RE: Robohelp (on the Developer's Side)

["David Demyan" <dbdemyan -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net>]

Geri Lou asked about context IDs for help:
> what are the keyvalues needed to attach the robohelp files
> to the software .. are they alphanumeric or numeric and is
> there a limit to the number of digits?  ...He's hoping they
> are alphanumeric cuz our windows are already named something
> like arp020001.

Geri Lou,

You can use any convention you and your developer can agree
on. You don't say whether you are developing WinHelp or HTML
Help. If you are developing WinHelp, the string arp020001 
would go into the Topic Properties dialog for the related
topic. Select the Advanced tab and enter the string into the
field "Options: Map #:".

In HTML Help, the context ID actually becomes the HTML file
name for the topic. On the Topic Properties dialog, General
tab, type arp020001.htm in the "File Name:" field. Ignore
the Topic ID: field under Oracle Help Options unless you are
using this format, which is unlikely.

After compiling and delivering your help system to the 
developer, do some testing to make sure the right topics
appear when called from the application.

Dave Demyan
Mendem Concord, Inc.
http://www.mendem.com.


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