Chapter 20 Creating Help Files with HELPMAKE

This chapter describes how to create and modify Help files using the Microsoft Help File Maintenance Utility (HELPMAKE) version 1.08. A “Help file” is a file that can be read by the Microsoft Advisor Help system and QuickHelp. If you've used the Programmer's WorkBench (PWB) or one of the Microsoft Quick languages, you already know the advantages of the Microsoft Advisor. HELPMAKE extends these advantages by allowing you to customize the Microsoft Help files or create your own Help files.

HELPMAKE translates Help source files to a Help database accessible within the following environments:

Microsoft Programmer's WorkBench (PWB)

Microsoft QuickHelp utility

Microsoft CodeView debugger

Microsoft Editor version 1.02

Microsoft QuickC compiler versions 2.0 and later

Microsoft QuickBasic versions 4.5 and later

Microsoft QuickPascal version 1.0

Microsoft Word version 5.5

MS-DOS EDIT version 5.0

MS-DOS QBasic version 5.0

Warning:

The PWB editor breaks lines longer than about 250 characters. Some Help sources contain lines longer than this. To edit files that have long lines, you must either use an editor (such as Microsoft Word) that does not restrict line length or extend long lines using the backslash (\) line-continuation character.