5 Replies Latest reply: Feb 12, 2013 3:08 AM by NeilE3 RSS

    Upgrade from Robohelp 5x

    johnnyfox87 Community Member
    johnnyfox87 Feb 1, 2013 5:17 AM

      Hello,

       

      I have a an old and big (about 300 topics) Robohelp for Word project, which was used to create Winhelp files with Robohelp version 5x.

       

      Now I want to upgrade to Robohelp 10 and create Winhelp aswell as Html helpfiles. Is there any chance I can use the old project with the new version?

       

      I already tried to open it with the new version of Robohelp for Word but the generated helpfiles were corrupt. I also tried to import the Word file and the Winhelp file but it didnt work either.

       

      And is it possible to use any of these files to create a new Html project with Robohelp 10?

       

      I'm thankful for any tips.

       

      Johann

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        • 1. Re: Upgrade from Robohelp 5x
          NeilE3
          NeilE3 Feb 1, 2013 6:14 AM (in response to johnnyfox87)

          Hi Johann,

           

          It should be possible. However, depending on whether the RH4Word project predates RH X5 and how far back, you may have some bad codes that are causing the corruption. Are you familiar with the RH4Word WinHelp codes? The answer will affect the approach that I suggest.

           

          Regards,

          Neil

          • 2. Re: Upgrade from Robohelp 5x
            johnnyfox87 Community Member
            johnnyfox87 Feb 11, 2013 1:08 AM (in response to NeilE3)

            Hi Neil,

             

            sorry for my absence - I got sick last week...

             

            I'm not really familiar with the code, but I'm working on that. I already noticed that I get a better result when I dont use WYSIWYG mode.

             

            Do you have any other suggestions?

             

            Regards,

             

            Johann

            • 3. Re: Upgrade from Robohelp 5x
              NeilE3 Community Member
              NeilE3 Feb 11, 2013 7:55 AM (in response to johnnyfox87)

              The easiest solution, if it works, is to try to export

              the RH4Word project out to Word and then import that

              Word document back into RH10. Note that when I refer

              to the "Word document", I'm referring to the Word

              document created from RH4Word, NOT your original Word

              document. Let me know if that's actually what you

              meant. If it isn't, give it a try and let me know

              the result.

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              > Neil

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              • 4. Re: Upgrade from Robohelp 5x
                StevenHB13 Community Member
                StevenHB13 Feb 11, 2013 2:05 PM (in response to NeilE3)

                It sounds like I have the same or a similar problem (see http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1149997?tstart=0) - I'm importing a RH4Word project into RoboHelp 10 and getting corruption in the generated HTML.  What is the RH4Word WinHelp code solution?

                • 5. Re: Upgrade from Robohelp 5x
                  NeilE3 Community Member
                  NeilE3 Feb 12, 2013 3:08 AM (in response to StevenHB13)

                  Sorry if I didn't make myself clear... I'm guessing

                  that there's something in the RH4Word codes (in the

                  headers and footnotes) that's causing problems in

                  RH10. My suggestion is to create a pure Word version

                  of the RH4Word project, stripping out the header and

                  footnote codes, and try importing that pure Word document

                  back into RH10.

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                  > I will add that I taught RH4Word and WinHelp coding

                  for years and could probably fix this for you on a

                  project basis if you wanted to go that route.

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                  > Neil

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