Why are Some HTML Files Being Skipped

[tatihulot]

Hello. With Robo Help 7, I occasionally get the following warning, when trying to import an HTML file.

Skipped importing the file C:\Users\Jd\Documents\My RoboHelp Projects\CHM Archive\backup\software.htm.
It is not a valid HTML file.

It appears as though Robo Help has, in fact, imported the file. However, when I try to add these files to the browse sequence, I am unable to.

I have subsequently edited and re-saved each of the skipped HTML files. Doing this did not help; Robo Help still warns me they are not valid.

Can anyone please tell me what causes this warning, and how it can be prevented?

Thank you!

Jd

[RoboColum_n_]

Can you tell us how this software.htm file was created? The reason it can't be added to the browse sequence is probably because it has not been imported successfully even if the file exists in your project.

[Captiv8r]

Hi Jd

Obviously RoboHelp doesn't like or recognize some feature of the file(s) in question. I think I'd be picking apart what sets this particular file apart from others that RoboHelp likes. Maybe the file doesn't have a Title tag or something similar to that.

Cheers... Rick

[tatihulot]

Thanks for replying.

I make all of my HTML files with Front Page 2003.

I've checked the code, and a couple of files had redirect commands that I put in years ago...and forgot about. I removed them, and now those files are being recognized.

I'm not sure about the other files that are being skipped, though. I'm going to have to scour the code carefully to see if something is amiss.

I'm HTML-literate, so I should be able to spot a glitch...hopefully, that is.

If worst comes to worst, I'll rewrite these files in question. There isn't anything really fancy or complex in them.

Right now, that's the best answer I can give, as to how the files were made, and what's in them.

Jd

[MergeThis]

Are these WebHelp output files, by chance?


Good luck,
Leon

[tatihulot]

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Are these WebHelp output files, by chance?

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Hi. You mean am I creating a WebHelp project? No...I want to create a CHM file. The HTML files I'm using are simply files I created in Front Page 2003 for my web site.

Jd

[Peter Grainge]

Compare the meta tags of a good topic and a skipped topic.

[tatihulot]

I'm still having trouble.

I've modified ALL of the HTML files. Although this time Robo Help listed them all as successfully imported, I still cannot get many of them added to the browse sequence.

I converted all of the HTML files to PDF format, and tried importing them. They, too, were successfully imported.

But now some of the PDF files aren't being added to the browse sequence.

I don't know what to do. Is this perhaps a bug in the software, or am I just plain doing something wrong?

Jd

[lgreenlow]

I have had the same problem before and it turned out my html file name was too long. Once I shortened the file name the issue went away.