I have a help project due today. The .xpj file is missing and
I can't find a way to open my RH project to edit it. It is not in
the most recently opened list either.
I don’t know if this makes a difference but
anyway…
The reason that this project didn’t appear on my Most
Recently Used list is because after I originally built it under
version 5 (about two weeks ago). I just upgraded to version 6,
which ( I assume) wiped it off the RH MRU list.
quote:
Originally posted by:
Brian.Mccaffery I'll keep digging. Peter and Rick are both online, so they
may get here first.
quote:
Originally posted by:
Brian.Mccaffery Just a quick question, were the your project files in the in
the program folders, ie \Program files\Robohelp\html?
To add to Brian's advice, you don't need the .HHC or HHK
files to open your project with the XPJ file. If you haven't found
these files either though it makes me wonder if you are looking at
the right place. What files do you have and what is your output
type (e.g. CHM, Webhelp). BTW you are right is assuming that
upgrading to X6 will wipe your project history list.
I have an older version of the project that still works but
I've added many topics since then. Can I use that?
quote:
Originally posted by:
Colum McAndrew To add to Brian's advice, you don't need the .HHC or HHK
files to open your project with the XPJ file. If you haven't found
these files either though it makes me wonder if you are looking at
the right place. What files do you have and what is your output
type (e.g. CHM, Webhelp). BTW you are right is assuming that
upgrading to X6 will wipe your project history list.
If that is all you've found you are going to have to create a
new project, import all the HTM files and recreate any missing
content. I'd be more worried about what is missing though as if the
project files are missing, what else could be missing. I think
you'll have to do a thorough search for ALL the project source
files.
If that is the only version of the project you have you may
have to use it and import the topics you have added since. It may
be easier to see if you can find the missing files though. Is there
a backup somewhere?
I suspect that's correct - I'm only seeing the ouput and not
the source files. I knew the upgrade shouldn't wipe any files, must
have happebed some other way. I think my best option is retrieving
a backup. It's a shared drive and I work for a big company so it
will take a while.
Thanks.
quote:
Originally posted by:
Peter Grainge Sorry to come in late but are you sure you are looking at the
source files rather than the output?
Upgrading will have lost the history but it will not have
deleted the actual source files.
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