Re: Relative URLs/Query Strings as TOC/Index Links in HTML-based Help

["Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Karen Casemier wrote:
> We are at the stage now where we are trying to determine if we can link
> to the XML-generated topics directly from the help system's TOC and
> index. In order to do that, we would have to use relative links and query
strings
> as TOC pages and index links, because the XML files are going to actually
be
> stored within the program itself, not with the rest of the static help
files (and
> because each customer will have different server names and therefore
different
> paths to the information).

If the only difference is the path, then you could add the help path
information to the XML file, or in some other config file.

If there are differences other than just path (different topics, more/fewer
topics) then you could have your developers build the TOC on the fly based
on the help path.

Mike O.




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