You don't say what version of RH you have but the latest
version (RH7) has Unicode Support that allows you to produce help
files in most languages. The exceptions are mainly the right to
left languages (e.g. arabic, hebrew).
As far as the template is concerned, you can assign any text,
image to a template and it will be applied to any topics you assign
the template to.
If you haven't already, I'd download the trial version and
experiment a bit. Set up a template with what you want and then
create a couple of simple help files containing just a few topics
each. That will reassure you of RH7s capabilities in this
area.
I am using RH 7, kow how to insert localised text, but how
can I make the complete help file change from 1 language to another
at a click of a button (say, located on the skin)? Do I HAVE to
have conditional build tags for each text section in each language,
or multiple topics in each language, or is there a better way?
If I understand you correctly you are not looking to
translate the whole help file but just various elements (e.g. GUI
buttons). In other words you want the most of the text to be in a
single language but button references to be a local language.
In this scenario I'd use build tags. My motto in all things
is "Avoid duplication" so would avoid having separate topics for
each language like the plague.
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