ID Number: Q66631
1.70 | 1.40 1.70
MS-DOS | OS/2
Summary:
When creating a help database with HELPMAKE, new categories may be
added to the Microsoft Advisor help system for use in the QuickHelp
utility. To add selections that will appear under the QuickHelp
Categories menu, use the topic "List categories." Under the List
categories topic, list the selections that need to be added to the
menu.
More Information:
The following is a sample help file:
File CATEGORY.TXT
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.context List categories
Category1
Category2
.context Category1
This is the information under the first category.
.context Category2
This is the information under the second category.
For the file CATEGORY.TXT shown above, the HELPMAKE command line will
appear as follows:
helpmake /E8 /Ocategory.hlp category.txt
The choice of /E8 for partial compression is strictly arbitrary in
this case, and is shown for demonstration purposes only. The maximum
compression can be achieved by using /E15, and no compression is
denoted by /E0.
When the above help database is added to the list of databases for the
Advisor, the topics "Category1" and "Category2" will be added under
the Categories menu.
The items that are placed in the List categories topic should be
topics that are already defined with ".context" strings; otherwise,
when the item is selected from the Categories menu, a message will be
displayed stating that the topic could not be found.
When using HELPMAKE with the "/C" option, which preserves case
sensitivity, you must use the string "List categories" exactly. The
case is important. Failure to use the exact case for each letter will
cause the Advisor to ignore the categories you have added.