Calling HTML Help Topics from the Command Line

You can display a specific topic of an HTML Help (CHM) file through a command line call.

The Command Line Format

The format of the command line is as follows:

"hh HelpFileName::/TopicFilename.htm#Anchor",

where:

hh - is the HTML Help executable file in Windows.

HelpFileName - the actual HTML Help file whose topic should be displayed.

TopicFilename.htm - the filename of the topic to display, which is located inside the HTML Help (CHM) file.

Note: To generate the filename of a specific help topic, HelpSmith uses the topic's textual Id as the filename, and the HTML file extension as defined in the project options.

To get the filename of a topic in HTML Help Viewer, right-click on the topic's document, and then click Properties in the popup menu.

#Anchor - an optional parameter specifying the name of a bookmark within the topic.

Example

The following command line will display the topic "IDH_Topic20.htm" of the "MyHelpFile.chm" help system.

hh MyHelpFile.chm::/IDH_Topic20.htm