I can't edit topics

[Guest]

I can't edit any topic in any of my projects. I click them and nothing happens. It worked fine yesterday.

RH 8.0.2.208

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Need a little more info to help you – is there source control at work here? What version of RH? What o/s are you running?

[Guest]

Don’t know what you mean by “source control”. RH8 8.02.208. XP

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Where is the project located?

[Guest]

My Harddrive

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Best practices dictate that they should be in c:\projects\[project_name]\

Do you have full admin rights to the project folder & files? Have you confirmed that the topics haven’t become “read-only”?

[Guest]

Tech Services just confirmed I have full  admin rights. Folders are not read-only.

Yesterday when I shut the project down I did it from the minus key in the upper right hand corner of the screen instead of using EXIT from RH. Did I blow it up?

Sorry, long day. I used the X Close key, not minimize.

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

That would have just minimized it, not shut it down – you may have damaged it when you powered off. Try deleting the CPD file and reopening the project.

[Guest]

OK, but it’s not just the topic I was working on. It’s all 20 of them.

[Captiv8r]

Hi Thomas

Try this. In RoboHelp, click Tools > Options > Association. Ensure that Use Default Editor is selected and that Design View <Internal> is selected.

Cheers... Rick

[Guest]

Woo Hoo! Houston, we have lift off. Use Default Editor was not selected. I’m in. How did I manage to do this? I’ve never been on that screen.

Anyway, thanks again for all your help!

[Guest]

No go. Deleted CPD, reopened project and cannot edit topics.

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Sounds like you may have to go back to a backup :<(

[natjnelson]

If you go the the Project Manager pod and expand the HTML Files (topics) folder, are there x's indicating the link to the html files are missing?

Just a thought...

[Guest]

No