Eureka!
I found the solution--on the RoboWizard' site (Rick Stone).
In the "Skinny on Skins" file, he has a topic "Add Toolbar button
to invoke File" that I adapted, with some modifications, for my
dilemma.
And yes, the "help" WebHelp is part of the merged files. The
merged "help" WebHelp has its own folder in the folder structure,
just like any other part of the merged file, and is written to the
Generated folder and Published folder structure exactly the same
way as other merge files do. It's just linked to the Skin instead
of the TOC.
I had already created a help button in the skin to link to,
so that was no problem.
What I couldn't get the "help" WebHelp to do was link it to
the button, and make it open in a new window! There seemed to be
nowhere to add a "frame=_blank" instruction.
So, with some modifications, Rick's solution worked nicely.
It took me a while due to my rustyness with Javascripting, but I
did get it to work.
Rick's original javascript was:
javascript:window.open('
http://www.desiredsite.com','msg','height=200,width=200,left=80,top=80');
Mine looks like this right now. (It will need adjusting for
the relative links I will need when I put it on the server--still
working this part out). From the skin file --> Custom Toolbar
Item --> Help, on the Action tab, the Javascript "OnClick" is
enabled with the following:
javascript:window.open
('file://C:/RoboProjects/mergedGenerated/Main_MSM_Policy_and_Procedure_Library/mergedProjects/Help-Overview/Help_Overview.htm','msg','height=600,width=600,left=50,top=80');
Note: The above links to the merged, generated project, on my
PC in the folders Robohelp creates to store each portion of the
project after merging.
I still have to figure out how to make a relative link work
for the LAN location, and the server. The server location will be
easier, because it will be a straightforword HTTP call, instead of
the file:///blah blah thing
🙂 I have to be able to demo without
going to the server location--that's why the disk-based file.
If you have suggestions for the relative link, that would be
great. I've tried various combinations for the "file://:" call, but
it hasn't worked properly. It's been about 5 years since I've done
anything like this, and I just don't remember how I did it
before....
Thanks.