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USING ROBOHELP HTML 10
Advanced program features
Use this script to update the file extension of image paths referred across topics in a project.
Image Extension Updater
By default, the script converts file extension .bmp to .png in each topic. You can update the script to convert different
extensions.
Note: The script updates the name of the image file referred in the topic; it does not create any image. The images with
the new extension should be present in the location where the original images reside.
Use this script to convert an anchor link href target across all the files in a RoboHelp project. For
Link Converter
example, define a link to convert www.adobe.com to www.adobe.com/support/ across all the Help files in a project.
See the script file for more information.
Use this script to import master pages.
Master Page Import
Use this script to convert a keyword into a user-defined variable and change its value across
UDV Converter With UI
all files in a project. Enter a keyword, a user-defined variable name, and its value.
Use this script to convert a keyword into a user-defined variable and change its value across all the files
UDV Converter
in a project. See the script for more details.
Use this script to get a word count for an opened RoboHelp project. It provides a word count
Word Count Generator
by topic and by project. To run the Word Count script, right-click the script and select Run. The word count summary
appears in the Output View pod.
Use this script to insert images of reference pages in topics generated through
Reference Page Image Updater
FrameMaker document import. For more details, see the DESCRIPTION section in the script file header.
Use this script to create style-based index entries for keywords present in the topics of a
Style-based Index Generator
project. The styles need to be specified in the script. The script searches all the keywords with the mentioned styles in
each topic and creates index entries for them. By default, the script creates entries for h1 (Heading 1) and "h2"
(Heading 2) styles. The style array in the script should be updated with the desired style names.
Creating scripts
You can write scripts and debug them using the Script Explorer of the ExtendScript Toolkit.
John Daigle provides a step-by-step introduction in Automating tasks with built-in scripting on the
Adobe RoboHelp
video tutorials
page.
For information about the methods covered in the Data Object Model, see
Adobe RoboHelp Scripting
Guide.
Manage script folders
Create a folder for storing specific scripts. For example, you can store scripts that record data in
Create a script folder
one folder and scripts that display output in another folder.
Note: The sample scripts are stored in the \RoboHTML\presets\scripts folder of your RoboHelp 9 installation.
You can drag folders into and out of the Script Explorer.
Drag folders
You can export and import folders in different projects and locations. To import or export a folder,
Import and export
it must contain at least one script file.
Manage script files
Create a script file and specify a name.
Create a script file
Last updated 7/13/2012
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