Re: Can I have content in a RoboHelp project that updates automatically when an external "source" file is updated?

[Craig Haiss <craighaiss -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Hey, Ian.

You could try writing a Perl script that creates a new .htm file that uses your CSS, and then pastes in the latest content from the InstallShield update.

Perhaps the process that automatically adds the text to InstallShield could also launch your Perl script, so the whole process would be completely automated.

If you don't have Perl experience, perhaps you can ask a developer to help out. Such a task should only take a few hours for a programmer.

Good luck!

Craig Haiss
HelpScribe.com

--- On Tue, 11/10/09, Saunders, Ian <ISaunders -at- syntellect -dot- com> wrote:

> From: Saunders, Ian <ISaunders -at- syntellect -dot- com>
> Subject: Can I have content in a RoboHelp project that updates automatically when an external "source" file is updated?
> To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 10:11 AM
> Hi,
> 
> I am using RoboHelp 7 to produce CHM help files. I am
> neither  a RoboHelp nor a CHM expert.
> 
> I am being asked to include the content of a frequently
> (possibly daily) updated file in my projects (the file
> contains our End-user License Agreement). The text already
> gets automatically built into our InstallShield script each
> day, and we would like to be able to ensure that the latest
> content is also available each time we compile a CHM (also
> daily).
> 
> Is it possible in RoboHelp to have content that is
> automatically updated when an external source is updated?



      
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