RoboHTML: importing from RoboHelp?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

In the next few weeks, I'll begin migrating a few help projects that 
already exist in WinHelp form (created in RoboHelp 9.x) into HTML Help. 
According to the RoboHelp docs, it's supposed to be quite easy to 
import an existing WinHelp project into RoboHTML, though with obvious 
caveats (e.g., some features such as nonscrolling regions aren't 
supported in HTML Help, and thus won't import). Before you ask: Yes, 
WebWorks Publisher for Word is definitely being discussed. But I want 
to compare that with our current system, which is based on RoboHelp.

Here's the million-dollar question: Is this as easy as it seems from 
the documentation? I do expect to have to do some cleanup and 
proofreading in RoboHTML, but it would be great if I can create a 
workflow much like the following:
1. Generate WinHelp .HLP files using Word/RoboHelp Classic, keeping in 
mind the need to avoid features that won't work in HTML Help. (This 
lets me provide WinHelp to customers who prefer it, such as those who 
aren't willing or able to run ActiveX controls in their workplace.)
2. Import the WinHelp project into RoboHTML and generate HTML Help 
(.CHM files).
3. Clean up the HTML (as required) in RoboHTML.

One less obvious question: Will inline graphics work in HTML Help? For 
example, if I have an instruction that says "Click the [button] 
repeatedly if you're feeling in need of a good clicking", will the 
graphic still appear in midsentence in HTML Help? Or do I need to 
develop a workaround for such instructions.

Thanks in advance! I'll summarize to techwr-l once the responses start 
tapering off.

--Geoff Hart   ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca
(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)


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