The Help Project Editor Menus

The Help Project Editor has three menus: File, Edit, and Compile.

The File Menu

The File menu contains the following commands.

Command Description

New Project Creates a new, untitled project in the Help Project Editor window. The Help Project Editor lets you save changes to the current Help project file before opening a new project.
Open Help Project Opens an existing Help project file.
  When you choose this command, the Help Project Editor lets you save changes to the current Help project file before opening a new project.
  If opening the Help project file creates any warnings or errors, the Help Project Editor displays the errors and warnings in the View Errors window.
  Note If the Help project file was created and saved using the Help Project Editor, it will not produce any errors.
Save Project Saves changes to the current Help project file.
  If the Help project file is untitled, the Help Project Editor prompts you for a name.
Save Project As Saves the current Help project file under a new name.
Run Help On filename Starts Windows Help and opens the latest build of the current Help project file.
  If the Help file did not build correctly, Windows Help displays an error message: either “File not found” or “Help file damaged. Rerun setup.”
  If the current project is a new, untitled Help project file, this command is dimmed.
Exit Exits the Help Project Editor and closes the current Help project file.
  If a project is currently open and has been edited, the Help Project Editor prompts you to save changes before closing the project.

The Edit Menu

The Edit menu contains the following commands.

Command Description

Add New Or Existing File Adds topic files to the current Help project.
Remove File Removes from the Help project file the currently selected file in the project window.
Edit File Starts your RTF editor, if it is not already running, and opens the file currently selected in the project window.
Project Displays a dialog box where you can edit project-level information, including the title of the file, the context ID for the Contents topic, and the Help compiler (HC30.EXE or HC31.EXE) to use for the build.
Comments Displays a dialog box where you can enter comments that will appear at the beginning of the Help project file.
Compression Displays a dialog box where you can set the level of compression to use during the build.
Application Contexts Displays a dialog box where you can map context IDs used for context-sensitive Help.
Graphics Displays a dialog box where you can enter a bitmap directory or list bitmaps to include in the build.
Window Definitions Displays a dialog box where you can enter main and secondary window definitions. This command is available only if you are using the 3.1 Help compiler for the build.

The Compile Menu

The Compile menu contains the following commands.

Command Description

Start Starts compiling the current Help project and shows the progress of the build in an MS-DOS box.
  If the current Help project file includes unsaved changes, the Help Project Editor prompts you to save the changes before it begins compiling.
View Errors Displays or hides the View Errors dialog box.
  A check mark appears next to this command when the View Errors dialog box is visible.
  If you choose the View Errors command when you are not compiling, the Help Project Editor displays the errors from the most recent build of the current Help project, even if the build occurred in a previous session.