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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
IPF Binder's Document features include:
New
Click on New and an empty window appears to the right titled "New Table of Contents".
Open
Click on Open and a file dialog appears where you can select an existing "work
in progress" document. It is noted by a .BND extension. You will use the
"real" name (.INF or .HLP) when you do your final binding.
Save...
Click on Save... to save your new table of contents. A dialog appears where
you enter the filename. Use .BND as your extension as this file is treated
like a "work in progress" document. You will use the "real" name (.INF or
.HLP) when you do your final binding.
Save as....
Click on Save as...to save a second copy of the "work in progress" file. A
dialog appears where you enter the filename. Use .BND as your extension as
this file is treated like a "work in progress" document. You will use the
"real" name extension,.INF or .HLP, when you do your final binding.
Close
Click on Close to close the current "work in progress" document.
Open INF/HLP files
Click on Open INF files and a dialog appears. The selection for each INF and
HLP file is available.
Close INF/HLP file
Click on Close INF/HLP file to close the online help or book which has the
focus. Closing with a double-click on the system icon, closes the whole application.
Set Title...
Click on Set Title... to bring up a title dialog.
Bind
Click on Bind to create (compile) your document into its final form.
Exit
Click on Exit to close IPF Binder.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. Document New ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To create a new document, click on this option. An empty window appears to the
right of the screen titled "New Table of Contents".
The next step is to click on Document and Set title.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. Document Open... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Document Open brings up a dialog:
Open filename
Select an existing "BND" document to continue your work.
Type of file
Leave the choice as <All Files>
Drive
Select the drive the "BND" document file exists or you want it saved to.
File
This window lists the filenames. Select the appropriate file.
Directory
The directory window lists the directories available in the drive previously selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2.1. Open Document BND... Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Open filename
Select an existing BND document.
Type of file
Leave the choice as <All Files>.
Drive
Select the drive the BND document exists.
File
This window lists the filenames. Select the appropriate file.
Directory
This window lists the directories available in the drive previously selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3. Document Save ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use Document Save to save the new document you have created. Save it to a .BND
extension if you want to add to it again later. Binding it to an INF or HLP
filename before you're ready to call your document final can cause you
problems. since there is no way to tell a truly compiled document from a "work
in progress" document when they both have the same extensions.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.4. Document Save as... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use Document Save as... to create a second (or third, etc) copy of the new
document you're creating.
Save as... filename
Select an existing "bound (BND)" document to continue your work or create a new
one.
Save as...Type of file
Leave the choice as <All Files>
Drive
Select the drive the "bound (BND)" document file exists or you want it saved to.
File
This window lists the filenames. Select the appropriate file.
Directory
The directory window lists the directories available in the drive previously selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.4.1. Document Save as...Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Save as... filename
Select an existing "BND" document to continue your work.
Save as...Type of file
Leave the choice as <All Files>
Drive
Select the drive the "BND" document file exists or you want it saved to.
File
This window lists the filenames. Select the appropriate file.
Directory
The directory window lists the directories available in the drive previously selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.5. Document Close ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This option closes the new document. Save it as a .BND document if you expect
to work on it later. Using the intermediate .BND format circumvents any
"possible" conflicts with .INF.
Select Bind if you want a final save of it.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.5.1. Update Topic and Head Level Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Doubleclick on the panel title to bring up the update dialog. From here you
can change the panel title, head level and id.
To change the topic heading, type over the title text. To change the head
level, (head 1 through head 6) use the up or down arrows. If you are going to
finally use this file as a help file for your application, number the panel
id's to support your application's IPF table.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.6. Document Set Title... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this option to create the document name.
Note: This is the same as title= in your IPF docprof statement or the Document
title in Hyperwise.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.7. Document Open INF or HLP files... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Open INF or HLP files
Click on Open INF or Open HLP files and a dialog appears. The picture below
shows the INF dialog. HLP files are available from the HLP dialog.
Open filename
Select an existing INF or HLP document.
Type of file
Leave the choice as <All Files>
Drive
Select the drive the INF or HLP document resides.
File
This window lists the filenames. Select the appropriate file.
Directory
The directory window lists the directories available in the drive previously selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.7.1. Open INF files...Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Open filename
Select an existing INF or HLP document.
Type of file
Leave the choice as <All Files>
Drive
Select the drive the INF or HLP document exists.
File
This window lists the filenames. Select the appropriate file.
Directory
The directory window lists the directories available in the drive previously selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.8. Close INF/HLP file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Close INF/HLP file
Click on this option to close the document that has the focus.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.9. Document Bind ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Bind
Click on Bind to build (compile) your new document. To be sure it is built
correctly, click on Open INF file or HLP file and select the "newly bound INF
or HLP" document. Check each panel.
Note: If any problems occur in the "newly bound" document, check the documents
you took the panels from initially. View the inf files and/or help files. If
there are any problems in those documents the problems will be carried over to
this new one.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.9.1. Document Bind...Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Binding the document means to turn it into an INF or HLP file.
Type the filename and .INF if you want it to be an online book and .HLP if you
want it to be an online help file.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.10. Document Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use Exit to close the Binder program.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Utilities ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
IPF Binder's Utilities help you copy, delete and set the level of linking you
want to go with your document. It also shows you target links in an existing panel.
Copy highlighted topic
The topic highlighted in an existing INF or HLP file appears in your new table
of contents window.
Copy all
If you want to copy every topic from the INF or HLP file, click on this option.
Delete
The topic highlighted in your new table of contents is deleted.
Set target link level
The target link level means that IPF Binder will bring with the selected or
dragged panel title, the link information and the target or "linked to" panel.
You can set this to any level. The default is 1.
Show target links
Selecting this option gives a text view of what is linked to the highlighted
panel title.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Utilities Copy Highlighted Topic ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Copy highlighted topic
The topic highlighted in an existing INF or HLP file appears in your new table
of contents window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Utilities Copy All ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Copy all
If you want to copy every topic from the INF or HLP file, click on this option.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Utilities Delete ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Delete
Highlight a topic in your new table of contents to delete, and click on this
delete option.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Set Target Link Level... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Set target link level
The default target link level is one which means that IPF Binder will bring
with it, the link information and the target panel.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4.1. Set Target Link Level... Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Click on the up or down arrow to select the level you want to copy into your
new document. If you want to copy the first level of links, which is the
default, it means that all the panels that are linked to from the panel you are
selecting will be carried also. If you selected two as the level, the panels
associated with the second set of panels will be included.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. Show Target Links ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Show target links
Selecting this option gives a text view of what is linked to the highlighted
panel title. From this, you can decide if you want to change the target link level.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Information is available to you in the form of online help. If you click on
General help, you will get information about IPF Binder's capabilities,
functions and how to get started.
Index help will give you a list of index entries to the help information.
About IPF Binder will tell who created the product and when.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. General Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
IPF Binder is a tool that lets you "tear out pages" from an existing online
OS/2 book or help and make up your own. Almost all OS/2 applications use IPF
to view their online information. There are many help and book panels that are
candidates for your new document. (See the important note at the end of this panel.)
IPF Binder is very useful for application training or for bringing into one
place all the information used for one specific job. If you have been confused
by all the different places you have to look to get the information you need to
do your job, this is the tool for you.
When you installed and rebooted, your config.sys PATH=, LIBPATH= and HELP=
statements were updated to reflect a directory path for IPF Binder.
After IPF Binder is started up, begin by clicking on Document and New. An
empty window appears with the title New Table of contents. IPF Binder has a
"working format" that is .BND when saved. It is not until you are finished
that you will want to create the .INF or .HLP file.
Click on Document, Open INF file... and a dialog appears. Locate the INF or
HLP file you want to use as your source and open it. (INF file and HLP files
are often in the drive: OS2\HELP\ or drive: OS2\BOOKSHELF\ directories. )
Once the desired INF or HLP file is open, drag and drop the topics of choice to
the new table of contents with mousebutton 2. If you are not sure of the
content, just open the panel with a doubleclick of mousebutton 1.
Change the order of your book by dragging and dropping with mousebutton 2 on
the table of contents list.
You have the option to carry links with the topics or not. The default is to
carry the first level of target links. To change that, click on Utilities and
Set target link level. Change the number to your desired choice by clicking on
the arrows.
Once your new book is created, click on Document and Bind. That puts it into a
viewable form. To see your new book, type VIEW filename from an OS/2 window or
while still in IPF Binder, click on Document and Open.
You cannot edit any existing panels, however, you can add to them easily by
creating another online book or help with IPFC or Hyperwise and then dragging
and dropping the contents of it into your book.
Important: An often asked question is "Can we package and ship to others in my
company, this online book or help file created with IPF Binder?" IPF Binder
works on compiled and viewable online information. Online information is
considered licensed software by most companies and, just like software, you
must adhere to the license and copyright agreements of the products you're using.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Help Index ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Click on Help Index to see the index list for IPF Binder helps.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. New Table of Contents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Set Title... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Open INF/HLP ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ