It does not work with responsive outputs or with outputs created by RoboHelp 2019 New UI. I understand it also recovers map ids, the table of contents and the index from webhelp generated from RoboHelp X5 to RoboHelp 2019 Classic.

The paid option was to purchase a script from Help Essentials.

Some of the tips will be relevant for webhelp as well. If you use this method, when you have recovered your project, come back here and see the sectionīelow on Loss Prevention. The downside, as you will see, is it involves a lot of manual cleaning up. Rick kindly gave me access to the content so you can see a PDF version.

It was orginally on his RoboWizard site but that is no longer online. The free option is Rick Stone's excellent topic on the subject. Until recently you had two options, one was free and one you had to pay for.

Snippets and Variables will just be text.īy now you will see why locating the source files is worth the effort.

Dropdowns and Expanding Text will need to be copied in separately.

Yes that does mean you have to then apply the styles, rework tables and so on. What you don't want is the code behind the content.

Access the output and copy the text into a new project via a text editor.

If frameless or responsive help was your only output, then I am sorry to say you are stuck. Have IT wiped the old machine? Frameless or Responsive Help Sometimes this problem occurs when an author has left and you have been given a new computer. You really want to avoid the issues involved with the other options. The first step must be a very thorough search for the source files.įile Explorer search has improved but other tools such as Ultra Search are worth trying. Then try importing those using the HTML topic option. If you have a CHM output, see CHM Help below and proceed to the point where you have an HHP file. The methods described here will not work with the New UI versions of RoboHelp with one exception. I have to emphasise the topic is about recovering projects created in Classic versions of RoboHelp. It's not always possible to recover but this topic is designed to help where it is.

Sometimes you only have the output files and nobody can locate the source files.

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