ExtendScript

Transparent span remover

Submitted by Willam van Weelden on

Some users have reported that RoboHelp 8 and 9 sometimes mysteriously add styling to topics that makes the text transparent. The transparent text is not visible in Internet Explorer or in the RoboHelp WYSISYG, The code that RoboHelp inserts in the HTML is: <span style="color: Transparent;">

The attached script will quickly remove all these transparent texts from your project. Download the script, import it into RoboHelp and run. Note that the script may take several minutes to execute on large projects.

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FrameMaker CSS Remover

Submitted by Willam van Weelden on

When you link a FrameMaker file in RoboHelp, a new css file is created for every FrameMaker file. The following script allows you to quickly apply your own style sheet and remove the FrameMaker generated style sheets.

The script updates all linked files and checks all topics to see if the topics are generated from FrameMaker. Imported files are ignored.

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Remove Inline Styling

Submitted by Willam van Weelden on

Sometimes I'm stuck with a project crammed with inline styling. The following script will quickly strip all inline styling from your project.

To use this script, download the script and import the script in the Script Explorer. There are three settings in the top of the file:

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IE Rendering Tags

Submitted by Willam van Weelden on

This script shows a dialog to select an output format and adds Internet Explorer render tags to your output. These tags force IE to render in a specific mode. With these tags you control how Internet Explorer renders your page.

To use this script, download the script and import the script in the Script Explorer. Now just run the script. Note that this script creates the output for you. You only use the SSL dialog to set the options for the SSL.

Note: This script is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind.

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Correct URL backslashes

Submitted by Willam van Weelden on

RoboHelp sometimes uses backslashes (..\..\) in an URL instead of slashes(../../). This script corrects the backslashes for links to images, style sheets, links and scripts.

To use this script, download the script and import the script in the Script Explorer. Then run the script.

Note: Always make a backup of your project before running a script! This script is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind.

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Script Merger

Submitted by Willam van Weelden on

One of the great functions of ExtendScript is that you can include other scripts. This makes editing complex scripts much easier. But if you want to send the script to someone else, it's much easier to simply send a single script.

The following script merges a script with all the included scripts. Whenever you include a script, the script replaces the link with the contents of the linked file.

Note: This script is provided as is, without warranty of any kind.

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Getting Started with ExtendScript in RoboHelp

Submitted by Willam van Weelden on

One of the most powerful and perhaps one of the most neglected features of RoboHelp is scripting. Scripting allows you to automate repetitive tasks and can save you many hours of dull work. A script can reset image dimensions, convert text to variables, add index entries, create context sensitivity, count the words in your project, and so on.

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