Identifying file icons

As you develop your work, the Project Manager displays icons to indicate what components are included in your project. These icons provide visual clues to help you keep track of everything and to locate files quickly.

It's important to know what these different icons represent. Here is a list:

Icon

Description

Closed folders: Closed folders that contain files display a plus sign on the left side. Clicking the plus sign opens (expands) the folder to display its content. Right-clicking provides access to shortcuts to features for working with folders.

Open folders: Open folders display a minus sign on the left side and the content of the folder is listed below it. Clicking the minus sign closes (collapses) the folder.

Empty folders: Folders are empty if a plus sign is not displayed on the left side.

HTML topics: (*.HTM). Double-clicking page icons opens them in the WYSIWYG Editor. Right-clicking provides access to shortcuts to features for working with topics.

HTML topics with bookmarks: If a topic contains bookmarks, a plus sign is displayed on the left. Clicking the plus sign displays all bookmarks contained in the topic.

Bookmarks: Bookmarks are alphabetically sorted below the topic that contains them. Double-clicking opens the topic at the bookmark. Dragging bookmarks into topics in WYSIWYG creates links to the bookmarks.

Framesets: Double-clicking opens a dialog for changing frame attributes.

URLs: Consists of Web addresses, FTP sites, newsgroups, email addresses, or HTML topics in external .CHM files. Double-clicking opens the dialog for adding keywords to link (to index it). Dragging URLs into topics open in WYSIWYG creates links to the URLs.

Images: (.GIF, .JPEG, and .JPG formats.) Double-clicking previews image, identifies topics that use it, and provides file information. Dragging images into topics in WYSIWYG adds images to topics.

Image maps: Images with clickable links or hotspots. Click the plus sign to display links. Double-clicking previews image, identifies topics that use it, and provides file information. Dragging image maps into topics in WYSIWYG adds image map to topics.

Image map links: (Hotspots) Double-clicking identifies topics that use image maps.

Sound files: (.AU, .MID, .RMI, and .WAV formats) Double-clicking identifies topics that use it and provides file information. Dragging sound files into topics in WYSIWYG adds multimedia to topics.

Video files: (.AVI and .MOV formats.) Double-clicking identifies topics that use it and provides file information. Dragging video files into topics in WYSIWYG adds multimedia to topics.

Custom windows: Double-clicking opens dialog for modifying window properties.

Style sheets: (*.CSS). Double-clicking opens dialog for modifying style properties.

Text-only files for context-sensitive Help: (.TXT format) Double-clicking creates new text-only topics file or modifies existing files.

Map files for context-sensitive Help: (*.HH) Includes imported map files or automatically generated files.

Aliases for context-sensitive Help: (*.ALI) Links topic IDs and map numbers to HTML topics for window-level Help. Double-clicking opens dialog for working with aliases.

Baggage files: (.BMP, .ICO formats.) Bitmaps and icons used with HTML Help controls such as custom buttons for link controls and splash screens (which can also use .GIF files). If your project includes Dynamic HTML, the file BSSCDHTM.js is displayed. If your project includes WebSearch, ehelp.xml is displayed.

Build tags: Double-clicking opens the dialog for identifying topics that are assigned to build tags, modifying topic properties (to unassign build tags from them), and for modifying build tag properties.

Missing files: All files that the program cannot locate appear with a red X at the left. These files are not in the project path and that is why they cannot be located. Either they have been removed from your disk, or they are saved in a folder other than the place where they were saved in the program.

Tip: You can register certain file extensions with your favorite editing and viewing tools. This provides a shortcut for opening tools that you frequently use while authoring. For example, you can register .GIF files with an image program such as Paint Shop Pro. Right-click a .GIF from the Images folder, select Edit, and the file opens in Paint Shop Pro so you can make changes to it. For more information, see Registering file extensions with tools.