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Example: creating a shortcut

  1. Start the control wizard and specify the shortcut command.
  2. Specify how you want the command to appear to the user.
  3. Select the button options.
  4. Specify the program to open, parameters, and window class.
  5. Specify a standard Windows message, lPARAM and wPARAM messages, and an HTML file to open if the program cannot be found.
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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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