To create What’s This? Help in RoboHELP, you can create text-only topic files. “Text-only” implies just that — the topics do not support any formatting. You create the topics and author the content at the same dialog. RoboHELP saves this information in a .TXT file that is included with the .CHM file when you compile your HTML Help system.
Before you start creating text-only topics, consider the following:
How will you work with map files? You can import existing map files or RoboHELP can auto-generate them at the same time you create the text-only topic files.
If you’re working with existing map files, import them into the project before you start authoring the topics. You will need to create a separate .TXT file for each map file you import. The file names need to match (for example, Pizza.txt and Pizza.h).
If you are auto-generating a map file, it will use the same name as the .TXT file you create, with the .H extension.
Review the map files so you understand how the topic IDs and map numbers match the fields and controls at the dialogs in the application. Your application developer can provide assistance.
Decide how you will author the topic text. The quickest way is to open both the application and RoboHELP at the same time and place the windows side-by-side. This way, you can open dialogs in the application and author the topics that explain how to use their fields and controls in RoboHELP. If you have two computers, you can run the application on one and author on the other one.