How do I create a help file ?

[davidx]

There is a sample code "helpworkshop.prj" in the sample library...my question is now how do I create the "workshop.hlp" file used in this example ?

Thanks a lot, David

[davidx]

with hcw.exe

[Pete Lees]

david,

> with hcw.exe

The accompanying Help Author's Guide (hcw.hlp) should get you started,
but you may also find the following sites useful:

http://www.freelancestoryteller.com/the_freelance_storyteller/help_index.htm
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/devprods/vs6/visualc/vcsample/vcrefwinhelpcreating.hlpfile.htm

Books on creating WinHelp seem to be quite difficult to obtain now,
but, if you can find them, any of the following should be very useful:

Designing Windows 95 Help, by Mary Deaton and Cheryl Lockett Zubak
Building Windows 95 Help, by Nancy Hickman
Microsoft Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit (Microsoft Press)

For WinHelp development aids and enhancements, see
http://www.helpmaster.com. And for instructions on how to connect a
WinHelp file to an a
pplication, see
http://www.smountain.com/m_ProgrammingHelp.htm.

Pete

[bilalD]

If you have CVI and an fp file that contains all the functions with their documentation, you can open the fp file in the fp file editor and go to Option >> Generate Windows Help . This should generate the hlp file for you

Just another shortcut.

I hope this helps

Bilal Durrani
NI

[davidx]

thank you very much.