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Transition from RoboHelp to HelpStudio

FWBrown

26 January 2011 10:54

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My company currently uses Adobe RoboHelp to create its online help systems using RoboHelp's WebHelp format. We are in the planning stages of creating Silverlight applications. I have read where another company is using HelpStudio to create online help systems for its Silverlight applications. Therefore, we have the following questions: 1. What does HelpStudio offer that makes it a better product than RoboHelp for creating online help systems for Silverlight applications? 2. Would we be able to import the .htm files that we created in RoboHelp into HelpStudio? 3. Would HelpStudio support the DHTML (Dynamic HTML) code that those .htm files contain for drop-down and expanding hotspots? 4. Would HelpStudio offer any assistance for removing the proprietary lines of HTML code that RoboHelp inserts into each .htm file? Thanks for your time in answering these questions.

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  Permanently deleted user 31 January 2011 07:39

  HelpStudio does support importing from a RoboHelp project. If your RoboHelp project uses regular javascript to support the popup sections, these will be imported along with the rest of your RoboHelp content.

  You could consider replacing your existing popup sections with HelpStudio drop down widgets - they perform a similar function to popups but are more web friendly as they don't attempt to show popup windows, instead showing / hiding the content inline.

  We would be happy to provide advice on easing your upgrade from RoboHelp - just drop us an email at support@innovasys.com if you need any further help.