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November 6, 2012
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HTML Help from PE 6.0 m010

  • November 6, 2012
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Hi,
Just ran across a note in help indicating that I should contact services to
configure PE to publish HTML Help if I'm using a doctype other than
axdocbook. Uh, seriously? Has anyone got the info on what config changes
are required to enable a doctype to produce HTML Help?

I get a .chm however it's tiny and blank (although the title is correct).

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Paul Nagai

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    naglists1-VisitorAuthor
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    November 12, 2012
    Support identifies the problem with my use of a "legacy" .xsl stylesheet. I
    originally exported it from 5.2 Styler and have been maintaining it
    separately since. It survived the 5.2 > 5.3 upgrade (at least it worked ...
    I can't remember if I had to modify it to accommodate changes or not). It
    is not going to survive the migration from 5.3 to 6.0.

    I will have to delete all XSL source edits from my 6.0 styler stylesheet
    (which I don't use but were put in and dutifully migrated from 5.2 to 5.3
    to 6.0) and go with that. I haven't verified that this will work yet, but
    that's the guidance I've been given.

    Looks like I'm going to use my soon-to-be decommissioned 5.3 environment
    for a few more publications.

    If you haven't seen my Win7 / WDK adapter thread, it turns out I am running
    64bit Editor with a 32bit Java environment. I haven't verified it is the
    cause of the issue behind that thread, but I'm going to uninstall Editor
    and reinstall the 32bit version. No one has suggested that issue relates to
    this issue, but just in case, if you're in Win7 on a 64bit machine / OS,
    you might want to verify ALL your apps are 64bit if you're having troubles.


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    naglists1-VisitorAuthor
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    November 17, 2012
    I can now confirm that PTC told me true ... strip all HTML Help source
    edits from the Styler stylesheet ... and the CHM will be returned to you.

    Of course now I have the joy of redeveloping my years of XSL HTML Help
    development in Styler 6.0 natively or adding each source edit back one or
    two at a time verifying that they "work" and "fixing" only those that break
    the 6.0 model. Or some time-driven combination of both. Hoom homm.


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    jsillari1-Visitor
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    November 17, 2012
    Thanks PTC for ensuring job security for years to come 😉

    John Sillari
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