Topic Properties

To edit properties of a help topic:

1.Select the required topic on the topics pane.

2.On the Topics menu, click Properties.

3.Set the desired values to the parameters, then click OK.

The following is a description of the parameters that you can set for a help topic.

General Tab

Title

Topic title as it appears in the compiled version of the help system.

Context

Numeric topic identifier to associate the help topic with an integer value. Used to display the help topic from the application via HTML Help API calls, and so on.

Textual topic identifier used for similar purposes as the Context identifier.

Status

Use the status property for your convenience while working on a help system. The topic current status is indicated by its icon in the topic list. For quick access to the Status property, you can also right-click on the required topic and select a new status on the popup menu.

HTML Export Tab

Output charset

Allows you to set a custom character set used when the help topic is exported into the HTML format. Alternatively, the character set from the project options is to be used.

Template Tab

HTML Help template settings - allows you to override the default HTML Help template setting, so the topic will use a different template or not use a template at all.

Web Help template settings - allows you to override the default Web Help template setting, so the topic will use a different template or not use a template at all.

Printed Manual template settings - allows you to override the default Printed Manual template setting, so the topic will use a different template or not use a template at all.