Once you’ve completed application development, you can create the source files for your help file. The HTML Help compiler requires several types of files to create a help file. The following table lists these files:
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Contains information about how the help compiler generates the help file. You may want to use the sample help project included in the DevelopHelpSample.zip archive. |
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Contains the table of contents for the help file. This can be created with the HTML Help Workshop, or with your help authoring software. |
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Contains the list of keywords for the help file. This can be created with the HTML Help Workshop, or with your help authoring software. |
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HTML content files (.HTM) |
Contains the help information, in HTML format. These are created with your help authoring software. |
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Contains a list of the context numbers and their corresponding help alias entries. We recommend that you use the CHAMP tool included with Dexterity to generate a map file for your integrating application. |
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Contains a list of the values in the map file, and the corresponding .htm file that contains the context-sensitive help information. |
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Describes the formatting that is applied to the .htm files displayed in the compiled help file. We recommend that you use the GP.css style sheet included in the DevelopHelpSample.zip archive. |
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Graphics files such as .GIFs are also typically part of a help file. You’ll create these graphics files separately and reference them in the .htm files. |
We recommend that you use CHAMP, the Context-sensitive Help Assistant and Map Program, to create the map file for your integrating application. CHAMP is included in the Samples directory that is installed with Dexterity. Refer to the documentation included with CHAMP for more information about using this tool.