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Subject:Re: A "Thread" in RoboHelp Online Help From:"David M. Brown" <dmbrown -at- BROWN-INC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:19:14 -0700
barry -dot- kieffer -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM wrote:
>
> Greetings, I have been asked to find out if there is a way to add a
"Thread"
> to a RoboHelp help system.
>
> What the marketing dept wants is a way for a person who is using the help
> (WinHelp) system to be lead from topic-to-topic, and not just jump around.
>
> This is different from how most users use a help system where you follow a
> thread by clicking on jumps.
You want to use browse sequences, a much-undervalued feature of 16-bit and
32-bit WinHelp.
You can even make a help system where the browse buttons are the *only*
means of navigation, so the user really can't "just jump around."
Any good WinHelp reference can explain how to set up and use browse
sequences.
--David
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David M. Brown - Brown Inc.
dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
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