Removing text-only topics (from .TXT files)

You can remove text-only topics when controls and fields at the dialogs in your application are removed or changed in some way that affect the context-sensitive Help. When you remove a text-only topic, the topic and its corresponding text are removed from the .TXT file.

To remove a topic from a text-only topic file:

  1. Click the Project tab.

  2. Open both the Context-Sensitive and Text-Only Topic Files folders.

  3. Double-click the text-only topic file (.TXT) you need to update.

  4. From Topic ID, select the topic to remove.

  5. Click Delete. The topic is removed from the .TXT file.

  6. Save and compile your project to update the .CHM file.

Tips:

  • If your developer provides you with map files, find out if you need to replace the existing one with an updated version. If you need to update this file, do so BEFORE you remove the text-only topic.

  • When you remove text-only topics, the topic ID and map number remain in the map file. These items are known as map IDs. You can remove unused Map IDs if you are sure you no longer need to use them.