You can combine contents files from multiple HTML Help files (.CHM) and consolidate them into one table of contents. This is useful if you are delivering multiple .CHM files as a group and are setting up one master Help file that includes information from the other Help files. Each .CHM file remains its own Help project, but the books and pages in the contents file (.HHC) are combined.
The books and pages in each contents file are displayed at the Contents tab in the order they are added. When users select a page, the topic it is linked to opens in the HTML Help viewer.
Open the master project that will include the contents files.
Click the TOC tab.
Select where you want to add the external contents file. You can add it as a book at the top-level or you can open an existing book and add it as a sub-book.
Right-click and select New – External TOC.
Select the .CHM file that contains the contents file you want to add.
If the .CHM file is already in your project folder, select it from HTML Help File Name.
If the .CHM file is not in
your project folder, click , navigate to the drive/folder
where the file is located, select it, and then click Open.
(Click OK to copy the file into the current project.)
From the list of contents files that are displayed, select the one you want to combine with the master Help project. (If the external .CHM file has only one contents file, it is automatically selected.)
Click OK to close the dialog.
The external contents file is added to the table of contents. It should look something like this:
Compile the master project.
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