Whenever changes are made to the application, there’s a good possibility that you’ll need to update your text-only topics to reflect these changes. (If you’re using What’s This? Help Composer, most of these maintenance issues will also apply.)
Changes in the application affect:
The map files used in your project.
The content in your text-only topics that explain how to use the application’s features.
The text-only topic files (.TXT) you create for What’s This? Help.
To efficiently maintain your window-level Help, follow these guidelines:
For this type of change: |
Do this: |
Obsolete features (dialogs, message boxes and windows are removed from the application). |
Remove the text-only topics from the text-only files (.TXT). |
Updated and improved features (a dialog is changed to include new controls, some fields are removed). |
Edit the content of the text-only topics so they accurately explain how to use the features or delete them if fields were removed from dialogs. |
New features (for example, new dialogs are added). |
Create new text-only topics. |
New map files (for new features). |
Import the map files into the project BEFORE creating the text-only topics. |
Updated map files (for new and/or existing features). |
Update the existing map file by removing the obsolete map file and importing the updated one. |
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