Help File Topic Id

Question

I am trying to implemented F1 help for my winform application. I have read this thread:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1029316/how-to-create-f1-help-in-windows-forms-using-c

My question is how do I find the topic id of my topic in the chm file? I am using html help workshop, and I have looked over every html file and option and could not find it. Thanks.

Help.ShowHelp(this, "helpfile.chm", HelpNavigator.TopicId, "1234");

Answer 1

You can define topic IDs for your help file as follows:

1. Open your help project (.hhp) in a text editor.

2. Add the [ALIAS] section and define IDs for the topics:

   [ALIAS]
   Foo=MyTopic.htm
   Bar=SomeFolder\AnotherTopic.htm
   

3. Add the [MAP] section and specify the ID values:

   [MAP]
   #define Foo 7
   #define Bar 42
   

4. Re-compile your help file.

More info here: HTML Help - Context Help Ids.