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SUMMARYWhen using Books Online's Search Plus feature that ships with Visual C++ on Windows 95 and Windows NT version 3.51, WinHlp32.exe creates index files that take several minutes to generate. The index files created will only search the text of the selected book. This article describes how to configure Books Online to search multiple books simultaneously. MORE INFORMATION
A contents (.CNT) file is used to specify all the help files you wish to
search. This will create full text search (.FTS) files for each file you
wish to include in your regular searches. Subsequent access to Books Online
searches will not regenerate the .FTS files. To make your .FTS files:
NOTE: These files were generated on a P5-90. The sizes may vary depending
on your path and options selected. When building using the "Don't include
phrase searching" option, a VC20BKS1.FTG file will also be generated which
is 4,911,104 bytes.
Additional DetailsIf you change the contents of the .CNT file, you will have to repeat the steps and delete the existing .FTS and .GID files.Using a contents (.CNT) file allows you to add other Help files to your Books Online full text search. This will not give you additional F1 search capability. You can remove the index (.IND) files from the \mscv20\help directory when running on Windows NT 3.51 and later. These indices are only used by the Help system included with earlier versions of Windows NT. They are no longer necessary. All searches are forward searches. For example, if you select book 3 before you begin your search, you will not pick up items in book 2. Thus, if you want to search all books, you must select the "How to Use Books Online" selection in the Contents window. For more information the Win32 help system, refer to the Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) documentation. Additional query words: online
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