Interpreting Whats This? Help data

When you are testing What’s This? Help (text-only topics), the BugHunter window captures calls the applications makes and displays information. Information is displayed based on BugHunter settings. You can view the data on a single line (that wraps in the BugHunter pane) or on separate lines.

A single line of BugHunter data looks like this:

HH_TP_HELP_WM_HELP/HH_TP_HELP_CONTEXTMENU, htmlhelp.chm, 1108, 1086, cxthelp/prjpref.txt

Multiple lines of BugHunter data are organized by the type of information and look like this:

Project: htmlhelp.chm
File:
prjpref.txt
Command:
HH_TP_HELP_CONTEXTMENU
Control ID
:
1108
Help ID:
1086
Result:
topic launched

Description of BugHunter data:

 

Tips:

  • If the wrong window is used, the wrong topic opens, or the Help topic does not open, error messages will indicate that the alias is not working properly. See Troubleshooting context-sensitive Help for assistance.

  • The Duplicate Map IDs report will help you debug problems if the same map number is used with more than one topic.

  • If the topic is not displayed (a topic is not displayed or the wrong topic is displayed), you can open the .TXT file and edit the text-only topics to fix the problem.

  • BugHunter adds information about each topic you test and keeps it in the pane until you clear it.

  • Copy or save the information BugHunter captures and use it to verify that you tested each topic.

  • Customize the way information is displayed in the BugHunter pane to suit your preferences.