The Help Project Editor has three menus: File, Edit, and Compile.
The File menu contains the following commands.
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. |
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When you choose this command, the Help Project Editor lets you save changes to the current Help project file before opening a new project. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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If the Help file did not build correctly, Windows Help displays an error message: either “File not found” or “Help file damaged. Rerun setup.” |
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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. |
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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 contains the following commands.
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 contains the following commands.