Building the Help File

You can use the Help Project Editor to start the Help compiler and build Help files from within Windows. During the build, the Compilation in Progress window displays the progress of the build as it occurs in MS-DOS.

The Help compiler automatically turns on the REPORT option and sets the WARNING level to full-reporting. (These options are normally entered by hand in the [OPTIONS] section of the Help project file.)

If you are using the 3.1 Help compiler for the build, the Help Project Editor uses the ERRORLOG option to save to a file the errors displayed on the screen. If you are using the 3.0 Help compiler for the build, the error output must be directed to a file; you will not see the error output during the build.

To start a build

nFrom the Compile menu, choose Start.

The Compilation in Progress window appears, showing the progress of the build and any errors that occur.