#36 MS Word 'review comments' result in adddRule error in CHM

[Patrice Carbonneau]

If review comments are left in the word document, the following error is generated when opening the resulting CHM file:
Line: 73
Char: 2
Error: "Unable to get property 'addRule' of undefined or null reference"
Code: 0

DOC/WHC/CHM attached.

[Michael Litwak]

Apparently, chmProcessor calls upon Microsoft Word to convert the Word document sections into .HTM files using Word's HTML(Filtered) converter. When newer versions of Word do this, they add some extra JavaScript to each .HTM file. Specifically, the following lines seem to trigger the "Unable to get property 'addRule'" error:

document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomanchor","background: infobackground");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomoff","display: none");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","visibility: hidden");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","position: absolute");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","top: -1000");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","left: -1000");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","width: 33%");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","background: infobackground");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","color: infotext");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","border-top: 1pt solid threedlightshadow");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","border-right: 2pt solid threedshadow");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","border-bottom: 2pt solid threedshadow");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","border-left: 1pt solid threedlightshadow");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","padding: 3pt 3pt 3pt 3pt");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","z-index: 100");

By generating an HTML Help project (rather than a CHM), you can delete these lines from each HTM file before manually compiling the project using the HTML Help Workshop. The resulting CHM will no longer issue the error. Perhaps running chmProcessor on a PC with an older version of Word would be a better work-around. chmProcessor source could be modified to remove the above lines from the HTM files prior to compiling them into a CHM.

[Patrice Carbonneau]

Michael,
Thanks for taking the time looking at this.
The obvious work around is to prcess a copy of the Word document where review comments have been removed.
I was not looking for a different work around but simply document the issue.
Once again, great application.

[Michael Litwak]

Patrice,

Thanks for letting me know that the addRule statements come from Word
documents with review comments. I hadn't realized that.

By the way, I am not a chmProcessor developer - just an end-user like
yourself.

Regards,

• Michael

From: Patrice Carbonneau [mailto:patcarbo@users.sf.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 4:44 AM
To: [chmprocessor:bugs] 36@bugs.chmprocessor.p.re.sf.net
Subject: [chmprocessor:bugs] Re: #36 MS Word 'review comments' result in
adddRule error in CHM

Michael,
Thanks for taking the time looking at this.
The obvious work around is to prcess a copy of the Word document where
review comments have been removed.
I was not looking for a different work around but simply document the issue.
Once again, great application.

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[bugs:#36] https://sourceforge.net/p/chmprocessor/bugs/36/ MS Word
'review comments' result in adddRule error in CHM

Status: open
Group: v1.7
Created: Sun May 22, 2016 11:20 AM UTC by Patrice Carbonneau
Last Updated: Fri Jun 17, 2016 01:17 AM UTC
Owner: Antonio Fco. Bennasar Obrador
Attachments:

• Mosaic.zip
  https://sourceforge.net/p/chmprocessor/bugs/36/attachment/Mosaic.zip
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If review comments are left in the word document, the following error is
generated when opening the resulting CHM file:
Line: 73
Char: 2
Error: "Unable to get property 'addRule' of undefined or null reference"
Code: 0

DOC/WHC/CHM attached.

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