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Compile a help project

There are a variety of compiler settings you can specify in HTML Help Workshop.

What do you want to do?

Topic link Compile a help project file
  
Topic link Add compression to a help file
  
Topic link Condense files stored in different folders to a single location at the root
  
Topic link Specify the default topic for the compiled help file
  
Topic link Provide a title for the compiled help file
  
Topic link Specify a location for a compiled help file
  
Topic link Compile a project file from the DOS prompt
  
Topic link View compiled help file information
  
Topic link Compile a project compatible with HTML Help version 1.0
  
Home page link About compiling a help project
 
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Table of contents

  • Introducing HTML Help
    • New features in this release
    • Converting existing help projects
    • The HTML Help Components
    • The HTML Help Web page
  • Designing a Help System
    • Your help system: the big picture
    • Making your help system accessible
    • Start a Help System Design
      • Designing help topics
      • Planning an index
      • Planning a table of contents
      • Making topic or Web page connections
      • Designing a topic template
      • Designing a style sheet
    • Design Help
      • Using the Help Viewer for topics
      • Designing help windows
      • Designing context-sensitive help
      • Designing training card help
    • Design for a Web site
      • Distributing topics over the Internet
      • Registering a Web site with search engines
      • Updating and managing a Web site
  • Creating Help
    • Create a Help Project
      • Creating a project file
      • Adding index, contents, and image locations
      • Editing project options
      • Setting Help Workshop preferences for projects
      • Create HTML Topic Files
        • Creating HTML files
        • Converting existing help projects
        • Viewing HTML files
        • Adding HTML tags and other elements to files
        • Inserting the HTML Help ActiveX control into a file
        • Inserting the HTML Help Java Applet
        • Use Topic Templates
          • Creating a topic template
          • Example: topic templates
        • Use Cascading Style Sheets
          • Creating a cascading style sheet
          • Example: cascading style sheet
      • Work With Links
        • Creating text links
        • Creating links to other help files
        • Working with bookmarks
        • Working with KLinks
        • Working with ALinks
        • Example: Create an ALink using a text link
      • Create a Table of Contents File
        • Creating a contents file
        • Creating links to the Web
        • Customizing a table of contents
        • Creating links from one contents file to another
      • Create an Index File
        • Creating an index file
        • Creating links to the Web
        • Creating a keyword
        • Creating a keyword with multiple targets
      • Assign Information Types
        • Creating information types
        • Creating categories for information types
        • Example: using information types
    • Customize Help
      • Customize the Help Viewer
        • Adding a Search tab
        • Adding a Favorites tab
      • Create Help Windows
        • Creating secondary windows
        • Creating a pop-up window
        • Creating embedded help windows
        • Adding buttons to a help window
    • Compile and Test Help
      • Compile a Help Project
        • Compiler messages
        • File compression
        • Authoring assistance
        • HTML markup and the compiler
        • Viewing compiled help file information
        • Decompiling a help file
      • Test a Help System
        • Creating a process for testing
        • Testing help files
        • Monitoring help messages
        • Using command line switches
    • Hook up Help to a Program
      • Example: creating a shortcut
      • Create Context-Sensitive Help
        • Example: creating context-sensitive pop-up help
      • Create Training Card Help
        • Creating a training card
    • Manage Large Document Sets
      • Merging help files at run time
      • Linking between merged help files
      • Managing merged index files
  • Using HTML Help on the Web
    • Create a Help Web Site
      • Creating HTML files
      • Creating a table of contents for a Web site
      • Creating an index for a Web site
      • Inserting the HTML Help ActiveX control
      • Inserting the HTML Help Java Applet
      • Running a compiled help file from the Web
    • Create a Frameset
      • Example: a two-frame frameset
      • Creating a link to close a frameset
  • HTML Help References
    • HTML Help API Reference
    • HTML Tag Reference
    • Script and DHTML examples
      • Create a pop-up window
      • Store pop-up topics in a text file
      • Add text pop-ups to an image
      • Create a new window using JavaScript
      • Link to a file outside of your help system
      • Create a global script file
      • Create expandable sections with DHTML
      • Create dynamic elements with DHTML
    • HTML Help Viewer topics
    • MSDN scripting references

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