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How to create a Help file (.HLP) from an internal hyperbase with extention *.ham

Visual Prolog Visual Development Environment (VDE) includes built-in Help Maker.

 

The Help Maker is described:

a) In the Visual Prolog online Help (See: Visual Prolog Contents -> Visual Development Environment (VDE) ->Help Development System)

b) In the "Creating Help  File" chapter of the "Getting Started" tutorial (RUN/DOC/ Getstart.doc- on our CD, or, if you have checked the "Documentation" item, while installation, in the .. /DOC/ directory on your HDD).

 

To create a Help file do the following:

1. Open a project or create a new one.

2. To create a Help file (.HLP) from an internal Visual Prolog hyperbase, you will need a Microsoft Help Compiler (HC31.EXE, HCP.EXE or HCW.EXE). A Help Compiler is not supplied with Visual Prolog, but it can be found in the Visual C++, the Borland C++, and many other products. If you do not have any mentioned Help compiler versions, it may be worth checking out the Softlib directory at ftp.microsoft.com or trying the following URL: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/mslfiles/hc505.exe.

 

You need to set an appropriate Help compiler  in the Help Maker tab of the Application Expert and to set a path to this Compiler with the help of Options | Global | External Tools Directories item. If the Path contains blank characters or sub-names longer then 8 chars, you should edit them to satisfy DOS naming conventions.

For example, if you have the following Path:

C:\PROGRAM FILES\RoboHelp98 ,

you should edit this path in the following way

C:\PROGRA~1\RoboHe~1

3. To invoke the Help Maker, press the "Help Topics" button in the Project window.

 

2. Create Help topics, as it is described in the Help.

 

To create a Help file (.HLP) from an internal Visual Prolog hyperbase and to run it, use the following commands:

 

Project | Write RTF (for Windows) or Project | Write IPF (for OS2)

Project | Compile Help

Project | Display Help File.