4 Replies Latest reply: Oct 11, 2010 12:55 PM by Peter Grainge RSS

    Save and restore .LNG file

    Jeff_Coatsworth CommunityMVP
    Jeff_Coatsworth Oct 7, 2010 8:59 AM

      Hello fellow Forum members,

       

      After learning how to customize my output using the .LNG file settings (File > Project Settings > Advanced > LNG tab) from the various threads on the forum, I had a question that I don't seem to find answered on any of the searches I've done.

       

      The question is - now that I've customized my wording for one project, can I save off the file containing these changes and use it again in another new project?

      I'm guessing that it's the RoboHHRE.LNG file that is storing the changes - will plopping a copy of this file down in a new project's root folder (replacing the standard one) be ok?

       

      I haven't had the chance to test it out because I don't create new projects very frequently (& when I do, it takes a long time because I'm importing from FM9 and I've forgotten about saving the LNG off & using it again and by that time I've customized it again, doh!). If anyone can weigh in on this, it would be much appreciated!

       

      Specs:

      RH 8.0.203

      TCS2.5

      WinXP Pro SP3

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        • 1. Re: Save and restore .LNG file
          Peter Grainge CommunityMVP
          Peter Grainge Oct 8, 2010 3:31 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)

          Create a new project and copy it in to see if it works.

           

          See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

           

          @petergrainge

          • 2. Re: Save and restore .LNG file
            Jeff_Coatsworth CommunityMVP
            Jeff_Coatsworth Oct 8, 2010 5:58 AM (in response to Peter Grainge)

            Thanks Peter - I was hoping there was already someone out there who was doing this currently.

             

            Anyway, I just tried a test with the CCC sample project; I renamed the existing .LNG file, copied in my saved modified one & then opened the project & had a look - nothing! I made a change in RH on the LNG tab and saved it & the project, then went & had a look in Explorer to see if I could suss out which files had changed. Only the .syn, .ign, .phr, .stp files seemed to have been modified. Looking at them in Notepad they reveal themselves as the synonym file, the ignore words list, the phrases list, and the stop words list - no change to the .lng file. There must be another file being used somewhere - especially if you can wipe any custom changes made by using the Restore Defaults button. It must be reading those defaults in from someplace.

             

            Anybody have any suggestions as to where I could look next?

            • 3. Re: Save and restore .LNG file
              Captiv8r CommunityMVP
              Captiv8r Oct 8, 2010 6:37 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)

              Hi Jeff

               

              I've copied the file over on a few different occasions without issue.

               

              Earlier versions of RoboHelp didn't create this file until you went to make a modification to it. Later versions would create it as a standard file among your project. So an issue ensued whereby if you upgraded a project there was no LNG file. And if you tried to modify it, RoboHelp appeared to make the modification. (at least the dialog didn't present anything indicating that anything was amiss) but the changes failed to stick. This was because the LNG file wasn't really present and RoboHelp expected it to be. So the trick was to copy one in, THEN modify it.

               

              As you created this thread to specifically discuss the LNG file, your comment:

              There must be another file being used somewhere - especially if you can  wipe any custom changes made by using the Restore Defaults button.

               

              Seems puzzling to me. It seems that perhaps you are now changing the gist of the thread in mid stream?

               

              Cheers... Rick

               

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              • 4. Re: Save and restore .LNG file
                Peter Grainge CommunityMVP
                Peter Grainge Oct 11, 2010 12:55 PM (in response to Captiv8r)

                I just tested copying this from one project to another and it carried my changes. Did you copy the file to the two locations where I found it, in the root of the project and in the !Language! folder? I haven't checked if changing it in one location only has any effect.

                 

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