I'm new to RoboHelp. I inherited a project. How can I
identify whether my project is a WebHelp or an HTMLHelp project?
Don't both formats provide .html files? The help doesn't launch
properly on Firefox, so I'm thinking that perhaps I have HTMLHelp
and not WebHelp. Thank you!
Not experienced using WebHelp but HTMLHelp generates output
as CHM files. To find them, open a project folder and then open
!SSL! -> Microsoft_HTML_Help. Hope that helps answer your
question.
A "project" would be neither. A few versions back RoboHelp
made a big deal about Single Source Layouts (the SSL folder
tripwire mentions), so you can theoretically create both webhelp
and compiled help from the same project (because as you noted they
are both html. I don't know anyone who actually does both
simultaneously but then I don't know very many help authors :).
WebHelp is designed to be run from a browser over a network,
while compiled help is designed to be installed (in a Windows only
environment, with Internet Explorer installed) with an application
on a local machine. You can set this output (as Peter mentions) in
your project.
In short, if you inherited this project, you inherited both
formats. Now find out what your application developers want it to
be. Good luck and welcome to the forums.
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