Generate Content Only output

Content Only output generates all the data in raw form in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. It helps in re-purposing the content as per your needs. Topics are generated in XHTML format, TOC, browse sequence, Glossary, Index, and map files are generated in simple XML format, which is easy to parse and transform in any other form as needed.

Configure Content Only output preset

The first step in generating the output of a RoboHelp project is to create an output preset and then configure the various settings of the output preset. You can use the following settings to configure a Content Only output preset:

General

Use the following options to specify basic output settings, such as Title, Target, Output Path, Encoding, and more:

Title Specify the title for the generated output.

You can use variables in the title. To do so, type Ctrl+1 and select a variable from the drop-down list, and then press Enter. Note that if you have provided a variable set in the Content tab > Variable Set field, during output generation, the value of the selected variable is picked from the variable set.

Output Path Specify a location for the output. To select a location, click  . 

Ensure that the output path is NOT located inside the project folder. If the output path is inside the project folder, the output generation fails. Also the folder you select should NOT have any content that you need. RoboHelp deletes the contents of the folder before generating the output.

Save output path as relative to project: If enabled and you browse to the output path., the path to the output will now be a relative instead of absolute. 

Encoding Use the drop-down list to specify the type of character encoding format to be used for your content.

Post Generation Script To run your custom script after output generation, select the script .js file from the drop-down list.

Content

Use the following options to specify content-related output settings, such as the settings for Table of Contents, condition expression, variable set, and including expanding and drop-down text.

Table Of Contents Use the drop-down list to select a Table of Contents to be included in the output. This drop-down list displays the Tables of Contents available in your project. The first Table of Contents in this drop-down list is selected by default.

The set of files and their references present in the selected Table of Contents appear in the generated output.

Condition Expression Use the drop-down list to specify the condition expression for your output. This setting allows you to easily include or exclude content depending on the desired type of output or user base. Click  to edit the selected condition expression. You can also select None in the drop-down list to not specify any condition expression.

Variable Set Use the drop-down list to specify the variable set to use in this output. In the drop-down list, you can select <Default Variable Set> to use the project's default variable set. Variable sets allow you to implement output-specific use of variables. For example, you can have different variable sets for generating output for customers and internal users.

Include Expanding Text Select this option to include Expanding Text in your Content Only output; otherwise, only the Expanding Title goes into the output. However, the Expanding Text will be shown in the expanded form in the output.

Include Drop-down Text Select this option to include Drop-down Text in your Content Only output; otherwise, only the Drop-down Title goes into the output. However, the Drop-down text will be displayed in the output.

Layout

Use the following options to configure the appearance of your output.

Template Select the template from the drop-down menu for the output.

Mark the checkbox Exclude all the topic CSS files to eliminate the topic CSS files.

XHTML

Start Page  Specify the page name and extension (.xml ) that RoboHelp can use to generate the URL for the output. For example, specify default.xml.

Glossary Use the drop-down list to select the glossary to be included in the output. The glossary helps your users to quickly retrieve the relevant terms in your project, with the corresponding definitions.

Include Browse Sequence Select this setting to create an alphabetical list of all the topics for online output. The browse sequence can help the users to "browse" through topics in a particular order.

Include Index Select this setting to include the index page in the output.

Include Map Files Select this option to include Map Files in your XML output. The .map files are used for defining the topics of a publication, specifying the topic sequence, and controlling linking between topics.

Generate Content Only output