RE: Integrating help with web based application

["Zuercher, Darrell" <dzuerche -at- tva -dot- gov>]

Hi Maria,

I have used RoboHelp to create HTML-based, context sensitive help using
Map IDs. The developer (ASP.Net and VB.Net) calls the help this way:

Adds a reference to RoboHelp's javascript file: 

   <script src="RoboHelp_CSH.js"></script>
 
Then, calls a function from this file:
 
   <INPUT onclick="javascript:RH_ShowHelp(0, 'HelpFileName.htm',
HH_HELP_CONTEXT, MapID)" type="button" value="Page Help">
 
I hope this helps.

Darrell Zuercher
Tennessee Valley Authority
Business Analyst


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Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 6:12 AM
To: Maria Peera
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Subject: Re: Integrating help with web based application


Hi Maria,

I have been looking up information regarding creation of
context-sensitive
HTML help for web applications for some time now. According to RoboHelp,
context-sensitive HTML help is compatible with applications developed in
C
and C++ only, therefore we won't be able to use Map IDs as we do for
desktop
applications using WinHelp.

However, there is one method to integrate the help pages with the
relevant
application page. This can be done by getting the path or the name of
the
relevant application page and then opening the particular help page in a
new
window using the name retrieved from the web application.

For reference, I am attaching a presentation i downloaded from
www.userfirst.net. It gives a sample code for all kinds of context
sensitive
helps.

I think you need to give the exact file names for each HTML page of your
help to the developer for integration.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Khizran

On 8/31/06, Maria Peera <maria_husain -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have created web-based help with a freeware tool called Helpmaker. I
> need to integrate the help with our product which is a web-based
> application.  How do I integrate them, what are the files that I need
to
> give to the developer ??
>
> Any useful links would be appreciated.
>
> regards
>
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