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Dear Shelly,
Your Developer would just need to make a JavaScript or a URL call to open
the WebHelp file, We have had many users who have used VB and opened
WebHelp with these type of calls. You will want to be sure that you have
created a Header and Alias file, and give the Map Id file to your developer
so they know which Calls to make to open which topic. For more information
on this See Flare's Help on this topic at:
On 7/16/07, Kapoor, Shelly <SKapoor -at- imf -dot- org> wrote:
>
> I am trying to create context-sensitive help in Flare. My output type
> is Web help. Our application is being developed in VB.Net. I have
> created an alias and a header file, and I have given the developer the
> path to the help file using the syntax mentioned in the Flare help
> system <PathToOutput/OutputFileName_CSH.htm#MapID>
>
> According to the developer, for context sensitive help to work, she must
> have access to a Flare function, or be able to make some kind of a call
> to the Help system. She says that just the URL will not work, and that
> the VB.Net function that she uses needs to be able to call some
> help-related function in Flare. I am not a developer so I can't comment
> on this issue. I did see in her code that one of the parameters of the
> function is Help file path. I am not sure why she cannot specify the
> URL address as the path.
>
> Can you point me to the VB.net function that you or your developers use
> to call help files. Better yet, is there some document or URL out there
> that I can show to my developer.
>
> Thanks
> Shelly
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