Writing Help

The Project File

The project file contains details of what to call your help file etc.

To make a project file, create a text file using Notepad, and save it in the folder you installed the HC5.exe with the extension HPJ. Insert the following text. The text in red you need to adjust to your needs:

[Options]
Title=My Help File ;Title to appear on the Help title bar
ErrorLog = Error.txt ;File to store compile errors
Contents = TableOfContents ;ContextString of Topic to be contents

[Files]
Topics.RTF ;Name of file containing topics

[Config]
BrowseButtons() ;Macro to place browse buttons on the help screens

[Map] ; section to define context string parameters
CompanyInformation 1 ; Here add a list of all your topics (they use the contextstrings. They ; must be the same)
ContactInformation 2 ; the numbers are just something for the help compiler to use
OtherInformation 3 ; make sure you use a different number for each Topic.

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