[Framers] FrameMaker to Robohelp Integration

Robert Lauriston robert at lauriston.com
Tue Mar 15 11:55:10 PDT 2022


I wouldn't bother looking at WebWorks if RoboHelp's output is acceptable.

At my last job we switched because RoboHelp output looked lousy and there
was browser-specific bugs Adobe didn't fix, but that was RH9 ten years ago.

WebWorks' HTML output looked much better and seemed bug-free. It was also
much easier to manage the source in Subversion.

On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 12:45 AM Orly Zimmerman <orlyz at xsightlabs.com>
wrote:

> HI Robert,
> This is also what I've found - linking FM source files to generate the
> online help.
> My team started me off using FM because they wanted PDF deliverables -
> silicon documentation are hefty books and FM keeps them all wrapped up very
> nicely and very stable - publishes fine PDFs that can be jointly reviewed
> easily, so all that is good, and very important for us.
> On the other hand, now marketing is thinking about moving to online help.
> Since I have the Tech Suite, I have RH included within my tools.
> Do you think Webworks would justify its expense, or what advantage would
> it have, if any over RH 2020?
> To be fair, I understand that Adobe revamped RH from scratch, so I'm
> hoping it can do a fine job (haven't tested it yet, but on the other hand,
> I haven't used any online tools yet either).
> Just checking to see what added advantages you, or if anyone else would
> like to chime in)  think Webworks has.
>


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