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- ;******************************************************************************
- ; overview *
- ; notice - a .top = .topic = .entry *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .top overview
- .title HLPDK System Overview
- .ifdef test
- .title ~HLPDK System Overview~overviewP~
- .endif
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- .keywords contents
- .list general
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- .par bold on box shadow size 16 font 6 align center
- HyperAct Inc., POB. 5517, Coralville IA 52241, U.S.A
- .endpar
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- ║ ║
- ║ HyperAct Inc. ║
- ║ P.O.Box. 5517 ║
- ║ Coralville IA 52241 U.S.A ║
- ║ Compuserve - 76350,333 ║
- ║ Phone/Fax - (319) 351-8413 ║
- ║ ║
- ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
- .ifdef os2
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- .endif
- .endif
-
- ~Table Of Contents~toc~
-
- .par
- The Help Engine Development Kit is a system that allows you to create
- hyper-text database help systems with topics and hot links, using a simple
- text editor and the help compiler.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The help databases can be distributed (free of charge) with the HELPENG or
- HE help engine display programs.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The help database format is release to the public domain, if you own the
- Paradox Engine you can use the help databases with your own programs.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Borland Pascal Users can purchase the Help Engine Source Code even
- for Applications that do not use the paradox engine, using the Native Mem
- format.
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- The helpC compiler that is part of this development kit includes the
- ability to create Windows Help source files from the same source the
- dos help sources are created!. Write your help once, and create help
- databases for Dos, Windows, OS/2 and DESQview/X !
- .endpar
-
- .par box thick italic on color 4
- Supported Formats :
- Native(PX), Native (Mem), Win30, Win31, QuickHelp, Microsoft Multimedia Viewer,
- THELP, TVHC, POPHELP, DESQview/X, OS/2, Text, Word Processors (RTF)
- Sony MM Player (Via MM Viewer), WWW HTML (Supporting Windows,
- Macintosh, Unix - Motif, VMS and probably some other platforms)
- .endpar
-
- .par
- From the same source you created your hypertext database, you can create
- a text document with automatic table of contents and index sections!
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Using the RTF target you can prepare your professional documentation
- by generating word processors documents, all from the same source!
- .endpar
-
- Features :
-
- .par
- Topics, Popups, Links, Keywords, Text Formats, Navigational and
- Structural facilities, Target Code insertion, Multiple module files,
- Automatic Pascal/C/C++ reference generation, Exception handling,
- Multiple file target databases, Graphics, Sound, Groups, Application
- Launch, Automatic exports creation, User defined link templates and more.
- .endpar
-
-
- .par bold on size 15
- Contact HyperAct Inc. if you want to purchase the WINTEXT UI library for
- Turbo Pascal programs, and use the help engine window in your pascal
- programs.
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Registration~register~
- ~Contact~contact~
- ~File List~fileList~
- ~Credits~credits~
- ~Help Engine~helpeng~
- ~Help Compiler~helpC~
- ~Quick Start~quickStart~
- ~Related Products~otherProducts~
-
- .endtop
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; register *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry register
- .title Registration
- .keywords contact register
- .list general
-
- .ifndef rtfbased
- *******************************************************************************
- * Why Register and registration instructions *
- *******************************************************************************
- .else
- .par box normal align center
- Why Register and Registration Instructions
- .endpar
- .endif
-
- .par
- The Help Engine Development Kit (HLPDK) is a shareware product, if you
- find this product valuable, please register it.
- This section describes the reasons you should register.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- By registering you will receive a complete discussion of the help engine
- features, and many examples of usage. You will receive a diskette with the
- latest HLPDK version, and DPMI (DOS protected mode) versions of the help
- compiler and engines!. (The memory version of the help engine can display
- huge databases only in the protected mode version). OS/2 and Windows versions
- of the help compiler are also included.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Your registration will help us to create the next versions of HLPDK, that
- will include more options, and features, some of them might even be your
- enhancement requests!.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- A point to consider - If you want to create Windows Help source files,
- you will have to purchase a word processor that can output RTF files,
- the WORD for Windows 2.0 package, for example, is listed at around $500!.
- .endpar
-
- .par box normal align center
- To order your registered copy of HLPDK please do one of the following:
- .endpar
-
- 1. Order from HyperAct Inc.:
- You can order directly from HyperAct Inc.. Please refer to the supplied
- HLPDK.REG file. Edit it, print it and mail it (with a check) to:
- HyperAct Inc.,
- POBox 5517
- Coralville Iowa 52241, U.S.A
-
- 2. Order from PsL:
- You can order from Public (software) Library with your MC, Visa, AmEx
- or Discover card by calling 800-242-4PsL (from overseas: 713-524-6394) or
- by FAX to 713-524-6398 or by CompuServe to 71355,470.
- These numbers are for ordering only. HyperAct Inc. can NOT be reached at those
- numbers. Please contact HyperAct Inc. directly for any other type of problem
- (technical or other), information or request.
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Contact~contact~
- ~Overview~overview~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; Contact *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry Contact
- .keywords register contact
- .list general
-
- Please contact :
-
- HyperAct Inc.,
- P.O.B 5517
- Coralville IA 52241,
- U.S.A
-
- .par italic on
- Phone/Fax - (319) 351-8413
- .endpar
- .par italic on
- e-mail address : CompuServe - 76350,333
- .endpar
-
- To contact the author directly :
-
- .par italic on
- e-mail address : CompuServe - 100274,162
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Regsiteration~register~
- ~Overview~overview~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; fileList *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry fileList
- .title HPLDK Distribution File List
- .list general
-
- This package contains the following files in the following archives :
-
- Archive A :
- -----------
- READMEA.HDK - File List for Archive A.
- HELPC.EXE - Help Compiler.
- HLPDK.DOC - This file.
- HELPC.DOC - Help Compiler documentation
- HLPDK.REG - Registration file.
- HLPDK.UPG - Upgrade instructions for registered users.
- HLPDK.HLP - WinHelp Version of the HLPDK hypertext source.
- THANKS.WAV - WAV file used by HLPDK.HLP
- HLPDK.INF - OS/2 IPF Version of the HLPDK hypertext source.
- PROGRAMS.TXT - HyperAct Inc. shareware products description.
- HELPDEMO.HDF - Demo Help Project.
- 2NDDEMO.HDF - Demo Help Project - file 2.
- RONP.BMP - Bitmap used in HLPDK.HDF
-
- Archive B :
- -----------
- READMEB.HDK - File List for Archive B.
- HELPENG.EXE - Help Engine (Native Paradox).
- HE.EXE - Help Engine (Native Memory).
- HLPDK.HDF - Help Development Kit hypertext help database source.
- HELPDEMO.HLP - Demo Help Project file for Windows WinHelp.
- HLPDK.HDT - Help Development Kit help database file. (Native Paradox)
- HLPDK.SET - Help Development Kit help database file.
- HLPDKTOP.DB - Help Development Kit help database file.
- HLPDKTOP.PX - Help Development Kit help database file.
- HLPDKLNK.DB - Help Development Kit help database file.
- HLPDKLNK.PX - Help Development Kit help database file.
- HLPDKKEY.DB - Help Development Kit help database file.
- HLPDKKEY.PX - Help Development Kit help database file.
- MULTI1.HDF - Multiple file target database demo - 1.
- MULTI2.HDF - Multiple file target database demo - 2.
- MAKMULTI.BAT - Demo multiple file target database batch file.
- HDKACT.HLP - HELPCW Help File.
-
- Archive L :
- -----------
- READMEL.HDK - File List for Archive L.
- HDKLIB.DOC - HLPDK System Library Documentation.
- HDKLIB.HDF - HLPDK System Library main file.
- RTFLIB.HDF - RTF common functions extension library.
- VWRLIB.HDF - MMViewer Extension Library for 256 color bitmaps.
- IPFLIB.HDF - System extension library component. (OS/2)
- WWWLIB.HDF - HTML Extension Library.
- TESTLIB.HDF - A Small test for the library - Source.
- TESTLIB.HLP - A Small test for the library - WinHelp format.
- PRS.BMP - A Bitmap used in the test.
- RANCO.AVI - A Short Video Sequence featuring Ranco The Great.
- CREDITS.WAV - Credits in vocal, for the MOVIE demo help database.
- INTRO.WAV - Vocal introduction to the MOVIE demo help database.
- MOVIE.HDF - A Multimedia Help Database demo source.
- MOVIE.HLP - A Multimedia Help Database demo - WinHelp version.
-
- Note : In some cases all files may be in one archive.
-
- .par
- The registered version is shipped in one archive and includes some additional
- files.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The following files are included with the Registered and Advanced versions,
- and are not included in the shareware evaluation package :
- .endpar
-
- HELPCX.EXE - Protected Mode Help Compiler.
- HELPCO.EXE - OS/2 Mode Help Compiler.
- HELPCW.EXE - Windows Mode Help Compiler.
- HELPENGX.EXE - Protected Mode Help Engine - Paradox Native Mode.
- HEX.EXE - Protected Mode Help Engine - Memory Native Mode.
- README.HDK - Registered Version README.
- DPMI16I.OVL - DPMI overlay module (Borland).
- RTM.EXE - Borland DPMI Run Time Module.
- RTMRES.EXE - Resident RTM version.
- DPMIINST.EXE - DPMI configuration file.
- DPMILOAD.EXE - DPMI Loader.
- DPMIUSER.DOC - Notes about using Borland DPMI services.
- BIVBX10.DLL - HelpCW Support DLL.
- PXENGWIN.DLL - HelpCW Support DLL.
- MHGA200.VBX - HelpCW Support VBX.
- BWCC.DLL - HelpCW Support DLL.
- CTL3DV2.DLL - HelpCW Support DLL.
- MH300RUN.DLL - HelpCW Support DLL.
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Overview~overview~
- ~Quick Start~quickStart~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; Credits *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry Credits
- .list general
-
- .par
- .ifdef windows
- ~RonP~RonPicture;left~ HLPDK, helpC, The Help Engines, NewsDB, IL2HDK, NG2HDK, RTF2HDK, RC2HDK and
- .else
- HLPDK, helpC, The Help Engines, NewsDB, IL2HDK, NG2HDK, RTF2HDK, RC2HDK and
- .endif
- other products, were written by Ron Loewy. These products are distributed
- worldwide by HyperAct Inc..
- .endpar
-
- .par
- HELPENG, helpC were written using Turbo Pascal 6.0, and Borland Pascal 7.0,
- Paradox Engine 2.0, and Paradox Engine 3.0, 3.01.
- (Trademarks of Borland International).
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Windows, Microsoft, HC and Quick Help are trademarks or copyrights
- of Microsoft Corp.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The HELPENG program was written using the WINTEXT UI library,
- (c) 1991,93 Loewy Ron.
- .endpar
-
- THELP, HL and TVHC are Trademarks or copyrights Borland International.
-
- POPHELP is a copyright of TurboPower Software.
-
- TVHC support, and other ideas were suggested by MunLeong Chan.
-
- .par
- Parts of the Help Engines were generated using Ron Loewy's WTGEN and dbGen
- CASE code generators.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Parts of the Help Compiler were generated using Ron Loewy's dbGen database
- code generator.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Yaniv Golan helped me with beta-testing, debugging and suggestions.
- He is also the author of the HPCHDK and POPHDK packages.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- John Murphy notified me of the paragraph formatting difficulties that
- lead to the .PARAGRAPH .END-PARAGRAPH formatting capabilities.
- .endpar
-
- DESQview/X is a trademark of Quarterdeck Office Systems.
-
- .par
- MDVXHELP is a copyright (1992) of Daniel J. Bodoh. I have used his
- excelent documentation of DESQview/X help format to generate code
- to this environment.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The HC31 problem with characters with ordinal values biggen than 127
- was solved thanks to Mr. Lars Fosdal of Norway.
- .endpar
-
- OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Bussiness Machines.
-
- .par
- The Text Cursor restore problem in the help engines was reported by Prof.
- Timo Salmi of the Univ. of VAASA, Finland.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- D.J. Murdoch suggested the Cross Reference Report enhancements, and WinHelp
- Go To Search list box title problem.
- .endpar
-
- Word for Windows is a trademark of Microsoft corp.
-
- WordPerfect, WordPerfect for Windows are trademarks of WordPerfect corporation.
-
- Lotus, AMI PRO are trademarks of Lotus corp.
-
- Reuben Halevi from HyperAct Inc. did a lot to make this product real.
-
- .par
- Slren Pingel Dalsgaard notified me of the small scroll box bug in helpeng, as
- well as some spelling mistakes in helpC.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- TurboPower Software Big Collections are used as a basis to the huge memory
- tables used in the help compiler and engine.
- .endpar
-
- Peter Sawatzki's JanusW dialog boxes are used in the HelpCW program.
-
- The Borland Visual Control Pack gauge control is used in the HelpCW program.
-
- The Borland Pascal 7.0 C'T' magazine patch was used in the HELPCO program.
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Overview~overview~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; quickStart *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry quickStart
- .title Quick Start
- .keywords operation
-
- From the command line enter HELPC HELPDEMO to compile the demo help database.
-
- .par
- After the compilation process is ended, enter HELPENG HELPDEMO to browse the
- demo help database.
- .endpar
-
- If you want to compile for windows :
-
- from the command line enter HELPC HELPDEMO /W31
- and after that HC31 HELPDEMO
- (HC31 is the Microsoft Help Compiler)
- .par
- from windows, open the HELPDEMO.HLP file from the windows help engine.
- (Notice - if you do not have the HC help compiler from windows, we have
- included a compiled version of HELPDEMO (HELPDEMO.HLP) so you will be
- able to feel the quality of the output that can be generated, and decide
- if you want to purchase the HC31 program (Included with the SDK, BC++,
- TPW, BP and probably some other packages), or download it from one of the
- sites Microsoft had uploaded it to).
- .endpar
-
- .par
- If you use windows 3.0, or want your help file to be compatible with
- WinHelp 3.0 use :
- .endpar
- HELPC /W30 HELPDEMO
- HC HELPDEMO
-
- To compile for THELP use :
- HELPC /TH+ HELPDEMO
- HL -x -e100 -p -i -oHELPDEMO.TPH HELPDEMO.HL
-
- To compile for QuickHelp :
- HELPC /QH+ HELPDEMO
- HELPMAKE -e15 -oHELPDEMO.QH HELPDEMO.SRC
-
- To compile for TVHC :
- HELPC /TV+ HELPDEMO
- TVHC HELPDEMO.TXT
-
- To compile for POPHELP :
- HELPC /PH+ HELPDEMO
- MAKEHELP /Q HELPDEMO
-
- To compile for DESQview/X :
- HELPC /XD+ HELPDEMO
- MDVXHELP HELPDEMO.HLP @HELPDEMO.LST
- COPY HELPDEMO.HLP d:\DVX\HELP
-
- To compile for Native Mem Format :
- HELPC /MT+ HELPDEMO
- (Use HE HELPDEMO to view that database).
-
- To compile for IPF (OS/2) format :
- HELPC /OS2 HELPDEMO
- Switch to an OS/2 session.
- IPFC /INF HELPDEMO
- (Use the VIEW Command to browse the database).
-
- To compile for the Microsoft Multimedia Viewer 2.0 :
- HELPC /MMV HELPDEMO
- Open the MMViewer compiler (WMVC.EXE)
- File|Open HELPDEMO.MVP
- Compile (F5)
- (Use the VIEWER2.EXE program to browse the database).
-
- To create a HTML database for use with a WWW server :
-
- Define the .ROOTNODE and .ROOTPATH of your server in the helpdemo source.
- HELPC /WWW HELPDEMO
- Copy the *.HTM files to the server's path.
-
- To create a text document with table of contents, glossary and index :
- HELPC /TXT HELPDEMO
-
- To create a word processor document with table of contents,
- glossary and index :
- HELPC /RTF HELPDEMO
- import helpdemo.rtf to your word-processor, and update fields.
- (e.g. Microsoft WinWord : File|Open to open the document
- Answer Yes to convert from Rich Text Format
- Press F9 to update embedded format fields
- somewhere in the first page (after the
- Table Of Contents title), and in the last
- page (after the index title).)
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Overview~overview~
- ~File List~filelist~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; helpeng *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry helpeng
- .title The Help Engine
- .keywords operation
-
- .par
- To start the help engine program enter HELPENG on the command line, and
- choose the help database you want to view from the list box. Use the Tab key
- to cycle between hot-link words, and press Enter to go to that link.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- If you know the name of the SET file of the database you want to activate, you
- can enter it on the command line, and the help engine will display it.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- If you have a mouse, you can use it to point at the hi-lighted links, and
- activate them by pressing the left mouse button.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Press the ALT-T key combination to choose from a list of TOPICS in the
- database, Press ALT-B to go back to the previous displayed TOPIC, Press
- ALT-X to exit the help engine.
- .endpar
-
- The exit command can be given by pressing the right mouse button.
-
- .par
- Use F10 to open the menu bar, and use the arrow keys to navigate the
- options. When you find the option you are interested in, Use the Enter
- key to execute it, or the Esc key to cancel. The menu bar can be navigated
- using the mouse as well.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- To create a new help database please refer to the ~HELPC~helpc~ documentation
- file.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- If you want to use the Native Mem Format Databases, Please use the supplied
- HE.EXE program.
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Trouble Shooting~Trouble~
- ~Overview~overview~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; Trouble *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry Trouble
- .title Trouble Shooting
- .keywords operation
-
- .par
- If you receive some kind of an error message while using the help development
- kit please refer to this section.
- .endpar
-
- tableOps: xxxx error message :
- .par
- This message is generated by the Paradox Engine if an internal error occurs,
- if you receive a message that is not understood (e.g. Table is busy),
- please try one of the following :
- .endpar
- 1. Try running the Help Compiler or the Help Engine with another input and
- notice if the problem exists, if it does, turn to the next entry,
- otherwise try to see what the difference between the inputs is.
- 2. Check your free memory, try to move some TSR's from memory, or use the
- protected mode compiler/engine available with the registered version.
- 3. Check if you have loaded dos SHARE program, it is advised to use SHARE
- with programs that use the Paradox Engine. If you receive a table busy
- error, try to see if you have another program that uses the same table
- in another session (Windows/DESQview etc..).
- 4. PANIC - Please contact the distibuter/author for additional help.
-
- Microsoft's HC31 help compiler will generate a error in RTF file error :
-
- 1. Re-compile using helpC 4.0+. This should solve the problem, if the problem
- still exists - please try steps 2 and 3, and notify the author.
- 2. Use a binary disk editor to look at the character at the position x - 1
- in the RTF file (where x is the error position reported by HC31).
- 3. Try to replace that charqacter from a special PC oem character to a
- "standard" ascii character (such as *). If the problem still occurs,
- please contact HyperAct Inc./The author, otherwise - you probably came
- accross a character that HC31 can not handle. In that case - try using
- HC300b (the one that generates WinHelp 3.0 format), or delete these
- characters from your source HDF file.
-
- Borland's HL help linker will generate a FE02: Out Of Memory error :
- 1. Re-compile using helpC V3.0+, to include ;INDEX directives after the
- screen's definitions.
-
- Borland's HL help linker will complain about undefined context numbers :
- 1. You probably have a contents.h file in the current directory, that hl
- tries to use to bind the help topics to Borland's IDE on-line help,
- try renaming this file, and re-compile with HL.
-
- helpC will not create the database when compiling to Native Mem (/MT+) :
- 1. Try compiling with report generation on (/R+) to Native Paradox
- (/PX+) format. If there are errors, consult the HELPC.LST file, fix
- them, and re-try.
- 2. If the database is BIG, you might not have enough memory - Remember that
- Native Mem tables are generated in memory. You will have to use the
- HelpCX protected mode compiler (Available with the registered version).
-
- HelpEng/HE will complain on an old-database when trying to open a help
- database with it :
- 1. Re-Compile the database using helpC.
-
- HelpEng/HE will complain on un-supported database format, when trying to
- open a database :
- 1. HelpEng can not display Native Mem databases, and HE can not display
- Native PX databases. Use the other help engine supplied.
-
- HE will not be able to open a Native Mem database :
- 1. Use the protected mode HEX help engine. (Available for registered users).
-
- Where is HL - Borland's Help Linker :
- 1. HL is not included with Borland C++ or Borland Pascal, Borland sells an
- additional package called Borland Open Architecture (and Borlad OA for
- Pascal) that include among other things - the THELP help linker.
-
- Windows HC run's out of memory :
- 1. Use HCP - the protected mode Help Compiler. Look for HCP505.ZIP on
- ftp.microsoft.com, or CIS:WINSDK/WINHELP.
-
- Windows compiled databases do not start with the OVERVIEW screen :
- 1. The Windows Help Compiler has a strange bug when it does not have enough
- memory or diskspace, it sometimes does not display any information, does
- not compress the database, and ignores the contents screen defined in the
- HPJ file.
-
- .par
- We have encountered some users that ran into problems, because they did
- not use the dos SHARE program. We advise that you will always load the
- SHARE program in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Overview~overview~
- ~Help Engine~helpeng~
- ~Help Compiler~helpC~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; helpC *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry helpC
- .title Help Compiler
- .keywords operation
-
- .par
- The helpC help compiler is a dos command line program that receives a
- help definition file (.HDF) and produce a help database.
- .endpar
-
- The helpC command line is :
-
- HELPC source.fil [/NT:topic-table-name]
- [/NL:link-table-name]
- [/ND:data-file-name]
- [/NK:keywords-table-name]
- [/D:conditional-define]
- [/ED=P|C|+]
- [/EL=x]
- [/FC+]
- [/EA+]
- [/TN+]
- [/Ipath]
- [/R+] [/ST-] [/CS+] [/EP+] [/WD-] [/RM-]
- [/W+] [/W30] [/W31] [TH+] [/QH+] [/TV+] [/PH+] [/XD+]
- [/PX+] [/MT+] [/OS2] [/TXT] [/RTF] [/PP+] [/MMV]
- [/WWW]
- .par
- When the target of the compiler is one of the native help engines
- the output of the compiler is a set data file called source.SET, that
- includes the names of the other help database components.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Please Notice - if the /W+ /W30 or /W31 switch is defined, the compiler
- will generate a .HPJ and .RTF files that can be used with the Microsoft
- HC (v3.00b) or HC31 help compiler, and output a .HLP windows help file!.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- By default the help compiler does not produces a help cross reference
- report on the topics/links used in the database, if the /R+ switch is set,
- a cross-reference report will be generated, and database integrity indicators
- will be given. Notice, however, that with the /R+ switch helpC is much
- slower than with /R-.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- IMPORTANT - Scan the output cross reference report for links defined, that
- are not defined as topics!
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Notice - An additional switch is available that instructs the help compiler
- to indicate it's parse and code generation progress. Use the /EP+ switch to
- see that the helpC compiler is active. Please understand that the compile
- process can take a long time, on complex help databases. This switch does
- nothing more that ensure to you that the help compiler is alive.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /ST switch defines if the topic name defined in the .TOPIC command
- can include embeded spaces. By default this switch is set to /ST- (No
- embedded spaces).
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /CS switch turns Topics and Links case sensativity to ON. Use this
- switch with care - Only if you must have a lower/mixed case index in THELP
- or POPHELP use this switch. Notice that help databases that compile fine
- with case sensativity set to off, might fail to do so in case sensativity
- on. By deafult this switch is set to off (-).
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /XD switch generates code to the MDVXHELP help compiler, available
- free in the file DVXHLP10.ZIP on the Internet. When this switch is given,
- a set of cover and section files is generated, as well as a response
- file that should be used to compile the help database.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /OS2 switch generates IPF source code. You must compile the generated code
- with IPFC, from within an OS/2 session (window or full screen).
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /WD switch controls Warning Display. By default Warning Display is On, if
- you do not want to see the Warnings issued by the compiler when a topic name
- or link are found to be incompatible with the target source, and helpC
- translate them to be syntax compatible with the target.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the /RTF switch to create a word-processor ready RTF file, import this
- file (and update the fields e.g.- F9 in WinWord) to create a professional
- formatted documentation from the same source code!.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the /TXT switch to create a text file document from your .HDF source.
- With this feature you can create on-line help and printed documentation
- from the same source!.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /RM- switch uses disk cross-reference report tables. Usage of this
- option will allow the creation of cross-reference report for huge databases.
- This options will slow the creation of reports, use it only for databases
- so big that the report can not be generated using memory tables.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /ED= switch creates the external references (if any are defined) in one
- of the following formats : /ED=P (Default) creates the external definitions
- in a pascal unit, /ED=C creates the external definitions in a C header
- file, and /ED=+ creates a C++ header file.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /EL= switch sets the Error Level used. This switch can be overriden
- by the .ERRORLEVEL statement. The acceptable error levels are :
- .endpar
-
- 0 No Check - (Default) - No action is taken.
- 1 Trap - The link is replaced to a special topic named ERROR.
- 2 Strip - The link is replaced by the Text part only.
- 3 Delete - The text and link parts are deleted.
- 9 Abort - helpC will abort with an error message, indicating the
- line number.
- .par
- Please refer to the ~Exception Handling~exceptHandle~ section below about helpC error
- processing.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /FC+ switch forces topic collection, even if the error level is 0, that
- does not require collection.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the /PP+ switch to create an export file, to be used in multiple database
- target files projects.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /EA+ switch is used to export all topics in a database, during a
- PreProcess target generation, compared to exporting only topics that
- have the .EXPORT attributes.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /MMV switch is used to generate Microsoft Multimedia Viewer 2.0 code,
- You must use the WMVC.EXE program that came with your copy of the Multimedia
- Publishing ToolKit (MM PTK) to compile this code.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /WWW switch is used to generate World Wide Web HTML (Hypertext Markup
- Language) sources, for use in the internet distributed hypertext database.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- If the /TN+ switch is used, Topics are collected to the Table Of Contents
- table, and the .INSERT TOC command can be used. If a database has a .INSERT
- TOC with the /TN+ switch not specified, the compiler will stop and complain.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The /I switch is used to set an "include" path, to search for .include files.
- With this switch the HLPDK library does not need to be duplicated to each
- help project directory. (e.g. /IC:\HLPDK\LIB will set the include file to the
- C:\HLPDK\LIB directory.)
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Overview~overview~
- ~Command Line~commandline~
- ~Help Engine~helpeng~
- ~Technical Documentation~techdoc~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; commandline *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic commandline
- .title Command Line
- .keywords operation
-
- .par
- The compiler switches are defined on the command line. These switches can
- be placed before and after the source file name. The compiler will look for
- a file named HELPC.CFG in the current directory, and process it before any
- command line switches are processed.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Switches on the command line will over-ride switches set before them, on the
- command line or in one of the lines of the response options file(s).
- .endpar
-
- Response option files can be specified by prefixing their name with a @ sign.
-
-
- Examples :
-
- If our HELPC.CFG file, in the current directory is :
-
- /W31
- /R-
-
- And we compile using HELPC HELPDEMO
-
- The helpdemo.hdf file will be compiled, with the target set to WinHelp 3.1
- and no cross-reference report.
-
- Compile using HELPC HELPDEMO /r+
-
- Will create WinHelp 3.1 sources, but a report will be generated.
-
- Compile using HELPC /w- HELPDEMO
-
- Will generate native format help database, no report is generated.
-
- If we have a file called MYSWITCH.CFG with the following lines :
-
- /TH+
- /ST-
- /CS+
-
- And we compile using HELPC @MYSWITCH.CFG HELPDEMO
-
- A THELP source, using Long Topic Names, with case sensitivity will be
- generated, no cross reference report is generated. (HELPC.CFG contains /r-)
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Overview~Overview~
- ~Help Compiler~helpc~
-
-
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; techDoc *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry techDoc
- .title Technical Documentation
- .keywords programming
-
- .par
- The Help Engine database is a combination of text that is read by the user,
- and a Topic and Links database that allows the user to view the topics
- he is interested in, using hyper-text methods.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- This document describes the HLPDK language syntax, helpC compiler operation
- and the native databases structure.
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Help Compiler~helpC~
- ~Help Engine~HelpEng~
- ~Help Definition Format~hdf~
- ~Native Format Structure~nativeFormat~
-
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; nativeFormat *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic nativeFormat
- .title Native Database Structure
- .keywords programming
-
- Each help database is built of 5 components :
-
- 1. Help Data File - this file contains the raw text data.
- 2. Topic Index - a database table that contains the topic names, and
- the references to the topics in the Data File.
- 3. Links Index - a database table that contains the list of links
- defined for each topic, and positional data.
- 4. Keywords Index - a database table that contains the list of keywords,
- and the topics that have these keywords.
- 5. Set Data File - a database configuration file that contains the
- names of the 3 components defined above, and some
- additional information.
-
- .par
- Version 1.x is the bare-bones version that includes only the basic
- operations needed from a hyper-text database, this version is implemented
- using the Paradox Engine V3.0 to manage the Topic and Link index tables.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Version 2.x has a new field in the topic table - the title field, help
- databases that were compiled with V1.x will not be executed by version
- 2.x, they will have to be re-compiled!.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Version 3.x fields have different length - the databases have to be
- re-compiled.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Version 5.0+ has a new entry in the help set file, database have to be
- re-compiled, or the value 128 should be added in the last line of the help
- set file, and the version number should be changed to 5.0.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Version 6.0+ has added the keyword support - a new database table is added,
- and a new set format is defined. Help databases will have to be re-compiled
- for Natice targets.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- In Version 7.0 the title field has been expanded once more - to 70
- characters. Help databases will have to be re-compiled.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- In Version 8.0 the tType field was added to the Topics database. Old databases
- will have to be re-compiled.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The format of the help database is released to the public domain, if
- you implement a database viewer on this database structure, I would be
- happy to receive a copy ..
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Help Compiler~helpC~
- ~Help Engine~HelpEng~
- ~Help Definition Format~hdf~
- ~Topic Index Format~tif~
- ~Links Index Format~lif~
- ~Keywords Index Format~kif~
- ~Set File Format~sff~
-
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; hdf *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry hdf
- .title Help Definition Format
- .keywords programming
- .list hdf
-
- The help definition file format is as follows :
-
- | remarks ...
- | remarks ...
- |
- | .ENTRY topic-name
- | [.TITLE optional title for topic]
- | [.TITLEATTR paragraph attributes]
- | [.KEYWORDS optional keywords for topic]
- | [.GROUPS group1 [group2 ..]]
- | [.LIST optional browse list for topic]
- | [.ACTION stuff to do when topic is entered]
- | [.EXPORT]
- | [.TEXTATTR paragraph attributes]
- | topic text and link reference ..
- | topic text and link reference ..
- | topic text and link reference ..
- | topic text and link reference ..
- | .END-ENTRY
- |
- | remarks ...
- |
- |
- | .ENTRY topic2-name
- | [.KEYWORDS keyword1 keyword2 ..]
- | [.GROUPS group3 [group2 ..]]
- | [.PARAGRAPH [paragraph attributes]]
- | topic 2 text and link reference ..
- | topic 2 text and link reference ..
- | topic 2 text and link reference ..
- | [.END-PARAGRAPH]
- | additional topic2 text ...
- | .END-ENTRY
- |
- | .POPUP popup-name
- | [.TITLE optional title for popup]
- | definition for some reference
- | ...
- | .END-POPUP
-
- As can be seen - lines between the .ENTRY and .END-ENTRY keywords are
- the lines processed by the help compiler, to create the help database,
- every other line is considered a remark, and is not parsed or evaluated by
- the help compiler.
-
- The topic text and link reference lines are simple text lines, with
- special link marks.
-
- A sample will provide the details :
-
- This is a text help line that includes one ~~link~~link-topic-name~~ in it.
-
- This line will be displayed in the help engine program as :
-
- This is a text help line that includes one link in it.
-
- The word "link" will be in a different color then the rest of the line,
- to indicate that this is a link. If the user hi-lights the link, and
- presses Enter (or points the mouse cursor and clicks), the help engine will
- look for a topic called "link-topic-name", and display it.
-
- Browse the HELPDEMO.HDF file for a demo of a help database definition file.
-
- Notes :
-
- 1. The keywords .TOPIC and .END-TOPIC can be used instead of .ENTRY and
- . .END-ENTRY respectively.
-
- An equivalent pair of keywords are .TOP and .ENDTOP .
-
- You can use .EXT-TOPIC instead of .TOPIC/.ENTRY etc.. - topics created
- with that statement are the same as regular topics, only - an external
- reference is created for them to be linked to a pascal/C/C++ program.
-
- 2. Keywords are NOT case sensitive. (.topic = .TOPIC = .eNTry)
-
- 3. The .TITLE keyword is optional. If no title is defined, the topic name
- is used as a title. The .TITLEATTR keyword is used to describe the
- title text attributes. The syntax is the same as the .PARAGRAPH text
- attributes. Please refer to the Text Attributes section below for further
- discussion of the optional paragraph attributes. In the WinHelp and
- Multimedia targets, the title can have links in it, so graphic and
- inter-paragraph text attributes can be applied.
-
-
- 4. If you want the ~~ sign to appear in your help database, use ~~~~ in your
- help source file. (e.g. "This is a ~~~~" will be "This is a ~~" in the final
- help database.).
-
- 5. The Optional .PARAGRAPH and .END-PARAGRAPH commands in the help topic text,
- specify the start and the end of a paragraph. This feature is currently
- supported only for MMViewer, WWW, WinHelp, RTF and IPF sources. This feature
- is important if you want to create long paragraphs that will wrap correctly
- when a user resizes the help window. Please refer to the
- ~Text Attributes~textAttr~ section below for further discussion of the optional
- paragraph attributes.
-
- The .PAR and .ENDPAR keywords can be used instead of the .PARAGRAPH
- and .END-PARAGRAPH keywords.
-
- 6. When a .PARAGRAPH is issued, a .END-PARAGRAPH MUST be specified at the
- end of the paragraph. These commands must appear as the first words in
- a line. The text after the .PARAGRAPH command is NOT part of the text
- of the help topic, but paragraph text attributes can be specified there.
-
-
- 7. The optional .KEYWORDS command can appear after the .TITLE command
- (If there is one), or the .TOPIC header (otherwise), Use this command
- to help the user search for sets of topics that are connected to a
- specific keyword. The syntax of this command is :
- .KEYWORDS keyword-1 keyword-2 ...
- Multiple .KEYWORDS lines are allowed, if there are a lot of KEYWORDS,
- that will not fit on a single line, multiple .KEYWORDS lines can be
- used. (NewsDB - The usenet hypertext generator uses that feature).
-
- 8. .POPUP and .END-POPUP (or .ENDPOP) are used to define popup topics that
- are displayed on the same screen as the original topic that includes the
- link to them. Popup entries allow the user to consult a glossary, and
- not lose the topic he was reading. Popups are supported in the WinHelp,
- OS/2 IPF, Native PX/Mem and MMViewer formats. In the other formats Popups are
- used as standard topics.
-
- 9. In the Text/RTF targets .POPUP entries will be automatically included in a
- Glossary file that you can add as an appendix to your documentation.
-
- 10. The .GROUPS statement associate a topic with several groups, you can
- create topics with menus to groups of other topics using the statement
- ".INSERT GROUP group-name" in your topic text. Please refer to the
- ~Groups~GroupsDoc~ section of this document for additional discussion of this
- function.
- Multiple .GROUPS lines are allowed, if there are a lot of GROUPS,
- that will not fit on a single line, multiple .GROUPS lines can be
- used.
-
- 11. The .LIST attribute associates a topic to a browse sequence, in this
- name. The topic will be after the previous topic that belongs to this
- list, and before the next topic that belongs to this list. The list
- browse sequences are currently supported in the WinHelp and MMViewer
- targets only.
-
- 12. Graphic support is available by using a Graphic Link, a Graphic Link,
- is a link that has the following format :
- ~~Text to display if not a graphic target~~graphic-name~~
- Where graphic-name is the name of a graphic object defined with the
- .GRAPHIC statement. Please refer to the ~Graphics~graphics~ Section below for more
- information.
-
- 13. If the .EXPORT attribute is specified, helpC will automatically create
- a reference to the topic in an export file. This function can be useful
- when you create a multiple file target database. This command can be very
- useful when you have to create a complex multi file database, and use a
- 'make' utility to maintain the project. For more information about this
- attribute, please refer to the ~Complex Projects~complexProj~ section below.
-
- 14. Sound support is available by using a Sound link. This link will play a
- sound file, when the user clicks the link. The link has the following
- format : ~~Text-That-Will-Appear~~soundLinkName~~
- Where Text-That-Will-Appear will be displayed on the screen, and when the
- text will be clicked, the sound object defined as soundLinkName will be
- played. Please refer to the ~Sound~sound~ section below.
-
- 15. Applications can be launced from the help database by clicking a link, that
- was defined as an application. The syntax is : ~~Text~~application-link~~
- where Text is the text that will appear to the user, and application-link
- is the identifier of the application that will be executed, as defined in
- the .APPLICATION statement. Please refer to the ~Application Launch~appLaunch~ section
- below for more information.
-
- 16. User defined links (.USERLINK) can be created and used in the topic text,
- please refer to the ~Links~links~ section below for discussion of this feature.
-
- 17. The .ACTION attribute of the topic, can be used to start some action(s),
- when the user enters the topic. This feature is supported in the WinHelp
- and MULTIMEDIA VIEWER targets.
- e.g. .ACTION SndPlaySound("EXPLAIN.WAV",1)
- Will use the MMSYSTEM high level sound routine (That has to be registered)
- to play a WAV file called EXPLAIN.WAV.
- Multiple .ACTION lines can be specified.
-
- 18. The .TEXTATTR attribute of the topic can be used to define default
- paragraph attributes to the topic. These attributes override the
- .ATTRDEFAULTS statement attributes for this topic, and can be
- over-ridden by the paragraph attributes. Please refer to the text
- attributes section below for more information.
-
- .par bold on
- Additional commands include :
- .endpar
-
- | .TEXTCOLOR, .LINKCOLOR and .LINKHIGH - VGA colors of text and links in normal
- and high (selected) states in the native help formats.
-
- The syntax of these commands is :
-
- | .TEXTCOLOR w
-
- or
-
- | .LINKCOLOR x
-
- or
-
- | .LINKHIGH y
-
- Where w, x and y are the color of the text/link, which is a combination of the
- color of the foreground with the color of the background multiplied by 16.
-
- The colors that can be used for both fore and background are :
-
- Black = 0
- Blue = 1
- Green = 2
- Cyan = 3
- Red = 4
- Magenta = 5
- Brown = 6
- LightGray = 7
-
- The colors that can be used only for the foreground are :
-
- DarkGray = 8
- LightBlue = 9
- LightGreen = 10
- LightCyan = 11
- LightRed = 12
- LightMagenta = 13
- Yellow = 14
- White = 15
-
- For example : to set the normal color of a link to light green on blue, use
-
- | .LINKCOLOR 26
-
- where 26 = 10 + 16 * 1. (10 = light green, 1 = blue).
-
- .par bold on
- Creating Multiple Source Projects :
- .endpar
-
- Use the .INCLUDE commands in the source of your .HDF file, to include an
- additional source file. .INCLUDE is not supported in the middle of a topic.
-
- For Example :
-
- .. some stuff
-
- | .include 2ndfile.hdf
-
- .. additional stuff
-
- will process 2NDFILE.HDF in the middle of our source file.
-
- Please notice - .INCLUDE commands can be nested in your source file,
- it is however not recommended to nest them too deep, helpC does not
- close the input file when a .INCLUDEd file is processed, in order to
- minimize help generation time - there is however, a limit on the number
- of open files that can be used by a program - this is a limit set by dos.
-
- .par bold on
- Code Insertion :
- .endpar
-
- Use the .INSERT CODE statement to insert target code that will not be
- translated by helpC. helpC will send un-translated code to the output target
- until a .END-CODE statement is found.
-
- For example - creating a small table in WinHelp format :
- | .. normal code
- | .ifdef windows
- | .insert code
- | \pard{\tab column1\tab column2\tab column3}\par
- | \pard{\par col1data\tab col2data ..}\par
- | .end-code
- | .endif
-
- .par bold on
- Table Of Contents :
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the .INSERT TOC command to insert the Table Of Contents of all the topics
- defined in the database, sorted by alphanumeric order. Notice that databases
- that use this command should be compiled using the /TN+ switch
- .endpar
-
- .par bold on
- GUI Font based targets :
- .endpar
-
- The .FIXEDFONT command is used to define a non proportional font as the
- default font of the help database. Currently the only targets affected
- by this command are MMViewer, WinHelp, RTF. If you find that your help
- databases are not aligned after they are converted to WinHelp format, use
- this command and re-compile. This command has no effect on targets that are
- different from the targets mentioned above.
-
- The .PCFONT command is used to define a font that has the standard pc
- character set (Terminal - in windows). If you convert a text based
- database that uses the PC's special characters, use this command to
- set the default font. This command has no effect on targets that are
- different from the targets mentioned above.
-
- .par bold on
- Text targets :
- .endpar
-
- The .PAGELENGTH and .PAGEWIDTH statements set the printed page length in
- rows, and width in columns. The syntax is .PAGELENGTH xx or .PAGEWIDTH yy .
-
- .par bold on
- Font Palette :
- .endpar
-
- Use the .SETFONT command to change or add fonts to the font palette, The
- syntax is : .SETFONT font-number 'Font-Name-In-The-Target-Language'. If
- for example we would like to change font number 3 in the windows target
- to be a font X of family Y we would write :
- | .SETFONT 3 'Y X'
-
- .par bold on
- Text Attributes :
- .endpar
-
- Use the .TITLEDEFAULTS statement to set the default text attributes of the
- topics titles in the help database. These defaults can be over-ridden with
- the .TITLEATTR statement in the topic definition. Please refer to the Text
- Attributes section below for discussion of paragraph text attributes.
-
- Use the .ATTRDEFAULTS statement to set the default text attributes of
- paragraph text in the database. Please refer to the Text Attributes section
- below.
-
- .par bold on
- Error Handling :
- .endpar
-
- Use the .ERRORLEVEL command to set the error level. The syntax is .ERRORLEVEL x
- where x is one of the following :
-
- 0 No Check - (Default) - No action is taken.
- 1 Trap - The link is replaced to a special topic named ERROR.
- 2 Strip - The link is replaced by the Text part only.
- 3 Delete - The text and link parts are deleted.
- 9 Abort - helpC will abort with an error message, indicating the
- line number.
- .par
- Please refer to the ~Exception Handling~exceptHandle~ section below about helpC error
- processing.
- .endpar
-
- .par bold on
- Alias Topics :
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the .ALIAS command to substitute a Popup/Topic name with another name. The
- syntax is .ALIAS newname origname. Whenever a newname link is found, the alias
- of origname is used. This can be very useful when you want to give multiple
- names to a topic, or when HLPDK source is the target of an incremental
- compiler.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the .CONTENTS command to change the initial (Overview) screen displayed by
- the Help Engines. By Default this screen is called OVERVIEW.
- .endpar
-
- .par bold on
- Graphic Support :
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the .GRAPHIC statement to define a graphic object, that can be referenced
- elsewhere in your document.
- The syntax is :
- .endpar
- | .GRAPHIC graphic-name path-to-graphic-file
- Please refer to the ~Graphics~graphics~ section below, for further information.
-
- .par bold on
- External Links :
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the .EXTLINK command to define links in external database file. With this
- command you can create multiple file target database projects. Please refer to
- the ~Links~links~ section below for more information about this feature.
- .endpar
-
- .par bold on
- Sound Support :
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the .SOUND command statement to define a sound object, that can be used as
- a Sound link elsewhere in your document.
- The syntax is :
- .endpar
- | .SOUND sound-name sound-file-name
- Please refer to the Sound section below for more information about this feature.
-
- .par bold on
- Application Launch :
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The .APPLICATION statement is used to define an application object that can be
- launced by an application-launch-link. The syntax is :
- .endpar
- | .APPLICATION application-identifer application-definition
- .par
- where application-identifer is the identifer that will be used in
- application-launch-links, and application-definition is the path to the
- application. If the application needs to get parameters, the path and the
- parameters are specified in quotes. Please refer to the ~Application Launch~appLaunch~
- section below for additional information.
- .endpar
-
- .par bold on
- External Routines Support :
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The .ROUTINE statement can be used to define external routines that can be
- called from the help database. The syntax is :
- .endpar
- | .ROUTINE routine-name module-name parameter-definition
- .par
- Where routine-name is the name of the procedure/function to be called,
- module-name is the name of the library/DLL that the routine resides in (No need
- to add the .DLL extension), and parameter-definition is the definition of the
- parameters that the routine receives.
- The parameter definitions is a string with one character describing each
- parameters type. The following definitions are used :
- .endpar
-
- char C definition Pascal definition
-
- u unsigned short (WORD) Word
- U unsigned long (DWORD) Longint
- i short int byte
- I int integer
- s near char * (PSTR) PChar
- S far char * (LPSTR) PChar
- v void
-
- .par bold on
- Embedding Files :
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the .EMBEDD statement to add files to your help database. The files defined
- as embedded will appear in the [baggage] section of your WinHelp/MMViewer
- project definition and will be stored with the rest of the database.
- .endpar
-
- The syntax is :
-
- | .EMBEDD file-id path-to-file
-
- .par
- Where file-id is the name the file will be referenced by, and path-to-file is
- the path to the file on the author's machine.
- .endpar
-
- .par bold on
- Distributed Hypertext Databases :
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Use the .ROOTNODE and .ROOTPATH statements to define the root node address,
- and the root path address of the hypertext database, when compiling to a
- distributed hypertext database format. (e.g. WWW).
- .endpar
-
- The syntax is :
-
- | .ROOTPATH root-path-string
- | .ROOTNODE root-node-address
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~Conditional Defines~condefine~
- ~Groups~GroupsDoc~
- ~Text Attributes~textAttr~
- ~Graphics~graphics~
- ~Sound~sound~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; links *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic links
- .title Links - internal/external and special
- .keywords programming links
- .list hdf
-
- .par
- Links are the special "commands" embedded in a topic text, that provide
- special functionality in the target database.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- All links are described in the topic text as a combination of text that will
- appear, and a link identifier.
- .endpar
-
- The syntax, in a topic text for a link is :
-
- .. Some Standard Text .. ~~Link Text~~Link Id~~ .. some more text ..
-
- Link Id is a unique identifier that describe this link.
-
- .par
- The most common link, is a topic link, this link allows the user to click on
- the Link Text, that is usually in a different color than the rest of the text,
- and by clicking on this texs, the topic in the help engine window is replaced,
- with the topic that has the same identifier as the Link Id specified in the
- identifier.
- (A Topic is defined by a .topic statement somewhere else in the source file).
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Another type of link, is the Popup link. When the Link Id is the Id of a popup,
- clicking on the link will display the popup text in a window, and retain the
- original topic in the help engine window.
- (A Popup is defined by a .popup statement somewhere else in the source file).
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Links can be used, to embedd non-textual information in the topic text. A
- common non-textual is a graphic link, when the Link Id is the Id of a graphic
- object (defined by a .graphic statement somewhere else in our source), the
- place of the link will be replaced by a graphic picture, in targets that
- support graphics (such as WinHelp and OS/2 IPF), and remain the Link Text
- in targets that do not supprot graphics.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Another non-textual link is a sound link. A sound link plays a sound file
- when a sound object (defined with the .SOUND statement) is clicked by the
- user.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Applications can be lauched from a link, when the link key is the identifer of
- an application defined with the .APPLICATION statement.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Other links can be created using "User Defined Link Templates", with this
- feature a link template can be created to support additional code translations.
- Please refer to the ~Extending HDF~extendingHDF~ section below for additional information
- on User defined links.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- When helpC recognizes a link, the following sequence of
- link recognition occurs -
- .endpar
- 1. Try to match link with a graphic object.
- 2. If failed - try to match link with a sound object.
- 3. If failed - try to match link with an application object.
- 4. If failed - try to match link with a user defined link.
- 5. If failed - try to match link with a popup.
- 6. If failed - try to match link with a topic.
- 7. If failed - try to match link with an external topic. (.EXTLINK)
- 8. If failed - opearate according to the current error-level.
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Application Launch~appLaunch~
- ~Graphics~graphics~
- ~Sound~Sound~
- ~Exception Handling~exceptHandle~
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~.HDF Syntax~hdf~
- ~Help Compiler~helpc~
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; conDefine *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic conDefine
- .title Conditional Defines
- .keywords programming conditional
- .list hdf
-
- .par
- The helpC compiler supports conditional define directives that allow you to
- tailor your source according to define symbols that are known to the compiler.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- You can use the .ifdef, .ifndef, .else and .endif directives to test the
- target of your compile and do different things according to this target.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- If for example you have a Windows bitmap you want to include in your generated
- RTF file, when you compile to WinHelp format, but, you would like to use a
- statement in other targets that do not support graphics, you could do the
- following :
- .endpar
-
- | .ifdef windows
- | some text {\bmc mybmp.bmp\} some more text
- | .else
- | some text AND STATEMENT HERE some more text
- | .endif
-
- .par
- When the compiler will generate the code, the RTF command \bmc will be
- inserted in the output of the compiler for windows targets (/W30, /W31),
- and a simple text statement will be inserted otherwise.
- .endpar
-
- The conditional directives supported are :
-
- | .ifdef SYMBOL - Compile code only if SYMBOL is defined.
- | .ifndef SYMBOL - Compile code only if SYMBOL is NOT defined.
- | .endif - Any .ifdef/.ifndef should be terminated by a .endif .
- | .else - Reverse the previous .ifdef/.ifndef
-
- The following SYMBOLS are automatically defined by the compiler :
-
- Symbol When Defined
- ------ ------------
- DEF /PX+
- W31 /W31
- W30 /W30
- THS /TH+
- QHS /QH+
- TVH /TV+
- PHS /PH+
- DVX /XD+
- MEM /MT+
- OS2 /OS2
- TXT /TXT
- WINDOWS /W30, /W31
- THELP /TH+
- QUICKHELP /QH+
- TVHC /TV+
- NATIVEPARADOX /PX+
- POPHELP /PH+
- DESQVIEW/X /XD+
- NATIVEMEMORY /MT+
- VERx.y When Compiling with helpC Vx.y
- NATIVE /PX+, /MT+
- DOCUMENT /TXT, /RTF
- RTFBASED /W+, /RTF, /W30, /W31, /MMV
- PRP /PP+
- PREPROCESS /PP+
- MMV /MMV
- MMVIEWER /MMV
- VIEWER /MMV
- WWW /WWW
- HTML /WWW
-
- .par
- You can define your own conditional defines on the command line using the /D:
- switch of helpC.
- .endpar
-
- e.g.
-
- Source :
-
- | ... some text ..
- | .ifdef mydef
- | Special Text for mydef situation
- | .endif
- | ... more text
-
- and you compile using HELPC /D:MYDEF the special text will be included.
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~techDoc~
- ~Help Definition~hdf~
-
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; textAttr *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic textAttr
- .title Text Attributes
- .keywords programming attributes text
- .list hdf
-
- .par
- Topic's text can receive visual attributes such as a font, size, bold,
- italic etc.. by using the paragraph attributes on the .PARAGRAPH (.par)
- line. Text attributes are currently supported in the MMViewer, WinHelp and RTF
- targets. Some attributes are also supported in HTML (WWW) and IPF targets.
- .endpar
-
- The attributes that can be applied to text are :
-
- Font - The font the text will be displayed in.
- Bold - The text is displayed in bold characters.
- Italic - The text is displayed in italic characters.
- Underline - The text is displayed in underline characters.
- Size - The size of the font.
- Box - The paragraph can be contained in a box.
- Align - The paragraph can be alligned.
- Color - The text foreground color.
- BgColor - The text background color.
- Scroll - Set scroll/No Scroll.
-
- The syntax is :
-
- | .PARAGRAPH [attr1 attr1-parameters [attr2 attr2-parameters [..] ]]
-
- The allowed parameters to attributes are :
-
- 1. FONT font-number-in-font-palette : The font number in the font palette, there
- is a standard font palette for MMViewer, WinHelp and rtf targets that include
- the following fonts :
-
- 0 : Times Roman (roman Tms Rmn)
- 1 : Symbol (decor Symbol)
- 2 : Helvetica (swiss Helv)
- 3 : LinePrinter (modern LinePrinter)
- 4 : Terminal (roman Terminal)
- 5 : Times New Roman (roman Times New Roman)
- 6 : Arial (swiss Arial)
- 7 : CG Times (WN) (roman CG Times (WN))
- 8 : Courier (modern Courier)
- 9 : Modern (modern Modern)
- 10 : Script (script Script)
- 11 : Univers (WN) (swiss Univers (WN))
- 12 : Wingdings (nil Wingdings)
- 13 : MS Sans Serif (swiss MS Sans Serif)
-
- 2. BOLD ON|OFF - Set bold mode to on/off.
-
- 3. ITALIC ON|OFF - Set italic mode to on/off.
-
- 4. UNDERLINE ON|OFF - Set underline mode on/off.
-
- 5. SIZE font-size - Set the size of the font.
-
- 6. BOX NONE|NORMAL|THICK|SHADOW|DOUBLE - Print paragraph in a box which has one
- of the described borders : NONE is no border at all.
-
- 7. ALIGN LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER|JUSTIFY - Print the text in the paragraph aligned
- to one of the sides, the center or justified in the paragraph.
-
- 8. COLOR color-number-in-color-palette - The numbers are the same numbers used
- for dos native systems and described in the help definition format section
- above, regarding the .LINKCOLOR, .TEXTCOLOR and .LINKHIGH statements.
-
- 9. BGCOLOR color-in-palette - Same as the COLOR parameter, but used for the
- background color. Currently supported only in the WinHelp .TITLEDEFAULTS
- and .ATTRDEFAULTS statements.
-
- 10. SCROLL ON|OFF - useful only in WinHelp/Multimedia Viewer title attributes,
- if you set SCROLL OFF a non scrolling region is created.
-
- Example :
-
- | .PAR BOX SHADOW FONT 13 BOLD ON
- | ... some text here ..
- | .ENDPAR
-
- Will display the paragraph in a shadow bordered box, using font 13 in the
- palette (MS Sans Serif assuming that the original palette is used) with bold
- characters.
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~techDoc~
- ~Help Definition~hdf~
-
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; groupsDoc *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic groupsDoc
- .title Groups Definition and Usage
- .keywords programming groups
- .list hdf
-
- Topics can be associated to groups using the .GROUPS statement in the topic
- heading. Menus to these groups can later be created by using the
- command .INSERT GROUP group-name in the topic text.
-
- An example will clarify the use of this function :
-
- Let us assume that we have a car's collectors database, where the description
- of each car is a topic. We would like to present a hierarchy to the user that
- looks like that :
-
- Overview Screen
- |
- +--------- Cars by Country
- | |
- | +------------ U.S.A ... List of cars manufactured in U.S.A
- | +------------ U.K.
- | +------------ Italy
- |
- +--------- Cars by Maker
- | |
- | +------------ Alfa-Romeo ... List of Alfa-Romeo models
- | +------------ GM
- | +------------ Mazda
- |
- +--------- Cars by type
- |
- +------------ 4x4 & Jeeps
- +------------ Sport Cars
- +------------ Family Sedans
-
- We will create group references in the topics using the .GROUPS statement,
- The Alfa Romeo Spider 2000 topic will look like :
-
- | .topic alfa_romeo_spider_2000
- | .title Alfa Romeo Spider 2000
- | .keywords alfa spider convertible sport classic
- | .groups italian alfa sport
- |
- | The Alfa Romeo ...
- |
- |
- | .end-topic
-
- The Italian Cars Directory topic will be :
-
- | .topic italy_directory
- | .title Italian Cars Directory
- | .keywords directory
- |
- | Cars Manufactured in Italy :
- |
- | .insert group italian
- |
- | .end-topic
-
- If our database includes 3 cars that have a reference to the Italian group
- this will be the equivalent of writing :
-
- | .topic italy_directory
- | .title Italian Cars Directory
- | .keywords directory
- |
- | Cars Manufactured in Italy :
- |
- | ~~Alfa Romeo Spider 2000~~alfa_romeo_spider_2000~~
- | ~~Ferrari 308 GTS~~Ferrari_308_gts~~
- | ~~Fiat Uno 70S~~fiat_uno_70s~~
- |
- | .end-topic
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~.HDF Syntax~hdf~
- ~Conditional Defines~condefine~
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; exceptHandle *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic exceptHandle
- .title Exception Handling
- .keywords programming exception
- .list hdf
-
- .par
- helpC provides mechanism to handle link exceptions. An exception is a link
- to an identifier that is not defined as a Topic or PopUp. In order to help
- you find these errors helpC contains the cross reference report that can
- be produced using the /R+ switch. You can browse the HELPC.LST file generated
- by helpC if a cross reference report is generated, and search for the string
- ERROR that describes undefined links.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- helpC provides additional exception handling facilities. When an error is found
- during compile helpC can perform on of the following actions :
- .endpar
-
- 0: No Check - Default - helpC does not do anything. The link is passed as is to
- the target. The target help engine/compiler will handle the
- exception as it is implemented.
-
- 1: Trap - helpC will replace the link key with the key ERROR. It is the
- responsibility of the help database author to provide such a
- topic/popup.
-
- 2: Strip - helpC will pass the text of the link to the target with no link
- support. The text will appear as normal text.
-
- 3: Delete - Both the text and the link will be deleted and will not appear in
- the target.
-
- 9: Abort - helpC will abort, with an error message, indicating the line the
- link is defined. This mode is recommended when you are debugging
- your help database.
-
- You can set the error level using the following techniques :
-
- - Use the /EL=x switch on the helpC command line.
-
- - Use the .ERRORLEVEL x .HDF statement.
-
- .par bold on
- Important Points :
- .endpar
-
- .par
- 1. When errorLevel = 0 (default) no topic database is created during pass 1,
- if you set .errorlevel somewhere in your source, after some topics/popups
- have been defined, these topics will not be in the symbol table created by
- helpC and will be considered an exception!.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- 2. You can use the /FC+ switch to "Force Collection" of Topics data, even when
- the ERRORLEVEL is 0.
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~.HDF Syntax~hdf~
- ~Help Compiler~helpc~
-
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; graphics *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic graphics
- .title Native Graphics Support
- .keywords programming graphics
- .list hdf
-
- .par
- Native Graphic support is provided by graphic "links", and graphic object
- definitions.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- In order to incorporate graphics into your database, use the .GRAPHIC
- command to define a graphic object. This command associates a graphic file
- with a unique identifier.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Whenever you want to use the graphic image in one of your topics, you should
- define a link with the following syntax :
- .endpar
-
- ~~Link Text in non-graphic targets~~graphic-identifier~~
-
- .par
- If the target of the compiler has no helpC native graphic support, the
- "Link Text in non-graphic targets" sentance will be used, if the target
- is supported, the graphic-identifier will be displayed.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- In this version of HLPDK native graphics support is provided for WinHelp,
- Microsoft Multimedia Viewer (MMViewer), WWW and OS/2 IPF Bitmaps.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Notice that the graphic-identifier must be unique, and must not be identical
- to a topic/popup/sound name. Please refer to the ~Links~links~ section for
- link recognition sequence information.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Link Modifiers are attributes that are defined after the link name, separated
- with the ";" character.
- .endpar
-
- The following modifiers are defined for Graphic support :
-
- Left : Align the graphic object to the left of the window.
- Right : Align the graphic object to the right of the window.
- Center : Align the graphic object to the center of the window.
-
- .par
- Please refer to one of the standard documentation examples that are supplied
- with the HLPDK package, for demos of graphic use.
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~.HDF Syntax~hdf~
- ~Help Compiler~helpc~
- ~Links~links~
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; sound *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic sound
- .title Native Sound Support
- .keywords programming sound
- .list hdf
-
- Sound support is provided by sound "links", and sound object definition.
-
- .par
- In order to incorporate sound into your database, use the .SOUND command
- to define a sound object. This command associates a sound file (WAV in windows)
- with a unique identifier.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- Whenever you want to use the sound object in one of your topics, you have to
- define a link with the following syntax :
- .endpar
-
- ~~Text To Be Clicked On~~sound-identifier~~
-
- .par
- Currently, Sound support is available only in the MMViewer and WinHelp targets.
- The name of the sound object in this version should be a WAV file, that
- is in the \WINDOWS directory. The WINDOWS MMSYSTEM multi-media support looks
- for the sound file in this directory!.
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~.HDF Syntax~hdf~
- ~Help Compiler~helpc~
- ~Links~links~
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; appLaunch *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic appLaunch
- .title Application Launch
- .keywords programming application launch
- .list hdf
-
- .par
- Applications can be launched from the help database using application launch
- links, and application definitions.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- An application has to be defined using the .APPLICATION statement that uses the
- following syntax :
- .endpar
-
- | .APPLICATION application-id 'application-activation-code'
-
- .par
- Where application-id is the identifier to the application that will be used
- in application launch links, and the application-activation-code is the
- [optional] path to the application and the application executable. If
- parameters should be specified, the application-activation-code should be
- surrounded by quotes, with a space separating the path to the application from
- the parameters.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- When you want to include an application launch in the topic text, the
- application-id should be used as the key of a link.
- .endpar
- e.g. ~~Press Here To Run XXX.EXE~~application-id~~
-
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~.HDF Syntax~hdf~
- ~Help Compiler~helpc~
- ~Links~links~
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; complexProj *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic complexProj
- .title Complex Projects (Multiple file target databases)
- .keywords programming
- .list hdf
-
- .par
- helpC supports multiple file target databases, with the use of the following
- HDF statements : .EXTLINK, and .EXPORT .
- .endpar
-
- .par
- When a link that exists in an external database is needed, the .EXTLINK
- statement is used to define the properties and attributes of that link.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- The most important property - is the database name, that defines which
- database should be called. Other attributes include the title, keywords,
- numeric references and groups this external topic should be associated with.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- If we have a "simple" complex project, with only 2 databases, and links
- between them, we might not find it difficult to define the "public" links
- of database 1 in database 2, and vice versa, but - if the project involves
- more databases, we might find it hard to create these public references to
- all external database, in each database. We can, however, define .EXTLINK
- statements of the public links of each database, in a separate file, and
- use the .INCLUDE statement to include them, in the other statements.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- helpC can be used, with the /PP+ switch, to create these "reference" export
- files, with the name of database.EXP when we use the following command :
- .endpar
-
- HELPC /PP+ database-name
-
- .par
- If we want a .EXTLINK statement to be created for a topic, we have to
- add the .EXPORT attribute to the topic defintion. An alternative is to use
- the /EA+ switch of the helpC compiler, that exports all topics in the database,
- in a PreProcess target compile (/PP+).
- .endpar
-
- The .EXTLINK statement has the following syntax :
-
- | .EXTLINK database 'topic-identifier'
- | [.TITLE topic-title]
- | [.REFERENCE topic-numeric-reference]
- | [.KEYWORDS keyword [keyword ..] ]
- | [.GROUPS group [group ..] ]
- | .END-EXTLINK
-
- .par
- Where database is the name of the external database that the link is in,
- topic-identifier is the id of the link in the external database, title,
- keywords and groups have the same meaning as in the .TOPIC definition, and
- the topc-numeric-reference is a numeric reference associated with the
- topic, in the external database, if this is needed.
- .endpar
-
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- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~.HDF Syntax~hdf~
- ~Help Compiler~helpc~
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; extendHDF *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic extendingHDF
- .title Extending HDF
- .keywords programming userlink
- .list hdf
-
- .par
- The HDF syntax can be extended by creating "User Defined Link Templates",
- with these templates special links can be created, that can be used to support
- additional link types.
- .endpar
-
- In order to create a user link template, use the following statement :
-
- | .USERLINK userlink-id template
-
- .par
- Where userlink-id is the name of the template, and template defines the way
- the link will be translated.
- .endpar
-
- The template can include the following substitution characters :
-
- %% - Replace with a %
- %t - Replace with the text of the link
- %k - Replace with the key of the link
- %1, %2, .. %9 - Replace with parameter #x
- %o - Replace with target (output) database name.
- %c - Replace with context-id (topic name) of current topic.
- %n - Replace with a carrige-return and newline characters.
- %r1, %r2, .. - Replace with the resolution number of the topic-id in
- parameter x. This is needed for links in IPF (OS/2) and
- PopHelp targets.
- %g1, %g2, .. - Replace with the graphic object whose id is in parameter x.
- %s1, %s2, .. - Replace with the sound object whose id is in parameter x.
- %a1, %a2, .. - Replace with the application object, whose id is in parm x.
- %e1, %e2, .. - Replace with the embedded object, whose name is in parm x.
- Notice, that only the file name and extension are returned,
- while in the %gx, %sx and %ax, the entire path is returned.
-
- User links can be used in the topic text with the following syntax :
-
- .. some text ~~link-text~~userlink-id(param1 param2 ..)~~ .. more text
-
- .par
- Use this command to extend the HDF syntax. You can even create special
- libraries to support video/animation etc.. from the help databases, with these
- extensions.
- .endpar
-
- .par
- e.g. - To create a link to a topic, with a graphic bitmap, we could define
- the following User Link : (Example for WinHelp/MMViewer)
- .endpar
-
- .ifndef rtfbased
- | .userlink graphicJump '{\uldb \{bmc %g1\} %t}{\v %2}'
- .else
- | .userlink graphicJump '{\uldb \{bmX %g1\} %t}{\v %2}'
-
- Where X in \{bmX is r, l or c
- .endif
-
- And assuming we defined a graphic object as
-
- | .graphic mypicture ronp.bmp
-
- We could create a graphic links such as :
-
- Click ~~Ron Loewy~~graphicJump(mypicture ronTopic)~~ to know about the author.
-
- In the target RTF this will be translated to :
-
- .ifdef rtfBased
- Click {\uldb \{bmX ronp.bmp\} Ron Loewy}{\v ronTopic} to know about the author.
- .else
- Click {\uldb \{bmc ronp.bmp\} Ron Loewy}{\v ronTopic} to know about the author.
- .endif
-
- .par
- HLPDK includes a standard system extension library, that uses userlink
- templates to support in-paragraph text attributes, extended grtaphic, video,
- CDAudio, animation and other multimedia items. Please refer to the HDKLIB.DOC
- file for additional information.
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~Links~links~
- ~.HDF Syntax~hdf~
- ~Help Compiler~helpc~
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; tif *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry tif
- .title Topic Index Format
- .keywords programming
-
- The topic index table format is as follows :
-
- TOPIC - 40 characters string key - this is the topic "name".
- FILENAME - 38 characters string field - includes the name of the
- help raw data file. (Notice - V1.0 ignores the value of this
- field, it is here for future expansion).
- START - longint (long) field that contains the offset from the data file
- start, to the start of the topics text data, in bytes.
- LEN - longint (long) field that contains the length (in bytes) of the
- text data of the topic.
- TITLE - 70 characters string key - the title of the topic.
- TTYPE - 1 character - topic type. Currently supported types are :
- 'T' = Topic.
- 'P' = Popup.
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~Links Index Format~lif~
- ~Keywords Index Format~kif~
- ~Set File Format~sff~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; lif *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry lif
- .title Links Index Format
- .keywords programming
-
- The links index table format is as follows :
-
- TOPIC - 40 characters string key - the name of the topic that
- has the link.
- SEQ - integer (int) key - contains the sequential number of
- the link in the topic. (This way you can assign the links
- order in the topic).
- LINK - 40 characters string key - the name of the link topic to
- display if the link is chosen.
- LINE - integer (int) field - the line (from the start of the topic)
- this link is displayed on.
- COL - integer (int) field - the column this link is displayed on.
- TXT - 70 characters string field - the text to display on the line.
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics :
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~Topic Index Format~tif~
- ~Keywords Index Format~kif~
- ~Set File Format~sff~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; sff *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .entry sff
- .title Set File Format
- .keywords programming
-
- .par
- The set file is a text file that contains one entry in each line, using
- the following format :
- .endpar
-
- help-database-engine
- version-of-generating-compiler
- topic-index-table name
- links-index-table name
- keywords-index-table name
- help-raw-data-file name
- number-of-topics
- length-of-file
- link-normal-color
- link-high-color
- text-normal-color
- contents-topic-name
-
- .par
- The help-database-engine values available today are DEF=Paradox and
- MEM=memory Tables.
- .endpar
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics:
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~Topic Index Format~tif~
- ~Links Index Format~lif~
- ~Keywords Index Format~kif~
- .end-entry
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; kif *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic kif
- .title Keywords Index Format
- .keywords programming
-
- The keywords index table format is as follows :
-
- KEYWORD - 40 characters string key - the keyword.
- TOPIC - 40 characters string key - the topic name that this keyword is
- assigned to.
-
- Notice - the database will include a row for each keyword, that has the
- TOPIC field blank. This is used to display the first list of keywords, that
- if chosen, will display the 2nd list of topics that have the chosen keyword
- in their .KEYWORDS definition.
-
- .par font 13 bold on
- Related Topics:
- .endpar
- ~Technical Documentation~TechDoc~
- ~Topic Index Format~tif~
- ~Links Index Format~lif~
- ~Set File Format~sff~
- .end-topic
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; otherProducts *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic otherProducts
- .title Related Products
- .keywords contact
-
- The following products/packages provide additional HLPDK functionality :
-
- 1. Name : IL2HDK - Interrupt List (Ralf Brown) 2 HLPDK convert program.
- Version : 3.1
- Availability : IL2HDK31.ZIP. (OS/2)
- Status : Free.
- Author : Ron Loewy.
-
- 2. Name : HPCHDK - HelpPC 2 HLPDK convert program.
- Version : 1.0
- Availability : HPCHDK10.ZIP.
- Status : Free.
- Author : Yaniv Golan (s2942275@tech02.technion.ac.il)
-
- 3. Name : SCANHELP - Turbo Pascal Scanner to help.
- Version : 3.26
- Availability : SCANH326.ZIP (Contact Author)
- Status : Shareware.
- Author : Duncan J. Murdoch (dmurdoch@mast.QueensU.CA)
-
- 4. Name : NG2HDK - Norton Guides 2 HLPDK convert program.
- Version : 1.0
- Availability : NG2HDK10.ZIP
- Status : Free.
- Author : Ron Loewy.
-
- 5. Name : NEWSDB - usenet News Clips Hypertext generator.
- Version : 1.0.
- Availability : NEWSDB10.ZIP
- Status : Shareware.
- Author : Ron Loewy.
-
- 6. Name : POPHDK - POPHELP 2 HLPDK convert program.
- Version : 1.0
- Availability : POPHDK10.ZIP.
- Status : Free.
- Author : Yaniv Golan (s2942275@tech02.technion.ac.il)
-
- 7. Name : JARG2HDK - Jargon File to HLPDK convert program.
- Version : 1.0
- Availability : ? (Contact Author)
- Status : ?
- Author : Slren Pingel Dalsgaard (pingel@daimi.aau.dk)
-
- 8. Name : RC2HDK - Windows Resource File Help Template Generator.
- Version : 2.0
- Availability : RC2HDK20.ZIP.
- Status : Shareware.
- Author : Ron Loewy.
-
- 9. Name : CPFHDK - C++ FAQ 2 HLPDK convert program.
- Version : 1.0
- Availability : Contact author.
- Status : Free ?
- Author : Yaniv Golan (s2942275@tech02.technion.ac.il)
-
- 10.Name : CVTOPHLP - OPRO Help 2 HLPDK convert program.
- Version : ?
- Availability : CIS:PCVENB forum, Sect. TurboPower, CVTHLP.LZH
- Status : Free to OPro/TPro owners ?
- Author : Julian M. Bucknall, TurboPower Software, CIS:100116,1572
-
- 11.Name : TPF2HDK - Timo Salmi's Pascal FAQ 2 HLPDK convert program.
- Version : 1.0
- Availability : TPFHDK10.ZIP
- Status : Free.
- Author : Ron Loewy.
-
- Currently under development : RTF2HDK, HDKEDIT and more ..
-
- .end-topic
-
- .ifndef txt
-
- ;******************************************************************************
- ; toc *
- ;******************************************************************************
- .topic toc
- .title Table Of Contents
-
- .insert toc
-
- .end-topic
-
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