Can anyone help me with my latest bit of Research and
Development.
Our latest releases of software are being designed as modular
applications, with each application containing it own relevant help
file.
Can any body tell me if it is possible to create multiple chm
files that can be included in an overall master chm file, only when
a new software application is installed on a PC?
I understand how to merge chm files but this works on the
basis that all the documents are going to be installed on the PC,
is it possible to include the help files when the latest software
is being installed, i.e. similar to a plugin type of action?
Hi Sean. Perhaps you can configure your application only to
install each modular help file if the module is installed? If your
master CHM was set up correctly, the user would be oblivious to the
fact that they were missing a CHM as it wouldn't show in the master
TOC. The only way I am aware of doing this is to get the
application to check for licence keys and copy the relevant
licence's help file into a central directory.
Theoretically, that works, however if the customer downloads
a further application from the internet, after initially installing
the applications from a CD, will the internet downloaded
application help file be automatically included in the master chm
help file?
Hi Sean. If the master TOC has entries for three modular CHMs
of which only two are present on the end user's PC, only those two
are visible. If the end user installs the third module, which in
turn installs the missing CHM into the same directory as the
others, the master TOC will show all three modular CHMs. They key
to master TOCs is the location of the slave CHMs in the same
location. If they are there, they are displayed. Hope this
helps.
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