Including a RoboDemo Movie in a Topic

To include a RoboDemo movie in an existing topic, you have two options: You can use the menu item that enables you to integrate RoboHelp and RoboDemo, or you can copy and paste the code for the movie object into the code for the topic. The following steps describe how to insert a SWF file using a RoboDemo Movie menu item:

1. Select Insert > RoboDemo Movie from the RoboHelp HTML toolbar.

2. In the resulting RoboDemo Movie dialog box (see Figure 1), click the open folder icon to the right of the Multimedia name text box and browse to the SWF file you want to insert.

   

   Figure 1: The RoboDemo Movie dialog box

3. After selecting the movie, type alt text in the screen tip field below the movie preview field.
4. Finally, click OK to insert the movie. Click the Save All button in the RoboHelp HTML toolbar, compile the CHM file, and test it.

Alternatively, you can insert a movie following these steps:

1. Copy the SWF file into the RoboHTML project folder.
2. Open the SWF file’s accompanying HTML page. Switch to using the RoboHelp HTML True Code view. Copy the OBJECT tags (including the code between them), and paste that snippet into the code for your existing topic’s page.
3. Click the Save All button in the RoboHelp HTML toolbar. Compile the CHM file, and test it by clicking View Result.

If you choose the copy and paste code method, you will notice that RoboHelp HTML will change the code to suit its own purposes. Don’t worry; it will not change the functionality of the movie. With either of these two methods, you do not need to include the SWF file in the Baggage Files folder for the project. The movie is compiled into the CHM file and becomes an integral part of it.

If you need to add a file to the Baggage Files folder, use the following steps:

1. Click the Project tab for your project.
2. Right-click Baggage Files and select New Baggage File.
3. Browse to the file you want to add.
4. Double-click the file; this will add it to the Baggage Files folder for that project.