used by the RoboHelp HTML application. Sometimes we need to rename or delete it in order to coax a project to work again. In Tools > Options there is a setting to delete the .CPD when RoboHelp HTML starts. You might try enabling that option and see if things change for you.

Cheers... Rick