Removing map files

It's important to maintain your context-sensitive Help and keep topics in good working order. One of the ways you can do this is by removing obsolete map files.

To remove a map file:

  1. Click the Project tab.

  2. Open the Context-Sensitive Help folder.

  3. Open the Map Files folder.

  4. Click the map file you want to remove.

  5. Click Delete to remove the map file.

  6. Click Generate Primary Target to create an updated .CHM file.

Tips for working with map files

Note: It is not a good practice to replace map files with new ones that use different topic IDs because you lose context-sensitive topics and aliases.