Creating a Help file for an App

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Hi all,

I am trying to create a hlp file using Microsoft Help workshop (come with C++).

I am having trouble assigning Topic ID's......
Has any one used this that can give me a bit of advice???

Thanks,

I think you'll need to prefix the topic IDs with IDH_

Hi,

I have created a rtf file with each topic seperated by a Page break....the help procedure i am using keeps reffereing to a footnote (footnote Mark)........Is this a normal footnote that we'd use in Word or special to the rtf???

Cheers

On the MS Word follow this format:

$#Title

on footnote text:
$ IDH_Title
# The Title

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To include a footnote in MS Word 2000, follow this :
1. Position the cursor before the title
2. Select Insert -> Footnote
3. Custom mark -- type "$"
4. Select View -> Footnote (to see the footnotes)
5. On the footnotes at the bottom type beside the "$" the topic ID

Hey, i was using a program not to long ago, it came with c++ for dos.

It was shareware, the only thing it didn't do was compile to HLP files. It was real good for making the files, including ID's.

(Plus you dont have to use word to make the files)

then.. just save the project, and open it with Microsoft Help Workshop and have it compile it.

It didn't answer your question, but maybe finding a cheap little program might help. Check download.com for one.

I dont remember what it was called either :(