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- Page 1 Using ADOBE ROBOHELP SERVER 8 ® ®...
- Page 2 The content of this guide is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe Systems Incorporated assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in the informational content contained in this guide.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
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Page 4: Chapter 1: Getting Started
You have access to instructional videos, plug-ins, templates, user communities, seminars, tutorials, RSS feeds, and much more. Activation To review complete system requirements and recommendations for your Adobe® RoboHelp® Server 8 software, see the ReadMe file on the installation disc. Help with installation For help with installation issues, see the Installation Support Center at www.adobe.com/support/robohelp/. -
Page 5: Help And Support
Community Help is an integrated environment on Adobe.com that gives you access to community-generated content moderated by Adobe and industry experts. Comments from users help guide you to an answer. Search Community Help to find the best content on the Web about Adobe products and technologies, including these resources: •... -
Page 6: Deploying Adobe Robohelp Server On Windows
USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Getting started Install the software Close any other Adobe applications open on your computer. Insert the installation disc into your hard drive, and follow the onscreen instructions. Note: For more information, see the ReadMe file on the installation disc. - Page 7 Run the latest version of RoboHelp HTML 7. If you do not have this version, apply earlier patches for RoboHelp HTML 7. For more information on patches for RoboHelp HTML 7, see http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_rhs_RoboHelp_7_patch. Go to the server tab of the properties dialog box of the WebHelpPro or FlashHelp® Pro layout.
- Page 8 USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Getting started • Right-click the WebHelp Pro or FlashHelp Pro layout in the Single Source Layouts pod and select Properties. In the WebHelp Pro Publish dialog box, click Next to go to the server selection screen. Click New to create a RoboHelp server destination to publish projects.
- Page 9 USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Getting started <Engine> ..<Host> ....</Host> <Listener className="org.apache.jk.config.ApacheConfig" modJk=<apache-install-folder>\modules\<mod_jk_module> workersConfig=<apache install folder>\conf\workers.properties /> </Engine> must have appropriate values. For example: modJK workersConfig <Listener className="org.apache.jk.config.ApacheConfig" modJk="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\modules\mod_jk-apache- 2.2.4.so" workersConfig="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf\workers.properties" /> Stop the Apache HTTPD Web server if it is running. Restart Tomcat.
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Page 10: About Robohelp Server
Results are displayed in an easy-to-view graphical format for quick interpretation. Your Help system resides on a server (for example, Adobe Help Resource Center), and you can make instant updates to your Help system content. - Page 11 Tracking and reporting Adobe RoboHelp Server provides end users with the ability to find information when they have questions. Users can view content using any standard browser and operating system. Any number of users can access the published documents.
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Page 12: Top New Features Of Adobe Robohelp Server 8
USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Getting started Top new features of Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 User authentication Using RoboHelp Server 8, you can segregate the Help content into protected and public areas. A protected content is available only to authenticated users and a public area is available to all. Depending upon your project or department need, you can host certain projects as protected or public. - Page 13 USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Getting started • Wildcard search for server-side indexing Enhanced indexing support for Search In RoboHelp Server 8, for all the WebHelp Pro and FlashHelp Pro projects, you can search for any topics and baggage files (PPT, DOC, XLS, TXT, and PDF) included in a project. You can also add a reference to these files in a topic, and the baggage files are displayed in the search results.
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Page 14: Chapter 2: Managing The Server
Chapter 2: Managing the server About the software The Adobe® RoboHelp® Server software uses projects created in the Adobe RoboHelp HTML application and database information to create end-user reports. It generates reports based on how end users navigate and use online information systems. - Page 15 Create a context using Configuration Manager You can create contexts to publish projects from RoboHelp HTML. Select Start > Programs > Adobe > Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 > Configuration Manager. Select File > New Context. Specify new context name and a directory name. For example, you can have robohelp2 as the new context name and rh2 as the directory name.
- Page 16 USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Managing the server Enables you to create or modify a data source. ODBC Administrator Enter the user name and password. Click Test Connection. If the Test Connection is successful, a message appears. Click Save. Exit or close the window. RoboHelp Server databases The RoboHelp Server connects to Oracle (9i or higher), Microsoft Access, SQL Server 2005, or Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition.
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Page 17: Web Administrator
USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Managing the server Assign the name or address of the server. Publish the content. See also “Deploying Adobe RoboHelp Server on Windows” on page 3 Test the server Open WebAdmin by entering the URL in the address bar http://<robohhelpserver>:port/robohelp/admin... - Page 18 USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Managing the server Important: You cannot make this area protected and it cannot be deleted. To make an area protected, you can select the Protected area option in the Users page of the Web Admin interface. You can define several sets of privilege groups and assign different rights to different users.
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Page 19: Managing Groups
USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Managing the server DefAdminPwd User ID which has admin access to Default Admin password if authtype is db RoboHelp Server by default. For LDAP authentication, password for the DefAdminUid is verified from the LDAP server. For database authentication, provide the default password for the default user ID. -
Page 20: Managing Projects
(Master). Displays the contents of a project. View Project Deletes the selected project. Error messages appear in the Adobe RoboHelp error log if other users attempt to Delete access a deleted project. Note: This button is visible only if you have logged in as an administrator. -
Page 21: Scanning Documents
USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Managing the server Scheduling databases Select the Settings icon on the Web Administrator interface to select options for data in the database and to select options for scheduling search indexing on the server. To make database-specific changes, select Databases in the Settings list. The Database section shows the following options: Select to delete user actions and server errors older than the number of days specified. - Page 22 Using the REST services, you can send GET and POST requests to the RoboHelp server and get results in the XML format. You can format the data and present it in another format in a RoboWindow. When you install RoboHelp Server, some sample project files are stored at Program files/Adobe/Adobe RoboHelp 8/CSH API/RoboHelp.NET/[sample folder name].
- Page 23 USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Managing the server RoboHelp Server provides sample files in four languages: Visual Basic, VC++, C#, and JavaScript. All the sample files in different languages, other than JavaScript, are stored in different folders. For example, a Visual Basic folder is named .
- Page 24 Get a RoboWindow Double-click a solution file from //Program files/Adobe/Adobe RoboHelp 8/CSH API/RoboHelp.NET/[sample file folder name]. Language-specific code displays in Visual Studio. Run the code. A language-specific sample project executable file opens. For example, for Visual Basic code, the CSH_VB_Sample dialog box appears.
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Page 25: Index
13 Microsoft SQL 13 Connect 13 testing 14 Microsoft SQL 9.0 13 Microsoft Access 13 Setting up Adobe RoboHelp Server 13 Microsoftqs Internet Explorer 19 Connectibility 13 SQL Server 13 Content 11, 14, 18 Startup dialog 11 Context-sensitive Help 11... - Page 26 USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8 Index Web 11 Web Administrator 11, 19 Web Administrator provides 11 Web Administratorqs Reports 19 Web site 11 WebHelp Pro 13 Windows 11 Windows 2000 19...