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Adobe RoboHelp - Importing WinHelp Files
RoboHelp can import compiled WinHelp 4.0 (HLP) or WinHelp Project File (HPJ) into your project. Although you cannot output a WinHelp file from RoboHelp HTML, you can import the HPJ file, which is the main organizational file containing the set of the entire source files.
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From the Starter pod, select either the WinHelp (*.hlp) or WinHelp Project (*.hlp) and proceed to browse the location of the file on disk. Click Finish to convert and import the file as a RoboHelp file.
HTML Limitations with HLP Files
There are some limitations when converting HLP files to HTML. All these limitations are explained in brief as follows −
Bullets − WinHelp topics should not use bitmap references as bullets. You can however choose to keep bulleted lists.
HTML Jumps − Jumps to HTML pages that are not converted, but you can easily re-create the links in the Design Editor after the HTML topics are created.
Jumps to external WinHelp topics − Jumps to external WinHelp topics that are stripped out of the HTML topics.
Macros, buttons, and shortcuts − Macros that convert include Jump Context, JumpId, and PopupId. Other macros are not converted.
Microsoft Word HTML styles − Microsoft Word HTML styles are not used to format the HTML topics.
Microsoft Word templates − Word templates that are used to format RTF files in WinHelp are not converted to HTML style sheets.
Mid-Topic jumps − Mid-topic jumps are converted to bookmarks.
Multimedia files (AVI and WAV) − These files cannot be converted with HLP files. However, you can add sound and video to HTML topics in the Design Editor.
Non-scrolling regions − HTML-based output does not support non-scrolling regions.
Numbered lists − Numbered lists use a 12-point serif font by default. To change the style, you need to create a new numbered list style and reformat it in RoboHelp.
Related Topics buttons − Related Topics keywords are translated into Related Topics terms.
Secondary windows − WinHelp secondary windows are not translated. Unlike WinHelp topics, HTML topics do not support links that display information in secondary windows.
Table of contents − The HTML TOC file (HHC) does not support WinHelp pages that link to external WinHelp topics or reference macros or that contain link statements.
What's This? Help − Context-sensitive Help is not converted. What's This? Help-style topics or dialog topics are converted into regular HTML Help topics.
Microsoft Word formatting − The following formatting is converted in the HTML topics – underlining, paragraph spacing, indents, alignments, table borders, spreadsheets, background colors, and watermarks.
In the next chapter, we will understand what version control is and how it benefits RoboHelp.