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Context-sensitive Help at sub-topic level?

New Here ,
Apr 26, 2006 Apr 26, 2006

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Hi, it's been awhile since I've done context-sensitive Help in RoboHelp, and I know a lot's changed since then. Currently I have policy information documented in tables, and so am wondering if I can link context-sensitive Help to a bookmark in a topic rather than a whole topic ...

TIA, Heather

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Apr 26, 2006 Apr 26, 2006

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Hi Heather -

You could end up with the result, I suppose, a number of ways. The most simple route would be to provide help buttons to specific, appropriate topics within view of every bookmark.

Now, if you are talking about using the F1 key, that would take a bit of JavaScript. One could insert it into each help topic easily enough, and interrupt the regular F1 help; the real question is how you would decide which topic to display. Perhaps one could compare the document top with the top of the visible screen, and open a html page based on page position. Just an idea.

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New Here ,
Apr 27, 2006 Apr 27, 2006

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Hi, Roger, thought it might be helpful to provide a few more details ... I have policies (core of our product), say 25 or 30, documented in topics by platform. Many are already bookmarked for linking purposes, and I thought, how great would it be if I could do context-sensitive Help using those bookmarks with no reconfiguration of the Help. I know that anything this easy probably isn't possible, but I thought I'd check just to be sure

Thanks, Heather

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Apr 28, 2006 Apr 28, 2006

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Apr 28, 2006 Apr 28, 2006

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Thanks, MergeThis. I read the other thread, and since it refers to individual topics, I believe your answer is "no" I cannot do what I suggested?

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Apr 28, 2006 Apr 28, 2006

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The IT peeps would simply call the bookmark with the pound sign the same way you do when creating a link to it:

filename.htm#bookmark

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Engaged ,
May 01, 2006 May 01, 2006

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Heather,

I'm confused by some of the responses on this post. Contrary to what Roger says, I use F1 help with bookmarks without any scripting whatsoever. Your .hh file should have the format: #define IDH_TOPICID mapnumber and your .ali file should have the format: IDH_TOPICID=Topicfilename.htm#bookmarkname.

That's all there is to it. Your developer will link to the map ID and the help will open to the bookmarked spot. We do all of our context sensitive help manually, so I can't tell you how to easily do this in RoboHelp, but you can open your .ali file in WordPad and simply add the bookmarks after the topic filename. Recompile and it's working.

John

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May 01, 2006 May 01, 2006

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Heather, John -

After re-reading Heathers request, I've probably misunderstood. Heather wants her help request to jump to a bookmark in a topic; easily enough done with the 'page.htm#bookmark' syntax.

I also realized that I've assumed (!) that she was building WebHelp for a Web-based application. Perhaps we should confirm what platform(s) the help and the application use.

Web-based context-sensitive help, based on the field or bookmark level - on Web pages, that kind of field-level help requires tracking the state or cursor position; hitting the F1 key brings up the browser help, which must be interrupted if you want your help to display instead.

But I am curious, John - does your WebHelp automatically replace the browser help (the one that displays with the traditional F1 key) ? I seem to recall some reference to doing that automatically, but I don't recall... must be the dementia setting in.

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May 01, 2006 May 01, 2006

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Roger, you're absolutely right--I'm doing WebHelp for a web app.

Heather

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May 02, 2006 May 02, 2006

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If the app is created with .NET, my IT told me that .NET generates no .HH files.

The app simply calls the .htm file directly (the window or control is looking for its own name (ABCMainTabEditFrm, for example) with an .HTM extension. Since ours is a merged WebHelp output, we also use a file called formpath.txt to define the project folder (such as: ABCMainTabEditFrm, mergedProjects\mainfolder) that contains each topic file (this serves as a pseudo-HH/alias file).

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