Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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Gary Niemen
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Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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I have a very large .hhp project that I am trying to import into Flare. The import runs for a long time. Many warnings are produced and, it seems, many errors too - but these are cut short with a message indicating that Flare has stopped recording errors for performance reasons. However, the output log seems to indicate that the project has been built. When I look though, the Content folder is empty. So, no import. I wonder if the .hhp file is set up incorrectly.
This is how it is set up:
- There are no actual files listed in the .hhp project - the files that you normally add using the add/remove topics files window.
- Instead, the toc.hhc and index.hhk files are already prepared - with links to the files.
- All of the many files are in folders where the .hhp project is.
I know I am probably not giving enough information here - but any clues?
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Re: Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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I think the issue is because there are no files referenced in the project. I don't know exactly how Flare does the import, but I am quite sure that it will look exclusively at the .hhp file. I further guess that the errors come from processing the ToC and Index and not finding the topic referenced. Can you compile the help using HTML Help Workshop?
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Re: Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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Yes it compiles using HTML Workshop.
I think you are right - is there anything I can do?
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Re: Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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Bit of an oddball idea, but you could compile the project using HTML Workshop then decompile the CHM with Key Tools: it's possible that the decompiled version may be something that Flare can work with. (Worth a try at any rate.)
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Re: Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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Good idea - will try that.
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Re: Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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The decompile works rather nicely and very quickly for such a large amount of files - 3 minutes or so - but I don't get an .hhp file back - just toc and index. Is this as expected? Or am I doing something wrong?
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Re: Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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I don't know, I've never done it before: it just seemed like a possible way around the problem. I'm a little surprised it didn't decompile everything, but I'm not a key tools expert so I can't say if that's normal or not.
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Re: Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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Can anybody else help me push forward with this?
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Re: Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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You can try MadCap Support...after all that is why you pay for the service contract.
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Re: Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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Hi, Gary,
Gary Niemen wrote:The decompile works rather nicely and very quickly for such a large amount of files - 3 minutes or so - but I don't get an .hhp file back - just toc and index. Is this as expected? Or am I doing something wrong?
If you decompile with KeyTools (http://www.keyworks.net/keytools.htm), that will give you the option to rebuild the .hhp file. It's the only HTML Help decompiler to offer this facility.

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Re: Nothing in Contents folder after .hhp import

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Will try that - these forums are amazing.
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