Creating Standard Interfile Jump Hot Spots

The simplest way to create an interfile jump is to create a standard jump hot spot and add the name of the Help file:

context-string@.HLP-filename

Context-string is the context string for the topic you are jumping to, and HLP-filename is the name of the .HLP file that contains the topic.

To create an interfile jump hot spot

1.1.Follow the steps to create a standard jump hot spot.

2.2.Insert an at sign (@) immediately after the last character of the context string.

3.3.Type the name of the file that contains the context string assigned to the topic that is the target of the interfile jump.

Note Both the at sign and Help filename must be formatted as hidden text.

Note You can also specify a path along with the Help filename. Generally, this is not recommended because the path is likely to vary from computer to computer and also because the Help file may change its location later. If you have circumstances that diminish these risks, you may want to specify a path, as in these examples:

ctx_string@\\server\share\file.hlp
ctx_string@c:\dir1\dir2\file.hlp

Figure 8.x shows a correctly formatted interfile jump hot spot in a topic file.

For more information about creating interfile jumps using macro hot spots, see the “Creating Macro Hot Spots” section, later in this chapter. For more information about the Jump macros, see Chapter 15, “Help Macro Reference.” For an explanation of the WinHelp API, see Chapter 19, “The WinHelp API.”