To test text-only topics, you need to have access to the application. Follow these suggestions:
If you auto-generated the map files in RoboHELP, give a copy of these files to your developer so the application can be updated to use the map numbers. If your developer provided you with the map files, the application is already coded to use the map numbers.
Compile your HTML Help system so the .CHM includes the text-only topic files (.TXT). Provide your developer with the .CHM file.
Install the latest version of the application you are testing (this version should use your latest .CHM file).
If you install the latest builds of your application from a network drive or CD, you can replace the existing .CHM with the new copy whenever you compile. Copy the .CHM into the same folder where the application’s .EXE file resides.
Print a copy of the Map IDs report. You can use this as a check list when testing each dialog. It lists each topic ID and its matching map number and indicates if the topic is a text-only popup or an alias (for window-level Help topics). You can also print a copy of the text-only topics file which matches the topic IDs with the topics. (Use the Windows Notepad to print this file).
Start the application and open a dialog for which you created a text-only topic.
Click the question mark
in the upper-right corner of the dialog, and then click
a field or control for which you created text-only Help. The topic will
be displayed in a popup window.
Open each dialog and test all fields and controls that use What’s This? Help. Mark each topic in the Map IDs report as you test.
If you encounter any problems, note which topics are not working properly so you can fix them.
When you finish, open the HTML Help project and update the text-only topics that did not work properly. Recompile. copy the new .CHM file into the application folder and retest the topics that did not work to verify that they are fixed.
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