Adobe 65030089 - Robohelp - PC Using Manual page 344

USING ROBOHELP HTML 10
Generating output
Copy the Help content file
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Copy the Help content file (RHA) to your computer. It can be in any location, but the installer needs to remember
the location.
See "Select Help output" on page 305 for information about how an RHA file is generated.
Install the Help application
The AIR Help viewer is an AIR file that installs the Help application.
Go to the C:/Program Files/[folder name].
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2 Double-click the AIR file.
Go to the same folder and double-click the EXE file.
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Create and locate a Help content configuration file
The AIR Help viewer must be associated with the Help content file to display content in the selected format. Create an
XML file with a .helpcfg extension to associate the RHA file with the AIR Help viewer. Save the file at the same location
as the installed AIR file. The AIR Help viewer uses the .helpcfg file to locate the path to the Help content file and then
displays the Help content.
Repeat the XML code for every Help file that you want to display with the Help viewer.
For example, an XML file that contains the Help content configuration contains the following line of code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<contents>
<data id="" label="" onlineurl="" offlineurl=""/>
</contents>
Attribute name
ID
label
onlineurl
offlineurl
useoffline
Note: The name of the .helpcfg file can be set to any name. The name does not need to match the name of the .air or .exe
file in the installation folder.
Publish output
You can publish output for WebHelp and FlashHelp projects. After you specify an output location, publish the output
whenever needed. Publish multiple versions of a project (including to multiple locations) using batch-processing.
You can select to publish only the files that changed since they were last published.
In the Single Source Layouts pod, right-click the layout and select Properties.
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Attribute value
The unique string that distinguishes a Help data file from other Help data files in the viewer. You can
use this ID to call the CSH API or to start the AIR Help viewer.
The label for Help content when the Help viewer contains multiple Help data files. The Help viewer
displays this string in the selected Help content.
The online URL of the Help content that is hosted on a server.
The offline location of the Help file if locally installed Help is available.
Optional setting. If you set this attribute to "true," the AIR Help viewer picks offline Help content
when you launch the Help application. If no offline Help is available, then you don't need this
attribute in the Help content configuration file.
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