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Subject:WINHELP: DAT files with HLP delivery From:John Cornellier <cornelli -at- CLAMART -dot- SRPC -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:27:19 +0200
I'm working on a software product developed in C++. The Winhelp 4.0 help system for the prog will be delivered with HLP files, CNT files, and DAT files. The DAT file contains entries that look like this:
[SomeField]
foobish.hlp
10
Where the 1st line an object name in the UI, and other two lines are the hlp file and help context ID. When the user puts the cursor in SomeField and hits F1, the prog goes to the dat file, gets the context ID, then displays the corresponding topic in foobish.hlp.
Has anyone ever worked with something like this? What is the purpose of it?
John Cornellier, tech writer, Paris mailto:cornelli -at- clamart -dot- srpc -dot- slb -dot- com
