Adobe has addressed some of the glitches in RoboHelp 8 and fast-tracked version 8.1. This release also improves the FrameMaker-RoboHelp interaction for the Technical Communication Suite users.

Key points regarding Adobe FrameMaker integration include better response time when linking multiple .fm files; images set in the FrameMaker’s Anchored Frame are displayed correctly in RoboHelp; cross-references are converted into hyperlinks for FrameMaker Book9; multiple instances of FrameMaker can be launched on generating FrameMaker book with large technical documents; CBT is applied correctly in RoboHelp if the conditional expression is applied on any anchored frame in the FrameMaker document.

The main issues resolved in RoboHelp 8.0.1 inlcude:

1. Slow loading of topics in display panel

2. Data loss on spell checking project when all topics are closed and ‘User Defined Variables’ (UDV) Pod is open

3. Popup showed blank on applying a CSS to multiple topics after importing a topic from previous version of RoboHelp.

4. Popup Window for related topics not opening near the related topics button when a large topic is created.

5. Table loses its width setting in Printed Documentation

6. Table with straddled rows and columns are lost on mapping it with any RoboHelp table

7. User defined indent changes and gets incorrect in case of a multilevel list

8. Table displays an extra column in some situations

9. Vertical alignment not shown properly when explicitly set using CSS.

10. RoboHelp HTML crashes when executing sample script for “UDV converter with UI”

11. All the panes are not visible in Browser based AIR Help using startpage.htm#path/targettopic.htm url.

12. RoboHelp 8 does not add space between the expanding Hotspot and the expanding text.

13. Dropdown text not suppressed by Conditional Build Tag in Printed Documentation

14. Different options e.g. Font, font size, zoom etc stop working on changing the image of any icon on the formatting toolbar and restarting RoboHelp.

15. Remove Unused Index Keywords menu item was disabled and hence the functionality wasn’t available

16. Show/Hide in a MiniTOC in a Topic placed inside a folder works only in Internet Explorer

17. Clicking on Home breadcrumbs in child project in Browser Based Merged AIR Help opens up default topic of child project.

18. Incorrect order of topics displayed or RoboHelp HTML crashes on toggling between folders and TOC on TOC page layout when multi level Folder architecture is present in Project Manager.

19. RoboHelp 8 Compiler not working properly with the RoboHelp 8 Command Prompt.

20. CSH call of offline help for non-Unicode applications doesn’t work for second time

RoboHelp – FrameMaker Integration

Issues related to RoboHelp – FrameMaker Integration (i.e. the Technical Communication Suite) that are now resolved include:

21. Poor response time to Link multiple .fm files (e.g. two x 10 MB files) as compared to linking single (20 MB) .fm file

22. Images set in the FrameMaker’s Anchored Frame missing in RoboHelp.

23. Cross-references not getting converted into hyperlinks for FrameMaker Book9

24. Multiple instances of FrameMaker launched on generating FrameMaker book with multiple big documents.

25. CBT is applied wrongly in RoboHelp if the conditional expression is applied on any anchored frame in the FrameMaker document.

Download RoboHelp 8.0.1

You can get Robohelp 8.0.1 through Adobe Update Manager (AUM). RoboHelp 8 users can check for updates through Help>Update Menu in RoboHelp 8.

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