Related Topics comparison

Related Topics references are navigational links in Help systems that work somewhat like the “Related Topics” references in books — they cross-reference other topics containing related topics. The following information explains how they work in WinHelp and HTML Help.

WinHelp

Microsoft HTML Help

A-Keywords are assigned to topics

ALink names are assigned to topics

Related Topics hotspots are created with ALink macro

ALink controls are created (based on ActiveX)

Related Topics keywords (A-Keywords) are linked to selected topics

Users click Related Topics hotspots to see a list of topics to go to

Topics are assigned to control, based on their ALink names

Users click ALink button (authorable button text or custom image) to see a list of topics to go to