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1. 2 Set the KeyPreview property for the form to True 3 Double click the form to open the code window Wirdosndpplicarianl Mirreuxti Than Hak PET drkgs Pam vb Be ie vem Een l b j Jek yie Hip CATA a uam 6e EI rmn c amm TEELE D Tools g M oe fami obs bes foeni Rendons Tene Farmdub kx Soldbor Cerin wrdeendopicge a Wider tn il C jFubltc Clas Torm ais Erharizs ASyrtam Windcrr Tcrme Tcrm Z TIE FOOTE STAR qe LADALG CO Pee Tab T gml Tee Bes Bade RS eee BAY L Wy AT m Eero VI Ten mlp Ferrin pie TERA ie lead bee Ered TE Cod fub r oO L Esd Cima rs 4 Select KeyDown from the Events list 5 Add the following code to the Sub Form2 Keydown event Open a Dynamic Help System Private Sub Form2 KeyDown ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyEventArgs Handles MyBase KeyDown If e KeyCode 112 Then Help ShowHelp Me http www domain com HelpConsole 2010 Help Nel IL ae live Salo Open a Static Help System Private Sub Form2_KeyDown ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyEventArgs helpconsole 2010 Handles MyBase KeyDown TE SS keycode 112 Then Help ShowHelp Me help default htm EcL Bnd Sub the url above assumes that the help system is in a sub folder named help ShowHelp Syntax Help ShowHelp Parent URL Parent Reference to the current form URL The ur
2. teg lt a a E Biss ALS Je 07 fe Page Templates cs Styles TUM i Translations i About HelpConsole 4 Click Skins to display the manage skins form EH Mge Skin Manage Skins Copy Skin 1 Select the skin to copy 2 Click the copy button 3 Enter the name of the new skin 4 Click Copy Edit Skin 1 Select the skin to edit 2 Click the edit button 3 Select the region to edit 4 Edit the skin region 5 Click Save to save changes helpconsole 2010 88 Basic Functions d eal Powered by Heipiconcole 2070 Poeuested by TOSHIBA Leiden jeniavgtsgn 12 e E neien gp Freiren db ten Powered by HeipCenicle X010 B Seb N MAN My Custom Header AA Local aetranat Protected bodas CH Delete Skin 1 Select the skin to delete 2 Click the delete button 3 When the confirmation prompt appears click OK Rename Skin 1 Select the skin to rename 2 Click the rename button 3 Enter the new name for the skin 4 Click Rename Download Additional Skins Additional skins can be downloaded from the Extreme Ease Skin Collection 1 Click the Additional Skins button 2 Select a skin to download See also Applying Skins Customizing an Existing Skin helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 89 Home gt Basic Functions gt Table of Contents Table of Contents The Table of Contents provides a treeview format of your the pages in y
3. 3 The Media Manager dialog will be displayed 4 Select a Media animation file and click Insert to add it to the page If the media file is located on your computer or network click the Upload Media tab to upload it to the web server 5 The animation can be be deleted at any time by selecting the animation and pressing the Delete key See also Adding a Flash Animation helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 161 Home Advanced Functions Users Users Permissions are applied at the project level This means that each help project has it s own set of usernames Security is self contained within each project which means that a help project can be moved from one server to another and all usernames and permissions are preserved Notes The Admin username will always have full permissions Permissions for the public username will be applied if a user is not logged in I I d oa Project Login Adding a Project Editing a Project Deleting a Project Username Username Username See also Movies amp Animations Security Groups Variables Language Support Page Templates Styles Reports Conditional Content Comments Import Page Objects helpconsole 2010 162 Advanced Functions Project Login When a help project is opened and a user is not logged in permissions are assigned based on the public username Normally there are no permissions assigned and this is considered live mode To login
4. blank return false gt rv p Username lt input gt lt br gt Password INP son lt ole gt lt en 2 bodyssmls type button value Login gt Open a Static Help Page lt html gt lt body onhelp window open help project login htm blank return false gt ie lt lowe gt lt b Username lt input gt lt br gt Pa Spp SSWOI ay ecUnput cebrosbrc type button value Login gt DOs bibam the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help Open a Static Help Page with help system html body onhelp window open help default htm project login htm blank return false gt lt i Or Username lt input gt lt br gt Password MONE i re lt input type button value Login gt Deady mms the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help 3 Open the html file in your browser Press F1 to display the help system in a new window helpconsole 2010 78 Basic Functions Press F1 Key See also URL Parameters Web Application Help Button Web Form Help Button Web Field Help Button Web F1 Application Help Web F1 Field Help Popups helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 79 Home Basic Functions Context sensitive Help Web Applications Web F1 Field Help Web F1 Field Help You can add context sensitive help to any field within your Web appl
5. Online Help Ermisla bor Banc Ponce BESvanomd Preia Help ongcle AH Entirprrse Edition Copy 2204 2208 Eee Fugen Steere ee A ei Aeri 5 After the import is complete the pages will be added to the bottom of the contents and can then be dragged to any location within your table of contents helpconsole 2010 232 Advanced Functions Ge E nud we deo emh iH See also Importing a Word Document Importing a Robohelp Project helpconsole 2010 About Us Taf Turm d im caes a congr ates Dem ro carm cm Lai scam pe re Par ecce P ed Lama novi anri op cedem fer dum campa eh hur ears fecus ac fe i qvam ey eae eg a sap rampe eee Se Un UM rare ree bed ee ed ee Oe eg Td eee d Grr p EF EPL g c S ee ae Company Vielen and Midler pruim sores urs ey Pun ghd ee dee mapir pede Advanced Functions 233 Home Advanced Functions Import Importing a Robohelp Project Importing a Robohelp Project Follow the steps below to import an existing Robohelp project 1 Use Windows File Explorer to copy the contents of the Robohelp project folder to the Import folder in the HelpConsole project folder If for example both the Robohelp project and the HelpConsole project are named MyProject then you will copy the files From My Documents My Robohelp Projects MyProject note Copy all files and folders except Language SkinSubFolder and SSL Ele Edt Wew Favorites Tools Help Q OQ m Dro ere FH
6. The syntax is http servername helpconsole2010 Examplel http WebServerl helpconsole2010 Running on an Intranet Example2 http www MyDomain com helpconsole2010 Running on the Internet Example3 http www MyDomain com helpconsole2010 helpprojectl open a specific help project See also helpconsole 2010 System Requirements Installing IIS Assigning Write Permissions Installing the Software Upgrading from HelpConsole 2008 Entering Your Activation Key URL Parameters Service Pack History Installation 31 helpconsole 2010 32 Installation Home gt Installation gt URL Parameters URL Parameters http webserverl h elpconsole2010 helpprojectl p Dynamic Help Console Parameters Parameter Description Pageid Displays the specified page when a help system is opened Syntax default aspx pageid Page ID Examplel WebServer1 helpconsole2010 helpproject1 default aspx pageid faq Example2 http www company com help helpproject1 default aspx pageid fag Skin Applies the specified skin when a help system is opened Syntax default aspx Skin lt SkinName gt Example1 WebServer1 helpconsole2010 helpproject1 default aspx skin blue Example2 http www company com help helpproject1 default aspx skin blue Search Lists pages matching the search text specified in the URL Syntax default aspx Searchz SearchText Example 1 default aspx search keyword Example 2 default aspx se
7. Web Applications Web F1 Application Help Web F1 Application Help You can add context sensitive help to your Web application so that when a user presses the F1 key the help system is displayed Follow the steps below to add F1 context sensitivity to your Web application 1 Open the main page of your web application using an HTML editor such as Visual Studio or a text editor such as Windows Notepad This is an example of a simple webpage lt me mil INC br br My Web Application OG VE y items 2 Add the following code to capture the F1 key and display the help system Open a Dynamic Help System html body onhelp window open http www domain com help blank return false gt lt br gt lt br gt My Web Application lt body gt lt html gt Open a Static Help System lt html gt lt body onhelp window open help default htm _blank return false gt lt br gt lt br gt My Web Application body html the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help 3 Open the html file in your browser Press F1 to display the help system in a new window Rs RO j5 Ows Q DESG wo 4 E Webhielp Author 0807 Online Help mea c4 eee ae DUC perg ap ee Ppap popa TE ME DAE 2 ore ey a m Beg ee oe CN Db anh o pcs ee ee ee eee BS NE ee T RT eo emg dames Pek du Tad F fni Diera PJH JEN lebri lmit Peri e gs Heri ril 7d aian See
8. Address My Documents My Robohelp Projects MyProject x Flach Slideshow Maker Professions a ED My HelpAndManual Projects gl my music EH 3 amp 3Daz707b5dbecced7a4531c ES Atheros Utility tem To c program files heloconsole 2010 MyProject Il mport Inport Fle Edt We Favorites Took Hep Qe i sem gs rae Mi Address C Program FlesiHelpConsole 2010 yProjectimport E CZ HelpandManuala EB C3 HelpConsole 2006 EH aug HelpConscle 2007 E C3 HelpConecle 2007 old wel E ES HelpConsole 2007 old E D HelpConsole 2007 Demos E C3 HelpConsole 2010 i LL engine E C Example Reseller Cons ULES UL er Style H 3 HelpConsole Ml 8j C Master Website EB ED MyPropect C data C3 docs Ey images Cp mot 2 Open your HelpConsole project If your project is named MyProject then you can open the project with the url localhost helpconsole2010 myproject 3 Click Login Enter your username and password to login 4 You should see a flashing Import icon on the contents toolbar Click this icon to import the files Please be patient If there are more than 40 pages the import mav take a couple of minutes helpconsole 2010 234 Advanced Functions Hel Corea SOG S24 DE 2 d E TITIO inier mei E LITERE Go e ae i eei Conscie 2008 50 1 mpra myproject Online Help Irma bor Bac Force iano Preia Em lat cr Mri Enterprise Edition 2228 bra Fee owe
9. FAQ 277 Home gt FAQ gt Installation Questions Installation Questions Can HelpConsole 2010 be run on my company Intranet LA Yes HelpConsole 2010 can be installed on an internal Intranet web server Employees at any office branch can run the software via a Standard browser The URL will be one of the following P Address gt HelpConsole2010 example 102 5 3 100 HelpConsole2010 lt Server Name gt HelpConsole2010 example WebServer1 HelpConsole2010 Does HelpConsole 2010 run on a Unix web server such as Apache A You can publish a static help system that will run on any server including Unix Linux etc However in order to run the help editor or run a dynamic help system the software must be installed on a Windows based server running IIS See System Requirements for more details See also General Questions helpconsole 2010 Index 3 30 Day Eval 28 A Activation Key 28 add page icon 260 add to favorites icon 261 Adding a Flash Animation 159 Adding a Media Animation 160 Adding a Page 90 Adding a Project Username 163 Adding a Security Group 169 Adding a Table 108 Adding a Website or webpage 94 adding an embedded project 96 Adding an External Page 92 Adding an Image 115 Adding Document Links 133 Adding Email Links 132 Adding Internet Links 130 Adding Page Links 128 Advanced Functions 157 Agreement 9 Align Center 262 Align Left 262 Align Right 262 Animations 158 Application Inte
10. Indent Outdent Numbered List Bullet List SuperScript SubScript Strikethrough New Paragraph Insert Symbol Insert Form Element Horizontal Ruler Insert Date Insert Time Toolbar Reference 265 Pressing this button will justify the selected paragraph to the left and to the right at the same time Changes the background color of the selected text This dropdown allows you to change the background color of the selected text This button indents a paragraph to the right Each time this button is pressed the paragraph will be indented further to the right Decreases paragraph indent to the left This button works only if indent has been applied to a paragraph beforehand To use this button click anywhere in the paragraph you want indented to the left and press the button Creates a numbered list from the selection Select some text or place the cursor inside a paragraph and press this button to make the text a numbered list Pressing this button again will turn the numbered list into a regular paragraph of text Creates a bulleted list from the selection Select some text or place the cursor inside a paragraph and press this button to make the text a bulleted list Pressing this button again will turn the bulleted list into a regular paragraph of text Makes text or numbers appear as superscript When typing text you may press this button to make the text that follows superscript The button also works o
11. Project Login Editing a Project Username Deleting a Project Username helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 165 Editing a Project Username Follow the instructions below to edit a project username 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form i Backup p i Properties pum sear T Variables Skins Page Templates cag Styles Eg Translations B About HelpConsole EIL NU T 4 Click Users to display the Users form Adamsi ater James Dean 5 Click the username in the list to display the user detail form 6 The actual username cannot be changed but the fullname password and security group can be changed Click save to update the user record Lier het er User Detail s 5 gt Leer Cert Fulheme James Dean Siew maa RR Secuity Groumc Adme Notes The Admin username will always have full permissions Permissions for the public username will be applied if a user is not logged in helpconsole 2010 166 Advanced Functions The Admin username cannot be deleted See also Project Login Adding a Project Username Deleting a Project Username helpconsole 2010 Deleting a Project Username Follow the instructions below to delete a project username 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with
12. Sets the font typeface This dropdown allows you to change the font of the selected text Sets the font size This dropdown allows you to change the font size of the selected text Applies bold formatting to the selected text Select the text and press this button to apply bold formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will bold the entire word Applies underline formatting to selected text Select some text and press this button to apply underline formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will underline the entire word Aligns the selected paragraph to the left Centers the selected selected paragraph Aligns the selected paragraph to the right Changes the color of the selected text This dropdown allows you to change the font color of the selected text Pressing this button to display the default printer dialog box Press OK or Print to print the current page in your web browser You can set your printer properties before printing The spellchecker is a tool which checks the spelling of the written text It works the same way as in Microsoft Word When launched the spellchecker dialog will appear and the checking will start automatically from the beginning of the document If there is a misspelled word it will appear in the spellchecker dialog where you can either Ignore the suggestion or Change the word with the suggested one Opens the Fi
13. helpconsole 2010 User Manual Created June 17 10 Copyright O Extreme Ease Software Inc All Rights Reserved helpconsole 2010 copyright O Extreme Ease Software Inc All rights reserved website url The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Extreme Ease Software Inc Table of Contents 1 Welcome 2 Getting Started How to Order How to Get Support What is a Static Help System What is a Dynamic Help System What is a PDF Manual End User License Agreement Installation System Requirements Installing IIS Installing IIS on Windows XP Installing IIS on Windows Vista Installing IIS on Windows 2003 Assigning Write Permissions Write Permissions for Windows XP Write Permissions for Windows Vista Write Permissions for Windows 2003 Installing the Software Upgrading from HelpConsole 2008 Entering Your Activation Key How to run the software URL Parameters Service Pack History Basic Functions Projects Creating a New Project Editing a Project Deleting a Project Copying a Project Backing up Your Project Uploading a Project Setting Project Properties Manage Projects Form Password Project Templates Context sensitive Help Wi
14. 168 169 171 173 174 175 178 181 182 183 184 186 187 189 191 193 194 196 198 200 201 203 204 206 207 208 209 211 212 214 216 218 220 222 223 224 226 227 228 229 231 233 235 236 6 7 Adding a Dataset Adding a Detail Field Adding a Find Field Dataset Find Properties Dataset Detail Properties Dataset Field Properties Dataset File Attachments Email Triggers Dataset Summary File Folder Toggle Panel Report Toolbar Reference System Toolbar Contents Toolbar Function Toolbar Editor Toolbar Skin Editor Toolbar Variable Editor Toolbar Page Template Editor Toolbar FAQ General Questions Installation Questions 237 239 241 242 243 244 246 248 250 252 254 256 258 259 260 261 262 267 269 273 275 276 277 Welcome 1 aN 2010 HelpConsole online Help Welcome to the HelpConsole 2010 online help system Browse through the help pages by clicking on the icons below or selecting pages in the table of contents to the left To quickly find specific product information enter search criteria in the search box above and click the search button Ask Us 2 mae i i If you re unable to find what Getting Started Installation Basic Functions you re looking for in this help system try these alternative resources e ExtremeEase com e Knowledgebase e FAQ Advanced Functions Toolbar Reference FAQ or contact our support team Email support
15. Adding Document Links j Adding Popups to Text Adding Popups to Images j Removing a Link Popup Example 5 The popup link will be added to the paqe r tavr l ic LA icniawyw LOXL C ck LO QI5 D la y Basic Functions 137 Large Popup click to display popup MV M helpconsole 2010 138 Basic Functions that can be displayed in a popop box or mouseove r popup window See also Adding Page Links Adding Internet Links Adding Email Links Adding Document Links Adding Page Anchors Removing a Link Popup Example helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 139 Home gt Basic Functions gt Links gt Removing a Link Removing a Link To remove a link from text or an image right click the text or image and select Remove Link HelpConsole Manual Or Move your cursor to the end of the link text and press the Backspace key See also Adding Page Links Adding Internet Links Adding Email Links Adding Document Links Adding Page Anchors Adding Popup Links Popup Example helpconsole 2010 140 Basic Functions Popup Example This is an example of a popup page that can be displayed in a popop box or a mouseover popup window helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 141 Home gt Basic Functions gt Search Search The search function allows readers and authors to search for pages containing specific search terms JS od d x Searching
16. Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Dataset Email Triggers Email Triggers Email triggers can be added to a dataset page to send an email when a record is added edited or deleted Follow the steps below to add an email trigger 1 Select the page containing the dataset 2 Click Edit Page Edit Page 3 Click to position the cursor at the bottom of the page 4 Select OnAdd Email OnEdit Email or OnDelete Email and then click the Insert button Insert Page Object Select a page object and then dick the insert button Dataset DatasetSummary E FileFolder Onddd Email OnDelete Email OnEdit Email Report TogglePanel L F i Gio z koi abun f pe qe Fuere ke ee up teen B FX termed eee f ma auem F E id Dr Fem Fem Hexe Tae mal cd bm umi mcm abs rhai ery Tow Frar few metra a Tw Frer mus nm qua nura LM nas eT ben Teim Dmm Bante mm 6 Populate the email trigger with the following information Field Description Prompt This heading will be displayed when the email prompt appears If this field is blank the email will be automatically sent without prompting From Email address of the sender This can be any valid email address If the recipient replies to the email this is the address that the reply will be sent to To Email address of the recipient Subject Subject of the email Body Body of the email D
17. Application Setupl EE Visibility by Skin See also Display Index in Live Mode helpconsole 2010 126 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Keywords and Index gt Display Index in Live Mode Display Index in Live Mode 1 To display the index click the Index icon ali Index 2 The keyword index will be displayed Page Kayerords Liig 5 Er OLI When the user moves their mouse over each keyword a popup tooltip will indicate the name of the page that the keyword was found on Click the keyword to display the associated page See also Display Keywords in Edit Mode helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 127 Home gt Basic Functions gt Links Links Links or hyperlinks allow authors to link text or images on a page to other internal pages or external pages vd III Adding Page Links Adding Internet Links Adding Email Links Adding Document Links Adding Page Anchors Adding Popup Links J Removing a Link Popup Example See also Projects Context sensitive Help Skins Table of Contents Working with Tables Working with Images Keywords and Index Search Publishing helpconsole 2010 128 Basic Functions Adding Page Links A page link is a link from text or an image to another page within the help project Follow the instructions below to create a link Text Link 1 Select the text on the page that you wish to create a link in
18. Client PC Live Mode e All browsers supported Note Both dynamic and static help systems support all legacy browsers right back to IE1 0 and Netscape 1 0 See also nstalling IIS Assigning Write Permissions Installing the Software Upgrading from HelpConsole 2008 Entering Your Activation Key How to run the software URL Parameters Service Pack History helpconsole 2010 12 Installation Home gt Installation gt Installing IIS Installing IIS Internet Information Server IIS is included with Microsoft Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista and Windows 2008 and can be installed either during the installation of the operating system or afterwards Please select your operating system below for installation instructions aU OD Wem Installing IIS on Installing IIS on Installing IIS on Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 2003 See also System Requirements Assigning Write Permissions Installing the Software Upgrading from HelpConsole 2008 Entering Your Activation Key How to run the software URL Parameters Service Pack History helpconsole 2010 Installation 13 Home gt Installation gt Installing IIS gt Installing IIS on Windows XP Installing IIS on Windows XP Internet Information Server 11S is included with Microsoft Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista and Windows 2008 and can be installed either during the installation of the operating system or afterwards Determine if I
19. Customizing a report helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 205 helpconsole 2010 206 Advanced Functions Home gt Advanced Functions gt Reports gt Page Status Report Page Status Report This report is used to list help pages that have a specific status assigned For example you can list all pages that have a status of incomplete Follow the instructions below to view the Pending Comments report 1 Open the Help System 2 f you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Expand the Admin node to view the predefined reports The reports included may be different depending on the project template that your project was created from view the E a HH fe ee E fe F FREE 3 i i e Change the Status Filter to display pages with a specific status or to display all pages e Click Print to print the report e Click the page link to load the page See also Activity Log Report Unused Images Report Pending Comments Report Customizing a report helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 207 Home Advanced Functions Reports Unused Images Report Unused Images Report This report is used to list images that are currently not used within the project This allows you to review and remove unneeded images Follow the instructions below to view the Unused mages report and remove unneeded images 1 Open the Help System 2 f you are not alread
20. JT Date Added zi TAY al 6 Any of these fields can be repositioned or resized using your mouse 7 Additional detail form properties and detail field properties can be set in the properties window 8 Click the save icon on the toolbar to save changes to the dataset See also Adding a Dataset Advanced Functions 239 helpconsole 2010 240 Advanced Functions Adding a Find Field Dataset Find Properties Dataset Detail Properties Dataset Field Properties Dataset File Attachments Email Triggers helpconsole 2010 Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Dataset Adding a Find Field Adding a Find Field Follow the steps below to add find fields to a dataset 1 Select a page containing a dataset and click Edit Page 2 Click anywhere on the Dataset Find panel to display the Dataset Find properties 3 Click a field in the list to add it to the find form Dataset Find Properties Check to insert an ees held 4 When a field is clicked it will be added as a textbox and as a column in the search results CX page name Search N POT Product Tis t hirisa i Date Added Td Chekto add fie oer y Product TiketNumbwr Closed Date Added Se npen Sonmmany fopernFreduct open Ticket poen Closes pper Date Added 5 Any of these fields can be repositioned or resized using your mouse 6 Additional find form properties and find field properties can be
21. LICENSOR S SOLE OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS THE REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE MEDIA ACCORDING TO THE LIMITED WARRANTY ABOVE IN NO EVENT WILL LI CENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS ARISING OUT OF USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION OR ANY HARDWARE FURNISHED WITH THE SOFTWARE EVEN IF LI CENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY THIRD PARTY IN NO EVENT SHALL LI CENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES 6 General Any attempt to sublicense assign or transfer any of the rights duties or obligations hereunder is void unless Licensee has been given Reseller status by Licensor This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the Province of British Columbia Canada without regard to conflicts of provisions 7 Payment Licensee shall pay the Total Fee in accordance with the terms of payment set forth by Licensor Licensee shall pay all invoices rendered by Licensor within thirty 30 calendar days after the invoice date or within a time frame agreed upon by Licensor If Licensee fails to pay any amount due within thirty 30 days from the invoice date Licensee shall be responsible to pay to Licensor late charges equal to the lesser of 1 596 per month or the highest interest rate allowable by applicable law together with all expenses and co
22. gt AQ Vahced FUNCUONS Page UDIects gt ogagle Fahe Toggle Panel A Toggle Panel provides a way to display a minimal amount of information but allow the reader to click an expand icon to display additional information Toggle Panels can contain pretty much any html element including images flash videos tables iframes links etc Here s an example of a toggle panel lt Click the expand icon to display more info about Static Help System Advantages e Faster than a dynamic help system e Can be run anywhere with a standard browser e Can be distributed on a CD or within a setup file e Fewer files e Can be run on any web server such as Apache Linux etc e Supports all browsers right back to Netscape 1 0 and IE 1 0 Disadvantages Not editable Updates require re publish Most Popular Pages feature not supported Reader Comments feature not supported Page views feature not supported Dynamic conditional content not supported Dynamic skins not supported Follow the steps below to add a toggle panel to a page 1 Select the page that you want to add the toggle panel to 2 Click Edit Page m Page 3 Click the Insert Page Object icon 4 Select TogglePanel in the list and then click Insert Insert Page Object Select a page object and then click the insert button Dataset Dataset Summary FileF older OnAdd Email OnDelete Email OnEdit Email LL TogglePanel Lo 5 Type the to
23. lt heml lt body gt a href http www domain com help default aspx pageid project_login target _blank gt Help lt a gt one dome Username lt input gt lt br gt PASSVOLO SINUCA oor on lt input type button value Login gt body html Open a Static Help Page inte ml Oey gt a href help project login htm target _blank gt Help lt a gt op cp Username lt input gt lt br gt Password cnput ecbrosbr input type button value Login gt bodyess WMtml the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help Open a Static Help Page within help system html body lt a href help default htm project login htm target _blank gt Help lt a lt br gt lt br gt Username lt input gt lt br gt Password lt input gt lt br gt lt br gt lt input type button value Login gt lt body gt lt html1 gt the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help 3 Open the html file in your browser Click the Help link to display the help system in a new window helpconsole 2010 Md x mM Jer DEDE See also URL Parameters Web Application Help Button Web Field Help Button Web F1 Application Help Web F1 Form Help Web F1 Field Help Popups Basic Functions 73 helpconsole 2010 74 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help
24. 15 Click the Preview in Editor option to un select it Ensure that there are no options selected Click Next Select tha Optoma pow wink to uir fer the capture rope aoc a Beco ade a see E8 16 On the Effect dialog ensure that no effects are selected click next 17 For Name enter HelpConsole for the profile name Click Finish Suing Ebor Pio Prods iting amp of hip Zane Eur care protien andit Fw haforg is ressent rii eearri an mtn i pameni OD Text tram IL ll Record screen video images Iro Web page gj eS pape Cheep inis i Ote rare t3 gl james T ij HCz0170 Soeenshots Sawn inc My Profiled Pimi binin appie Merges TRL iT T roy Oe Ele E mee To Paste an I mage 1 Ensure that snagit is running and the HelpConsole profile is selected 2 Press the prt Scr key helpconsole 2010 120 Basic Functions 3 Click the Insert Image icon on the HelpConsole editor toolbar or press CTRL Q DE ie ip See also Adding an Image Uploading an Image mage Properties Adding Hotspots to an Image helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 121 Image Properties Follow the instructions below to set image properties 1 Select an image and click the right mouse button Click Properties ang Description Image Alignment Image Src helpconsole2010 test9 E Fight I PTT Tg LJ T Li Lj Left Properties Pro
25. 3 Double click the form to open the code window Wirdosndpplicarianl bicce Than Hak PET dsaken dam vt Pa Dh ue Bee Bu bob lee Cade Heb CET Je ee Dn oom mm ufx 3 i um P ji s Pya brag fam oto ipf Parish P L jFublriz Class Porm Lrharizs Aapyrtgm Wirderr Tcrme Tcrm d PS Feb fagal Pee rel EET hs Sees Bal amp Le Sy AT f Gpe VI Ten Bale Ferrie En TERA ie ANE bee Ered TE Cod fub End Claas E fi 4 Select KeyDown from the Events list 5 Add the following code to the Sub Form2 Keydown event Open a Dynamic Help Page page only no contents Private Sub Form2 KeyDown ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyEventArgs Handles MyBase KeyDown If e KeyCode 112 Then Help ShowHelp Me http www domain com help page aspx pageid project login End It Bel S Open a Dynamic Help Page within help system Private Sub Form2 KeyDown ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyEventArgs helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 67 Handles MyBase KeyDown If e KeyCode 112 Then Help ShowHelp Me http www domain com help default aspx pageid project login Ender End Sub Open a Static Help Page Private Sub Form2 KeyDown ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyEventArgs Handles MyBase KeyDown If e KeyCode 112 Then Help ShowHelp Me help project login htm DAEL E End Sub the url above assumes that the help system is in
26. Can il bhei darem Bi your Perit aud reliure Pi rk 5 PIER ee ROREM DUI OCA EN api area rem Ta the ani data Folder server To probet the qecuriby ol jour pepe and daba uos tot cay Cira patted um m am am arm am 3 Create a subfolder named help note to advanced users This folder can have a different name if desired and can be located within any folder within your website 4 Use the Windows File Explorer to view the folder that HelpConsole 2010 was installed to The default folder is c program files HelpConsole 2010 Copy from c program files HelpConsole 2010 Copy to ftp www mydomain com hel Copy all files and folders except the bin folder and web config Copy to the help folder on your website Ha km me unm iem um Qe mam nm dmm arm eee onam LL d WE Be el ts m BE EIL keg bi FE FR es inini TE ig d ie e kn 5 Copy all files from the folder c program files HelpConsole 2010 bin to the folder ftp www mydomain com bin helpconsole 2010 152 Basic Functions LAND EEL mnn a AE TH LI HTLLTITLLL TED Eg i DIEI EEN DDEDDDEPDEE i Ex EBIT DELT EHTERETI tii Ts ea IE 6 Copy c program files HelpConsole 2010 web config to the root of the virtual directory ftp www mydomain com web config 7 Assign write permissions to the new help folder on your web server You may need to call your ISP and ask th
27. ExtremeEase com Most Popular Pages Welcome General Questions Service Pack History Installing IIS Getting Started Installing the Software System Requirements Installation Basic Functions How to run the software Last Updated June 1 2010 helpconsole 2010 2 Getting Started Home Getting Started Getting Started a SY gt HelpCoris le HelpConsole 2010 is a browser based authoring tool specifically for creating web based help systems and PDF User Manuals One of the primary differences between HelpConsole 2010 and other Help Authoring tools is that the design environment is completely web based This means that HelpConsole 2010 can be installed on your local web server or uploaded via FTP to any remote server running the NET Framework Authors can design help systems and manuals from anywhere using a standard browser Our goal at Extreme Ease is to provide the easiest to use yet most powerful help authoring tool on the market Because HelpConsole 2010 is web based it can be integrated into your website allowing authorized employees to instantly update product documentation at any time from any office Output Formats e Static Help System Generate a pure HTML version of your Help System e Dynamic Help System Authors can update the HelpConsole on your website e PDF Manual Generate a user manual based on your Help Project I I III How to Order How to Get Support What is a Static Help What is a Dynamic W
28. Functions 55 Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help gt Windows Applications gt Windows Application Help Button Windows Application Help Button You can add a help button icon or hyperlink to your Windows application that opens your help system The instructions below assume that you re adding a help button to the main screen of your Windows application Follow the steps below to add a help button to your Visual Studio 2003 2005 Windows application 1 Open your Visual Studio Windows application FII re TT uak MIT p dnd z TL Bin pela 2 Double click the Button control to add a button to the form Change the text property to Open Help System Drag the button to the desired position 7 Biro igaj Foren wh Denke a 3 Double click the button control to open the code window helpconsole 2010 56 Basic Functions ER d fer Pumt du eb Dx Fede qp dun ME Xm cor eu spes ur Eos Todes Et age Pent some Formelt Siasia Wuaemi Witte cC DBE i i P Public clep Forel m j Teeter ite Eystum Bie Forme Pire ra prseraie Pelee fus Pattee Chae dip ed Samian Ls fpabem 00a pial os Ls Belp Xkaamelpobuntasl BItgLO arakERlveibinithor romg End mut End fissa 4 Add the following code to the Sub Button1 Click event Open a Dynamic Help System Private Sub Buttonl1 Click ByVal sender As System Object ByV
29. Help Button Windows 54 Help Link 55 Help System Create new 38 Help System Delete 42 Help System Dynamic 154 Help system Editing 40 Help System Static 148 Help System Projects 37 Help System Properties 48 Help Systems Backing up 44 HelpConsole 2008 1 Hidden Pages 212 Horizontal Ruler 262 Hotspots 123 How to Get Support 4 how to order 3 How to run the software 30 Hyperlink Manager 262 Hyperlinks 127 Icons 103 IF Conditional Tag 214 IIS 12 iis on Vista determine if installed 15 iis on Windows 2003 16 iis on Windows 2003 determine if installed 16 iis on Windows Vista 15 iis on Windows XP 13 iis on XP determine if installed 13 Image Clickable Regions 123 Image Hotspots 123 Image Manager 262 Image Map 123 Image Properties 121 Images 114 Images Adding 115 Images Uploading 116 Implementation Checklist 10 Indent 262 Index 124 index icon 261 Index in Live mode 126 Insert Conditional Text 262 Insert Date 262 Insert Flash 159 Insert Form Element 262 Insert HTML Snippet 262 Insert Symbol 262 Insert Table 262 Insert Time 262 Insert Variable 262 Inserting an Images 115 Installation 24 Installation 10 Installation Questions 277 Installing HelpConsole 24 installing iis 12 installing IIS on Windows 2003 16 installing IIS on Windows Vista 15 installing IIS on Windows XP 13 Internet Applications Adding Help Links 70 internet information server 15 16 13 Internet Links 13
30. If you wish to publish the help system without using frames check the Flat Format checkbox Previously Published A list of previously published static help systems will be displayed Click the link to open the help system Delete Static Help System Click the red X beside a previously published help system to delete the folder 6 Click Create Static Help System A message will be displayed indicating that it was created successfully helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 149 inni Help chopped opo aly Static Help Created Successfully Dipen Help System Ad Publish fhia URL otii ocabar hein pracie 20 LO Ses bn tic Ie fu nn Db reed Bpised pelo tym frie Ix Tu Peg P D a Pleripeiecaesole 20 UU pene The following paths are also provided Publish this URL Click to display the static help system that was created This URL can be published internally or on your website Download zipped Help System When the static help system was created it was also compressed into a Zip file This Zip file can be downloaded and unzipped to your harddrive network website etc Static Files Path Instead of downloading the zip file the static help system files can be copied directly from this folder See also Uploading to your Website Legacy Help System Publishing a Dynamic Help System Publishing a PDF Manual helpconsole 2010 150 Basic Functions Home Basic Functions Publishing Uploading to your Website Uploadi
31. Menu HE anv Widget ein Help Online Help Wiricremr in For Woe Mater Ps cniin rip qiiem Browne Pr 2ugh Pet hop pages ry cing co Fr cor beira cr meer paper in fur bbe o conim im She e Te guy Frid aec did information enm march crimi in fu earch Geer bee ani dick fus ganan bution Ask Us o Hug 21 1 pite kemi How iy Fr Fasti Dy Fo Taur gnat paet orne Asse Furs form Che ete LESS iu E ar conisct our suppcrt Seam EESTI E up E IRH IPH baere ee eee bc lE 6 After clicking edit page click the more button to access additional toolbar functions o m E Tahoma Szer B U See also Adding a Page Publishing a Static Help System Publishing a Dynamic Help System Publishing a PDF Manual Creating a New Project Deleting a Project Copying a Project Backing up Your Project Uploading a Project Setting Project Properties Manage Projects Form Password Project Templates Basic Functions 41 helpconsole 2010 42 Basic Functions 3acio FE T Project Deleti P SIC FUNCTIONS FroOJectS Ung a Ol Deleting a Project Follow the instructions below to delete a help project 1 Run HelpConsole 2010 to display the startup form Click here for more information about running the software 2 Select the project that you want to delete 3 Click the delete button 4 When prompted to confirm that you wish to delete click OK See also Creating a New Project Editing a Proje
32. Personal Comments If a user is logged in and the page contains the comments system variable the user will be able to submit either public comments or personal comments for the page Public Comment Visible to everyone Personal Comment Only visible to the user that added it To submit a personal comment do the following 1 Click the login link and enter your username and password Usermame joe Password KT 2 Select the page that you want to add comments to 3 Click the Add Comment button 4 Type your comment check the Personal Comment only visible to user checkbox and then click Add Comment Add Comment Add instructions for how to configure on Windows Vista x64 and Windows 2003 1H Provide screenshots where appropriate Personal Comment onty visible bo joe L Add Comment 5 The comment will be displayed right away and will only be visible to the username that you are logged in as kist fe 75 EG e LI Lr Beech Em odi m S uma E dm oe am ar Oe ee ee ee ee ee um up am 4n a od ini nl Bus lr p narr emb ee m m i rum x SS UE f Ful tu rfr P CES amat lel Ta aa cuam w P ee erg Suma umm xd rem imn EE T A ma uim D B un Amal on AER Lam ua re aam B ja eem dre EDS Mes tes gu n uma FR UN LRL LL le el el ees BB Lo Fan ne ms 3 mma a Joe Smith personal Said Status Personal x Add instructions for how to condigur
33. Side Includes 0 0 MB O wWebDAw Publishing 0 0 MB World Wide Web Service 1 9 MB Description Allow ASF files Active Server Pages is always installed Total disk space required 29 ME Details Genes Space available on disk 316042 7 MB 8 Click OK on each dialog to save changes See also Installing IIS on Windows XP Installing IIS on Windows Vista helpconsole 2010 18 Installation Home Installation Assigning Write Permissions Assigning Write Permissions When HelpConsole 2010 is installed the default permissions for the folder c program files HelpConsole 2010 is readonly The setup wizard normally assigns write permissions automatically however there may be cases where you need to assign these permissions manually Please select your operating system below for instructions specific to that version of Windows my Wir j WS d Server 2003 Write Permissions for Write Permissions for Write Permissions for Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 2003 See also System Requirements Installing IIS Installing the Software Upgrading from HelpConsole 2008 Entering Your Activation Key How to run the software URL Parameters Service Pack History helpconsole 2010 Installation 19 Home gt Installation gt Assigning Write Permissions gt Write Permissions for Windows XP Write Permissions for Windows XP When HelpConsole 2010 is installed the default permissions for the folder c program files H
34. Webpage Embedding another Project Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Pages Customizing Page Icons Page Approval helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 103 Home gt Basic Functions gt Table of Contents gt Customizing Page Icons Customizing Page Icons When a Child Icon List or Sibling Icon List system variable is included on a page the pages are represented by folder icons as shown below ot d d l a Adding a Page Adding an External File Adding a Website or Embedding another Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Webpage Project S I d x Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Cutting and Pasting Page Approval Pages Pages These page icons can be customized by doing the following Design or obtain an image that you want to use to re resent a page Open the image with an image editing tool such as Windows paint or Photoshop case Pu 2 Resize the image to 64 pixels wide and 64 pixels high The page icon can be any size but 64 pixels is recommended 3 Save the image Specify GIF as the image format The name of the image will be lt pagename gt gif For example if the page name is Basic Functions then the image should be named Basic Functions gif Save the image to the Images folder Example path C program files HelpConsole 2010 MyProject images Basic Functions gif HelpConsole 2007 Online Help Ask Us ag HUI to Sel mae c p gysbe
35. Welcome to Widget Master Professional See Adding a Page 3 Click the properties icon 4 Select the Welcome to Widget Master Lite page and then check the hide checkbox for the Widget Pro skin This will cause this page to be hidden when the Widget Pro skin is applied Do the same for the Welcome to Widget Master Pro page Welcome to Weigel Master Lite welcome to widget master liie E Auto lm HTML Page Welcome la Widget Master Pro welcome to widget master pro Auto Visibility by Skin Hide Lock Skin PO widest Lite v pg ividiget Pro Hide Lock Overview Hide If checked the page will be hidden for this skin and will not be displayed in the contents breadcrumbs system variables etc however can still be displayed by passing the pageid in the URL or from a link from another page Lock If checked the page cannot be viewed by specifying the pageid in the URL or a link from another page Widget Lite skin applied in live mode Widget PrO skin applied in live mode US Eiee sis lb v9 2 emen manas me mace annon G OG ope Que S EUE a a se heakem amm ee a eee ee oie x wie F 0 ajm pa pa Cee eee Lee SS akt J Cae eee ee Se Welcome to Widget Master Lite is Welcome to Widget Master Professional helpconsole 2010 See also Conditional Content by Skin Conditional Content by User Conditional Content by Query Conditional Variables Advanced Functions 213 helpconsole 2
36. also Adding a Dataset Adding a Detail Field Adding a Find Field Dataset Detail Properties Dataset Field Properties Dataset File Attachments Email Triggers helpconsole 2010 Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Dataset Dataset Detail Properties Dataset Detail Properties Follow the steps below to set properties for a dataset detail form 1 Select a page containing a dataset and click Edit Page 2 Click anywhere on the detail panel to display properties Data Sources support tickets i v Ck a button below to add a fek to the detal form Check fo insert an existing feii Sareea y Prockact Ticket Humber Closed Date added Created By Created Da Modifed By _Modified Date p Redrect UBL Property Description Data Source This is the database table where records are stored When a dataset is added to a page the database table is automatically craeted when the page is saved Add Field Buttons Click the Text Date Number Check Memo or List button to add a new field to the detail panel This will create a new field in the database table Click to I nsert Click a field in the list to add it to the detail form This list contains fields that were previously added Redirect URL When the save button or the cancel button on the detail form is clicked this is the page that will be loaded This can be a full URL such as http www google com or a relative ur
37. an application can quickly get help for a specific function or feature that they re currently using The easier it is for users to access the help that they re looking for the happier they will be and the fewer support calls your support team will receive Context sensitive help may be implemented in the following ways F1 Key e Application Level user opens an application and presses F1 to display the application help system e Form Level User opens a form such as an activation key dialog and presses F1 to display help for that form e Field Level User clicks on a field such as a textbox and presses F1 to display help for that field Help Button e Application Level user clicks on a help link at the top of the main screen to open the application help system e Form Level User clicks on a help link or button beside a field to display help for that specific function e Field Level User clicks on a help link or button at the top of a form to display help for that form vid 3o a Web Application Help Web Form Help Button Web Field Help Button Web F1 Application Web F1 Form Help Web F1 Field Help Button Help Popups See also Windows Applications helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 71 Home Basic Functions Context sensitive Help Web Applications Web Application Help Button Web Application Help Button You can add a help button icon or hyperlink to your Web application that opens your help system The instructi
38. can be useful to track reader trends such as which pages are most commonly viewed or what readers are searching for Follow the instructions below to view the Activity Log report 1 Open the Help System 2 f you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Expand the Admin node to view the predefined reports The reports included may be different depending on the project template that your project was created from 4 Click Activity Log to view the activity log report Note If there are no entries displayed then the Activity Log setting in project properties is most likely set to Record No Actions To change this click Tools gt Properties and then change the Activity Log Tires Z7 01 2009 1 58 23 PIA 27 31 2099 1 58 3 PM E5 12 2008 7 4 5 43 Pr L5 32 2009 kaii Pa iy dz 2059 3 42 08 PA 22 0 L010 4 13 23 PIM 22j01 2010 4 20 48 PM zinion10 422 55 pe ZZ L A2010 3 22 56 PA 220 LA2010 4 22 56 PM 22 01 20 10 4 27 56 PM zinicn1 422 55 pia ZZ01 2010 4 27 54 Pa 22 0 L010 4 27 56 PM 22401 2010 4e 27 P Z1 0010 4 27 49 pi 22 0 1 2010 4 2 01 PM User admin 127 0 0 1 admin 1270 0 1 aeckein 127 0 0 1 dnin 1276 0 T admin 127 0 0 1 admin 1279 0 1j aden 127 0 1 admin 137 0 0 1 admin 127 2 0 1 admin 127 6 0 1 ackeini 127 0 0 1 aen 127 6 0 1 admin 127 0 0 1 admin 127 0 0 1 ackein 127 0 0 1 ade 1976 6 D admi
39. column HelpCansole 2008 Properties General Sharing Security Web Shanng Customize Group or user names 1 James Dean INOTEBOOK 2007J ames Dean Ti Power Users NOTEBOOK 2007 Power Users FT SYSTEM tf Users NOTEEOOK2007 Users Full Control Hodiy Read amp Execute List Folder Conteris Read winbe For special permissione or lor advanced settings Advanced Click Advanced Ady Security Tab is Hidden If you do not see the Security tab do the following to show it In File Explorer select Local Disk C helpconsole 2010 20 Installation Select Tools gt Folder Options gt View Tab Unselect the Use Simple File Sharing checkbox Folder Options Folder visiit s You can apply the view such as Detale cu Ties that you ane ung for thes folder to al folders Advanced saling L Launch folde windows in a separate process G Managng pars of Web pages and folders Show and manage the par at a singe hie C Show both parts and manage them indevidualy Show both parts but manage as a single fie Remember each folder s view settings 7 Restore previous folder wandower at logon O Show Control Panel in My Computer v Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color Show pop up description lor folder and desktop items Use ample fle shang Fiecommernded Click OK Repeat the steps above oee also Write Permissions for Windows Vista Write Permissions for Windows 200
40. defines the SMTP server to use when sending emails The format usually mail domain com eg mail acmecorportation com If you re not sure what your SMTP server is take a look at your outgoing mail server defined in your email software This setting is only required if server does not have a default SMTP server defined and if the help project contains at least one dataset and at least one email trigger 4 Click Save to apply changes and return to the Tools menu See also Creating a New Project Editing a Project Deleting a Project Copying a Project Backing up Your Project Uploading a Project Manage Projects Form Password Project Templates helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 51 Manage Projects Form Password If you are running HelpConsole 2010 on your desktop computer or over a company network there is probably no need to password protect the Manage Projects form however if you are hosting a dynamic help system on your website or a web server that is exposed to the public it is recommended that you assign a password to this form to prevent unauthorized users from creating new projects or deleting existing projects To Assign a Password 1 Run HelpConsole 2008 to display the manage projects form Click here for more information about running the software 2 Click the Password Protect this form link 3 The password prompt will be displayed Enter the password twice Click OK 4 You will then be prompted for t
41. editor toolbar 9 Highlight the text that vou want to apply the style to and select the vellow backaround style in the apply stvle list helpconsole 2010 202 Advanced Functions Help CHASE rough the h a neues cd tents to he left To quickhy Find zpeafic prod id cick the search button 10 In this example the text will appear with a yellow background and black text S rore name lt Online Help nerne Eni Eran prz ec rama coins help ejede Gr ga Hagh Ee hip pacem ha dirga Ew cong baie or peli pages in Hw Eabie of contiene tz Foe lef To quickly fired mer product romain enter darch ceris in Eur search bos abcenr and cie Ene search Seftor Stir cn Ask Us 2 I youre unable a ind had See also Application Styles Page Styles Skin Styles Applying Styles helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 203 Home Advanced Functions Reports Heports The following reports are included with HelpConsole 2010 d od d d a Activity Log Report Page Status Report Unused Images Report Pending Comments Customizing a report Report oee also Movies amp Animations Users Security Groups Variables Language Support Page Templates Styles Conditional Content Comments Import Page Objects helpconsole 2010 204 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Reports Activity Log Report Activity Log Report The Activity Log Report lists reader and administrative actions This
42. form Change the text property to Help for both Position the buttons beside the fields that you want to provide help for 3 Double click each button to open the code window helpconsole 2010 Lir TID IC 7 Birari Thra Baik IEEE ve A de Mes pi peg DA Mee b E b FA Wim res fey b Doha B pij mirsa EOE Tri rage Pees bjo raket Tasia ETE E LE ce ali za m mE Plis Cimer Forel ja dm arits Bee M peices Worms Pere POL ae Pa Wuttosi Claman yas aii Ls Dilan eg DSL amp LE Reip Oe Ce Ba TET TENAS ipata ara Emd Tun End isss 4 Add the following code to the Sub Button1_Click event Open a Dynamic Help Page Private Sub Buttonl Click ByVal sender As System Object ByVal e As System EventArgs Handles Bus Former Help ShowHelp Buttonl http www domain com help default aspx pageid username Bod SUD Open a Dynamic Help Page within help system Private Sub Buttonl Click ByVal sender As System Object ByVal e As System EventArgs Handles Pe GOM cd Te Help ShowHelp Buttonl http www domain com help default aspx pageid username End Sub Open a Static Help Page Private Sub Buttonl1 Click ByVal sender As System Object ByVal e As System EventArgs Handles Buttonl Click Help ShowHelp Buttonl helpNusername htm End Sub the url above assumes that the help system is in a sub folder named help Open a Static Help Page within help system Private
43. gt Web Applications gt Web Field Help Button Web Field Help Button You can add multiple help buttons icons or hyperlinks to a form within your Web application that open specific help pages Follow the steps below to add help buttons to your Web application 1 Open a page such as a login form of your web application using an HTML editor such as Visual Studio or a text editor such as Windows Notepad This is an example of a simple login form seite LOLA DES Username lt input gt lt br gt Passwomdssesmunputosebe De input type button value Login gt lt podycs hum l gt 2 Add the following code to create Help links beside each textbox to display specific help for those fields These links could also be buttons or images Open a Dynamic Help Page page only no contents chtmicebodw lt br gt lt br gt Username input a hrefz http www domain com help page aspx pageid username target _blank gt Help lt a gt SDr RAS Sword vuput a href http www domain com help default aspx pageid username target _blank gt Help lt a gt lt br gt lt br gt lt input type button value Login gt lt body gt lt hteml gt Open a Dynamic Help Page within help system lt html gt lt body gt lt br gt lt br gt Username lt input gt lt a href http www domain com help default aspx pageid username target _blank gt Help lt a gt lt br gt Password lt input gt lt a href http
44. helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 123 Adding Hotspots to an Image You can create clickable hotspots within an image These hotspots can be linked to internal or external pages This is commonly used to document functions on a toolbar For example the toolbar shown below has hotspots for the tools button the Publish Help System button and the Publish PDF Manual button The image below contains hotspots Click the hotspots to display the linked page To create a hotspot within an image follow the instructions below 1 Right click an image on the page and select I mage Map Editor MQ 2 The mage Map Editor dialog will be displayed 3 Use your mouse to create hotspots for the Tools Publish Help System and Publish PDF Manual buttons 4 For URL enter the path to the page that you wish to link to Internal pages will have the format default aspx pageid lt pageid gt Example default aspx pageid faq zs Image Map Editer Chocselmage hitp llocalhaest helpconso Fi Hes durex H k Sk ps default aspx pageid advanced functi 5 To display the linked page in a popup window select Media Pane in the Target list 6 Click OK to create the hotspots helpconsole 2010 124 Basic Functions 1SIC FUNCTIONS NEVVWOTGS dnd Made Keywords and Index The Index provides the reader an alphabetical list of keywords that helps direct them to the information that they are lookin
45. instructions below to add a new security group 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form i Backup i Properties 2 Users 26 Security Groups a E Lm ER E oss Page Templates cag Styles Eg Translations B About HelpConsole LEX a E RE 4 Click Security Groups to display the Security Groups form e Serurity Gripi Security Groups is gt Security Gro 5 Click the Add button to display the Security Group Detail form 6 Specify the name Default Skin and B ecu Group Data Security Group permissions for this security group o Grou Cetus huma Reielerk Cee Ocem Publish Tons Option Description Click save to create the new security Group Advanced Functions 169 helpconsole 2010 170 Advanced Functions Name Default Skin Publish Tools Edit Pages Edit Contents Approve Comments Edit Value Lists Editing a Security Group Deleting a Security group helpconsole 2010 Defines the name of the security group Once the security group is added the name cannot be changed Defines which skin will be displayed when a user belonging to the security group logs in If this property is set to default the skin defined in properties will be applied If unchecked the publish button will not be displayed when users are logged in I
46. myproject then the path will be c program files helpconsole 2008 myproject import C3 Program Files E HelpConsole 2010 C3 My raject em Se Local Disk D Ld DVD RAM Drive E ew hc200Bdev on nobeboock2007 W w homedirs on extreme X 4 for Save as type select Web Page Filtered htm html Filename Installing the Software Him v i Save ASPE Web Page Fikered him hmi F Pul Page title Word 97 2003 Template dot Single Fle Web Page mh htm eb Page him hh Web Page Fill ered i him ht a Rich Text Format rtf Plain Text Ext 5 Click the Save button 6 You may see a confirmation prompt Click Yes meu Sol tese docs in Pec Renee Web Page FibesesTi sal nisus a Lp ak Doe B egt e es Publ bee artes edt vrai recen Hep puse i penu cnt Lec piece Hae document in Hn format A s Tes darem d Yan To pepeke Aragi dick Ho Then prre Pa document in iet Pase gems HEM CeJ Le 7 Important Close MS Word If the document remains open in MS Word an error will occur during the import process because the document is locked 8 Open your help project in HelpConsole If your project is named MyProject then you can open the project with the url localhost helpconsole2010 myproject 9 Click Login Enter your username and password to login 10 You should see a flashing Import icon on the contents toolbar Click this icon to import
47. removes all HTML formatting and pastes plain text preserving the line breaks Undoes the previous action Pressing this button will Undo the last action you have made in the editor This includes but is not limited to inserting tables moving images and formatting text Pressing the down arrow next to this button will open a dropdown where you can select from a list of previous actions Redoes the last undone action Pressing this button will Redo the action you have just undone Pressing the down arrow next to this button will open a dropdown where you can select from a list of actions that can be redone Home Toolbar Reference Toolbar Reference 269 Variable Editor Toolbar Variable Editor Toolbar Variable Editor Toolbar Reference LAM icon list Ici gt Name Insert Table Image Manager Font Name Font Size Bold Underline Align Left Align Center Align Right Foreground color Print Spell Check Find amp Replace Hyperlink Manager Remove Link Inserting a table works similarily to Microsoft Word Click the Insert Table button and select how many rows and columns are desired The table will be inserted at the current cursor position See also Working with Tables Pressing this button will open the image dialog which allows you to manage images From this form images can be inserted into the page Images can also be uploaded from a local harddrive or network
48. set in the properties window 7 Click the save icon on the toolbar to save changes to the dataset See also Adding a Dataset Adding a Detail Field Dataset Find Properties Dataset Detail Properties Dataset Field Properties Dataset File Attachments Email Triggers Advanced Functions 241 helpconsole 2010 242 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Dataset Dataset Find Properties Dataset Find Properties Follow the steps below to set properties for a dataset find form 1 Select a page containing a dataset and click Edit Page 2 Click anywhere on the find form to display properties LE 4 Qmm d y Ie Lee Zi ugi Dae W i Ea Chick to insert an existing field Hummer y Product Ticket Humber ort Fae Show Al F Property Description Click to I nsert Click a field in the list to add it to the find form This list contains fields that were previously added to the detail form SQL Query By default the find form displays results from the dataset table but you can specify your own custom query such as Select from support tickets This query can contain multiple tables Sort Field Enter the name of the field that the results will be sorted by Example Product Show All If checked all records in the dataset will be listed If not checked users must enter search criteria to display any records 3 After setting properties click save to save changes See
49. termination 3 Object Code The Software is delivered in object code only Licensee shall not reverse compile or otherwise reverse engineer the Software Licensee shall not decompile the code for the purposes of developing a competing product 4 Limited Warranty Licensor does not warrant that the functions contained in the Licensed Product will meet Licensee s requirements or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error free Licensor does warrant that the media on which the Software is furnished will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of thirty 30 days from the date of delivery Warranty Period Any other software and any hardware furnished with or accompanying the Software is not warranted by Licensor Licensee s exclusive remedy under this limited warranty is the replacement of any defective physical media on which the Software is furnished as provided below To receive a replacement for defective media under this limited warranty return the defective media to Supplier during the Warranty Period with proof of payment EXCEPT AS PROVIDED ABOVE THE LICENSED PRODUCT IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE LICENSED PRODUCT IS WITH LICENSEE 5 Limitation Of Liability
50. the entire help system you can display individual help pages in a popup window Follow the steps below to add a popup help window to your Web application C uemplylpp hirs Windrer herna Expliorer EG e Eehm i T a chen x A m o Project Login Ender pour cee in paure 25 qux Hori ines sai pour psc anc BRC ara Danais CITATI par TT ewe NACH 1 Open a page such as a login form of your web application using an HTML editor such as Visual Studio or a text editor such as Windows Notepad This is an example of a simple login form snp ssoody x oue T elg Username lt input gt lt br gt passwords cenputocbe spp input type button value Login gt S osves temi 2 Add the following code to display a link for a popup help window Open a Dynamic Help Page sitem oodwe Su Sap lt div depopup style wuwdturz7 posrtronvabsolupe border px solid black drsplaysmone sbackground color white gt lt a href style cursor pointer onclick getElementById popup e style display none gt font face arial size 1 color DOCECE gt close lt font gt lt a gt lt br gt iframe frameborder no width 275 height 124 src http www domain com help page aspx pageid project_login gt lt iframe gt lt div gt Username lt input gt lt br gt Passworc lt iip e bebe lt input type button value Login gt a href onclick 2 e getElementById popup e style display e style top event clientY docu
51. the help system is in a sub folder named help Open a Static Help Page within help system Note a page parameter cannot be passed when a static help system is opened from Visual Studio so in order to display a specific page within the help system the static help system must be created without frames See Publishing a Static Help System for more information Private Sub Buttonl1 Click ByVal sender As System Object ByVal e As System EventArgs Handles Buttonl Click Help ShowHelp Buttonl help project login htm End Sub ShowHelp Syntax Help ShowHelp Parent URL Parent Name of the button control URL The url of the help system 5 Press F5 to run the application Click the Help button helpconsole 2010 60 Basic Functions My Windows Application User Login Form Username See also URL Parameters Windows Application Help Button Windows Field Help Button Windows F1 Application Help Windows F1 Form Help Windows F1 Field Help helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 61 Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help gt Windows Applications gt Windows Field Help Button Windows Field Help Button You can add multiple help buttons icons or hyperlinks to a form within your Windows application that open specific help pages Follow the steps below to add help buttons to your Visual Studio 2003 2005 Windows application 2 Double click the Button control twice to add two buttons to the
52. tickets that are 3 days or older A dataset summary can also be used to display information from system tables within the database The following example displays a list of user accounts 1 Select the page that you want to add the dataset summary to 2 Click Edit Page Edit Page 3 Click the Insert Page Object icon 4 Select Dataset Summary and then click nsert Insert Page Object Select a page object and then click the insert button Dataset RER z inset BE EL LE ia FileF older OnAdd Email OnDelete Email OnEdit Email Report TogglePanel 5 Click anywhere on the Dataset Summary panel to display properties 6 In the Datasource list select SQL Query 7 Enter the query select from users and then click OK Explorer User Prompt Senp Frampt SOL Query select from users 8 The Click to I nsert list should now contain a list of fields 9 Click UserName FullName and then Security Group to add those columns to the dataset summary helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 251 5 X leh HelpCarale 7008 PINE test4 6 Windows Internet Explorer caso UT tM aexW Be ER yew Fasten Db Hebe SS dp Fevortes ip BB Suggested Stes dk Free AOL amp Unimited Internet E Free Hotmad B Web Ske Galery UN a Roi ed de select from sarn Chek Ea reir t an pene fait er ere Ful Nae Firbieestut Security Group bem Pace Aho
53. to capture screenshots with Snagit and paste into a HelpConsole page do the following 1 Download and install Snagit from here http www techsmith com download snagittrialthx asp 2 Run Snagit 3 click the Create Profile icon Depr iak Capture suede piri n expe of vius screen Qe any poro ol it Toe can captors images cl 5 Select the input If you re not sure what to select try either Window or Region click next Selecting the Inpst Step 3 ol 6 fae what you mant Eo cagtrr Lee Hur Proper bes button En fre dune due input 6 For Output select File 7 Click the Properties button 8 Select Always Use this file format 9 Select J PG 10 Under File name select Fixed file name 11 For Name enter pasteimage 12 Under Folder enter c program files helpconsole 2010 project images where project is the name of your project 13 Click OK helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 119 File name Remember last used format Ask for file name Always use this file format Fixed file name BMP Windows Bitmap Mame _pasteimage CUR Windows Cursor GIF Compuserve GIF 3 Automatic file name Options ICO Windows Icon JPG JPEG Image SMAG DDOD JPG MHT Web Page with Imac PDF Adobe PDF PNG Portable Network Gr Fold SNAG Snagit Capture File _ a Use last used folder Always use this folder elpConsole 2010 images 14 Click next
54. tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form ig Backup i Properties Users 26 Security Groups T Variables Skins Page Templates 685 Styles Ew Translations E About HelpConsole 4 Click Users to display the Users form 5 Click the Delete icon beside the username that you want to delete Notes The Admin username will always have full permissions Permissions for the public username will be applied if a user is not logged in The Admin username cannot be deleted See also Project Login Adding a Project Username Editing a Project Username Advanced Functions 167 helpconsole 2010 168 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Security Groups oecurity Groups Security Groups determine what permissions are assigned Users are added to a security group Permissions are applied at the project level This means that each help project has it s own set of usernames Security is self contained within each project which means that a help project can be moved from one server to another and all Security Groups Usernames and Permissions are preserved S I Adding a Security Editing a Security Deleting a Security Group Group group See also Movies amp Animations Users Variables Language Support Page Templates Styles Reports Conditional Content Comments Import Page Objects helpconsole 2010 Adding a Security Group Follow the
55. with the terms and conditions of this License Agreement Extreme Ease Software Inc Licensor grants Licensee the non exclusive license to use the accompanying software Software and documentation Documentation In this License Agreement the Software and Documentation and any copies or modifications are referred to as the Licensed Product All rights to and in the Licensed Product including but not limited to copyrights trademarks and trade secret rights belong to Licensor and Licensor holds title to each copy of the Software Licensee shall not transfer or distribute the Licensed Product to others and this Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of such a transfer or distribution Licensee shall not copy or modify the Licensed Product except that Licensee may copy the Software for the sole purpose of backup as long as all copyright and other notices are reproduced and included on the backup copy 2 Term This License Agreement is effective until terminated Licensee may terminate this License Agreement by returning the Licensed Product to Licensor Licensor may terminate this License Agreement if Licensee breaches any of the terms and conditions Upon termination of this License Agreement for any reason Licensee shall return the Licensed Product to Licensor All provisions of this Agreement relating to disclaimers of warranties limitation of liability remedies or damages and Licensor s proprietary rights shall survive
56. www domain com help default aspx pageid password target blank gt Help lt a gt lt br gt lt br gt lt input type button value Login gt lt body gt lt html1 gt Open a Static Help Page lt html body lt br gt lt br gt Username lt input gt lt a hrefz help username htm target _blank gt Help lt a gt SopoBassworsds lt input lt a hrefz help password htm target _blank gt Help lt a gt lt br gt lt br gt lt input type button value Login gt lt bOdy gt lt html the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help Open a Static Help Page within help system EX imos Eodv br br Username input a hrefz help default htm username htm target _blank gt Help lt a gt LOr BaSS wondi sSunpub a href help default htm password htm target _blank gt Help lt a gt lt br gt lt br gt lt input type button value Login gt body html the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help 3 Open the html file in vour browser Click the Help link to display the help svstem in a new window helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 75 L Memp Aypa him ede Pete Erplergr See also URL Parameters Web Application Help Button Web Form Help Button Web F1 Application Help Web F1 Form Help Web F1 Field Help Popups helpconsole 2010 76 Basic Functions Home Basic Functions Context sensitive Help
57. 0 Internet Page 92 Italic 262 J Justify 262 K Key 28 Keyword Index in Live Mode 126 Keywords 124 Keywords in Edit Mode 125 L Legacy Browser Support 153 Legacy Help System 153 License agreement 9 Link Remove 139 link icon 261 Link to Documents 133 Linking to Another Page 128 Links 127 Login to Project 162 long date variable 178 long time variable 178 Mailto Link 132 Manage Projects Password 51 Media Animation 160 Media Manager 262 menu variable 178 Merge Project 96 merging 96 Modular Help 96 Movies and Animations 158 Moving a Page 102 Moving Pages 101 N New Paragraph 262 Numbered List 262 O Options 48 Outdent 262 output formats 2 P Page Adding 90 Page Adding External 92 Page Deleting 98 Page Renaming 97 Page Approval 105 Page From Word Cleaning Fonts and Sizes 262 Page icons 103 Page Links 128 page name variable 178 Page Properties 99 page properties icon 260 Page settings 99 Page Status Report 206 208 page styles 200 196 Page Template 187 Page Template Creating 189 Page Template Editor Toolbar 273 Page Templates 186 page views variable 178 Pages Conditional Content 214 Pages Dragging and Dropping 101 Pages Hidden 212 Pages Visible 212 Paragraph Style 262 Parameters 32 Password Protect Startup form 51 Paste 262 Paste as HTML 262 Paste From Word 262 Paste Plain Text 262 payment 3 PDF Manual 155 8 PDF Manual advant
58. 010 214 Advanced Functions Conditional Content by Skin EE NETTE conditional Content ET Let s say that you have a software product with two editions Widget Master Lite Edition and Widget Master Pro Edition and you want to generate a separate help system for each product edition Most of the content will be the same however some features are included in the professional edition but not the lite edition 1 In this scenario you would create two skins one named Widget Lite and one named Widget Pro See Managing Skins Skin Widget Lite Widget Pro More Skins 2 Select the page that you want to add conditional text to HB E E EH ies Select the sions that this conditional inser teat will be vide for BSN Widget Lite O Widget Pro 5 Select the skin s that this conditional content will be visible for and click Insert 6 The conditional content will be contained within orange start and end tags In the example below a condition was added for each skin to display the product title moms Widget Master Litea moma Widget Master Proci 7 This is how the page will look in live mode Widget Lite skin applied in live mode Widget PrO Skin applied in live mode helpconsole 2010 Widget Master Lite Wekcorne joueur Wer gm aim cnim oria erle eee Poo Pr ee a in Ju s Tum etm axe a in rro mni Tu od mund m n A ee bod ucc ee V MTS DURS If RACE Bd DES IP CC Pu bh hoc qos Mr c
59. 04 Hai Found Mirea DIT EE 3 1 TET gk da E Se eremo tree cond E t Be DE We ee Pe de EES f x a f EL h xr Fewortes Horton internet Security ii eres ii Nitze fee Sehr adit ai coy hry ars ut EJ c Lrad rh amp hmim ri L1 T d SB The recur ce cnet be ford Server Error in Application The page cannot be found The resource cannot be found Thes pags qa ars lagking Par miigh hase been recessed had is Daacriplicnc ATT 424 Tra reacurcs ypa oe skreg for lor ces cl 8 Dacencanca ccc cuna Dasn eid had i name changed ar id Dernpararis Uilbh Eram ged ect ry ie Pepe cow Pur ies DET ed hp porn eal ee er e Eequested Ui 22 dane Phaace trp thee Tollaesre nen jabka Meee HET Pres eee y S BS PST a ee vee T5 5T 1435 a H yaa teped te gage adirezz ia the Address bar mais bara that R i igen corrects Steen the papaaao Bge gage and than leek Far fed Fo the feh pow marit bok the Tack Dijan fa tree amour bn a Check iiih F lack fee fermen on Sa Intereses 2 Make an FTP connection to your website This is usually done by typing the following into your browser ftp www 96 3cdomain 3e com example ftp www mydomain com Your ISP should have provided a username and password Enter your username and password on the Log On As form helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 151 ag Un Ae y TEfes tha uerver does red aloa anonymous kara or tha e nal adiran rean not J accepted After viva ley oh sina
60. 10 provides full language translation to almost any language All aspects of the interface can be translated including tooltips dialog headings etc Language Translation See also Movies amp Animations Users Security Groups Variables Page Templates Styles Reports Conditional Content Comments Import Page Objects helpconsole 2010 184 Advanced Functions Language Translation HelpConsole 2010 provides full language translation to almost any language All aspects of the interface can be translated including tooltips dialog headings etc Follow the steps below to translate a help system from English to another language such as J apanese 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form g 2 Users a mE onim Page Templates Ex Translations wer lr arida tasr Language Translation weeb Taree be LE LES utum En um 797 9 a n b QE P he FS ar Page WEL ite Matches Found fer Cormac Ceska Par a EL cee RE bc fed Bis Popule Pit MEAE Lipsrrume ALF LAS ee a zi BE ax HOAN MARFA sec RLS Tet Bh A Bibel mss 3 7 5 Pauwemd 29 F teme L1 4 Search f r CEF 5 Enter a translation in the Value field for each row The description states what the translation is and where it is displayed 6 Click save 7 All aspec
61. 3 helpconsole 2010 Installation 21 Home gt Installation gt Assigning Write Permissions gt Write Permissions for Windows Vista Write Permissions for Windows Vista When HelpConsole 2010 is installed the default permissions for the folder c program files HelopConsole 2010 is readonly HelpConsole 2010 must have write permissions in order to add help pages and modify the table of contents The setup wizard normally assigns write permissions automatically however there may be cases where you need to assign these permissions manually Follow the instructions below to assign write permissions for this folder This assumes that HelpConsole was installed to the default installation folder 1 Use the Windows file explorer to display the folder c program files HelpConsole 2010 To load the Windows File Explorer right click the Start button and select Explore 2 Right click the HelpConsole 2010 folder amp select Properties Folders wv Name Date modded ol Floppy Disk Brave i 7 Dp 11 05 2008 Le L Loca Derk CJ d Apple Software Update 17 04 2008 105 PM d den i JE enman files 1 05 2008 3 58 PM d Deters di MCA seat 13 05 2008 2 35 PM d ms ie HeipConscle 207 13 05 2008 2 40 PM di inpak dk HelipConzcie 2008 27 05 2008 12 18 Fie E ime ub Internet Explorer Explore d Metscapeb Jk Mes Maker E d Metseaged7 je Menis Freie d T Zip Apitoni piipu virmenad Send Te Cut Copy Cr
62. 6 Management Compatibility v jj OS Management Console Fi H5 Management Scripts and Tools Fl 15 Management Service E Nj World Wide Web Services Wj Application Development Features j NET Extensibility j ASP j ASP NET FB co FIJ ISAP Extensions j ISAPI Filters Fl Server Side Includes lll Common Http Features cr Default Document je Directory Browsing js HTTP Errors j HTTP Redirection WIJ Static Content E Health and Diagnostics gj Performance Features 3 Click OK to apply the changes You may be prompted to restart the computer See also Installing IIS on Windows XP Installing IIS on Windows 2003 helpconsole 2010 16 Installation Installing IIS on Windows 2003 Internet Information Server 11S is included with Microsoft Windows 2003 and can be installed either during the installation of Windows or afterwards There are several IIS options that must be enabled in order for HelpConsole to run Do the following to ensure that all of these options are enabled 1 Select Start gt Control Panel gt Add or Remove Programs gt Add Remove Windows Components 2 Select Application Server and then click details Windows Components Wizard Windows Components You can add or remove components of Windows To add ar remove a component click the checkbox 4 shaded bos means that only part of the component will be installed To see what s included in a component click Details C
63. 8 JE Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Buck 8 HelpConsole 2010 can also be run by entering localhost helpconsole2010 in your browser HelpConsole 2010 Presented by TOSHIBA Leading Innovatio HelpConsole 2010 Presented by TOSHIBA Leading Innovatio GO E tecmos epcenssemo 8 9 x localhost helpconsole2010 JE lix IUE eg Y am po Anin See also System Requirements Installing IIS Assigning Write Permissions Upgrading from HelpConsole 2008 Entering Your Activation Key How to run the software URL Parameters Service Pack History helpconsole 2010 26 Installation helpconsole 2010 Installation 27 Home gt Installation gt Upgrading from HeloConsole 2008 Upgrading from HelpConsole 2008 Follow the instructions below to upgrade from HelpConsole 2008 to HelpConsole 2010 1 As a precaution backup any active HelpConsole 2008 help projects 2 Refer to Installing the Software to install HelpConsole 2010 3 Copy any HelpConsole 2008 projects to HelpConsole 2010 This can be done by backing up the project in HelpConsole 2008 and then clicking upload on the manage projects form in HelpConsole 2010 4 Open the project in HelpConsole 2010 by double clicking the project name or selecting the row and clicking open 5 When the project is opened HelpConsole will detect that it is in a previous format and ask if you want to upgrade it to HelpConsole 2010 format Once the upgr
64. Alm oO zi Pog LEN My Custom Header AA Local narret Protected bior CoM Options Show More Tools Click the show more tools icon at the top right of the form to display the editor toolbar Edit Region Select the region that you want to edit header footer contents header contents footer page header or page footer Height Specify the height of the region Edit Stylesheet edit styles that are applied to the skin 5 Click the Save button to save changes and close the skin editor See also Skin Editor Toolbar Applying Skins Managing Skins helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 87 Managing Skins A skin refers to the help system interface that contains the contents window and page window Skins can be completely customized to suit your company s specific needs Most users at any experience level should be able to make minor customizations such as adding text adding hyperlinks adding images etc More advance customizations will require some knowledge of HTML To learn more about HTML design techniques visit the W3 Schools website http www w3schools com Follow the instructions below to manage skins 1 Open the Help System that you wish to create the skin for 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools menu i Backup i Properties 2 Users 26 Security Groups HN e owns IM ri dere der feces una tnm
65. B About HelpConsole He ads HH e ygi ad 3 Select Page Templates to display the Page Templates form Page Templates i I Page Templates CASU N 4 Click the Add button to display the Template Editor Click the copy icon if you wish to create the template based on an existing template 5 Use the template editor to create the page content Click save to save the new template helpconsole 2010 190 Advanced Functions ass HelpCofisole page name Tha openarg parar ape good dencriba fn acra fft ixi Soci Lipi ves itia cei eed and sh he Sara fe ars Foe mepi Then pt Harim acad ini adeo pou iz namhy geri roars ae quet ede iz sanior Cie ee ean your coma m fun Prag fal vou anc docurmen ng can ben bent excised fry sang Gre reader Frag iim y dee Uer scree io dot rir frac gem arm pie duel fub appia By iL Onie iip more dh fw 1 6 Each new page added to your help system will be created from this customized template Bue Pima ley Heigl iii BOGE Ferial bp PERERA L prreecepen co j 4 ie elt s T r ap H l4 EB T ole LH DL n GS B S sm vo f r deca Tasa mr mig cwn oo Hear Fore appar BRL CN DII Epp m AK Lett saaa estare Masse Oi i a See also Customizing a Page Template Customizing the PDF Template helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 191 Home Advanced Functions Page Templates Customizing the PDF Template Customizing the PDF Te
66. IS is Installed To check if IIS is already installed on the computer you will be using as the web server select Start Settings Control Panel Add Remove Programs gt Add Remove Windows Components IIS is installed if the checkbox next to Internet Information Services 1IS is checked as shown below The Microsoft Windows installation CD provides instructions on how to install 11S specific to each version of Windows O GP Indexing Service DOME P dE Intent Explorer EN 0 0 MB amp Inbemet Infomation Services IS O Big Management and Monitoring Tools 2 0 MB mE heer Dusen 0 0 0 fifilM Install 11S Follow the instructions below to install IIS 5 1 on Windows XP 1 Select Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Add Remove Programs i Be Edt Wem Fuvorbes ode jo Qu Q 8 wm Pick a category IE s ea Appear enor and There M Pinker and Hirr Hardee Ia Pag w Spbwork and Interne Connection p User Arouna LS i 5 Adel or Fere Progr arma um Dar Time Language anzi Regional Dptions i E Cristal or ooma programe and Windows component E i a Frien and Font j LT a are iio Daci ra Arr mur Options ET Frriprrarkg are Heeres h rruriy Center e d A x LE 5 c Lm Tapeh dedii peor Me uL ee TET E ieee fee ET ill tte 0 3 Boer utor ad Cot abe HUNTER 3 Click the checkbox beside Internet Information Services 11S helpconsole 2010 14 Installatio
67. Keywords and Index Links Search Publishing helpconsole 2010 54 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help gt Windows Applications Windows Applications The concept behind context sensitive help is that users of an application can quickly get help for a specific function or feature that they re currently using The easier it is for users to access the help that they re looking for the happier they will be and the fewer support calls your support team will receive Context sensitive help may be implemented in the following ways F1 Key e Application Level user opens an application and presses F1 to display the application help system e Form Level User opens a form such as an activation key dialog and presses F1 to display help for that form e Field Level User clicks on a field such as a textbox and presses F1 to display help for that field Help Button e Application Level user clicks on a help link at the top of the main screen to open the application help system e Form Level User clicks on a help link or button beside a field to display help for that specific function e Field Level User clicks on a help link or button at the top of a form to display help for that form id 3 od a Windows Application Windows Form Help Windows Field Help Windows F1 Windows F1 Form Help Windows F1 Field Help Help Button Button Button Application Help See also Web Applications helpconsole 2010 Basic
68. List SuperScript SubScript Toolbar Reference 271 After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button This tool allows you to paste the HTML content of the Clipboard as code which may be quite convenient for developer oriented applications e g support systems forums etc The pasted text will look something like this lt IMG src originalAttribute src originalAttribute src originalPath originalAttribute src originalPath logo gif BR BR FONT face Arial gt lt STRONG gt What s new in this version lt STRONG gt lt FONT gt Undoes the previous action Pressing this button will Undo the last action you have made in the editor This includes but is not limited to inserting tables moving images and formatting text Pressing the down arrow next to this button will open a dropdown where you can select from a list of previous actions Redoes the last undone action Pressing this button will Redo the action you have just undone Pressing the down arrow next to this button will open a dropdown where you can select from a list of actions that can be redone Applies predefined styles to a selected element such as text image table etc This dropdown menu contains predefines styles contained in the project stylesheet See also Styles Applies standard or predefined text styles to the selected paragraph Click anywhere in the paragraph you want form
69. PC and will be run by one person the software can be run from the Start Menu as shown below If HelpConsole 2010 will be run in a network environment from a web server users need to enter the URL address directly into their browser Running from an Individual PC To run the software from the start menu on a computer that HelpConsole 2010 was installed to follow the instructions below 1 Click Start gt All Programs gt HelpConsole 2010 gt HelpConsole 2010 ia Wired Medus Puya ig Windows Mobile Device Center EZ Windows Update 9 XPS Viewer Askevpanet Diacuments Camtasia Studio amp Citrix Pioti de OVD MovieFactory for TOSHIBA n Epacor de Flach Sideshenw Maker Professional j Damet Gim 4e Google Chrome Jp MelpConscle 2007 sk HelpConsele 2008 p Help onsale Si d Fielpc ensolez 10 Devices and Pnnbers je HTML Help Workshop r kielt Matrix Storage Manger Default Piogrima J Maintenance m boret MET Framework SDE v20 Help and Support je Micresadt Office JE Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JE Microsoft SOL Server 2008 JE Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Mu Computer Control Panel 4 Back projects page will appear gH Hepler 2011 Perini fy TOEA Lend grecum 3 EF T E bre ke E wine f Hepere SUO ML Lii al aiet Peki loisir Ci Running from a Web Server If HelpConsole 2010 was installed to a web server users will enter the application URL address directly into their browser
70. Popup Example helpconsole 2010 Adding Page Anchors Basic Functions 135 An anchor can be attached to text or an image on a page Normally anchors are used to link from one section of a page to another section For example if a page contains a long list of questions and answers you might include a summary at the top of the page that links to each answser further down on the page Adding an Anchor Follow the steps below to add an anchor 1 Click Edit Page to edit the page 2 Highlight the text and you want to add the anchor to 3 Click the Show More Tools icon on the editor toolbar and then click the Hyperlink Manager icon 4 Click the Anchor tab 5 Type the name of the anchor and then click OK B Hyp rink Manager a Hypertni Linking to an Anchor Follow the steps below to add a link that displays an anchor on the same page 1 Click Edit Page on a page containing one or more anchors 2 Highlight the text that you want to link to an anchor 3 Click the Hyperlink Manager Icon 2 4 Select the anchor that you want to link to from the Existing Anchors list Hyperirik Manager x EL hiipi kk link Text Question How do bay HelpConsole 2011 aned 5 Click OK Anchor Link Examples 1 Display an anchor on the same page top of this page pagetop 2 Open another page and display a specific anchor default aspx pageid editor toolbar undo 3 Open a help system and display a specific p
71. Publish form will be displayed POP Te Vehi Misia Wwane Lm s Taper ned Pape 5 Click Publish PDF Manual A message will be displayed indicating that it was created successfully PDF Manual Created Successfully k POF Manual Fasc C Program Pile ripen 20 ee don perl pot The following paths are also provided Path Description Publish URL Click to display the PDF Manual that was created This URL can be published internally or on your website The path to the PDF manual file on the web server 6 Click the Publish URL link to display the PDF Manual helpconsole 2010 156 Basic Functions PEEL LV LI Lid TL 3 n gm ogE jui Nader l ner 7 When the Publish form is reloaded in the future a link will be displayed to the previously published PDF Manual See also Customizing the PDF Template Publishing a Static Help System Uploading to your Website Legacy Help System Publishing a Dynamic Help System helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 157 Home Advanced Functions Advanced Functions Advanced Functions are features or product cababilities that a novice author most likely will not use at least until they become more familiar with the authoring environment These functions include d 3333 Movies amp Animations Users Security Groups Variables Language Support Page Templates Styles Reports Conditional Content Comments Import Page Objects See also Welcome Getting Started I
72. See also Adding a Page Adding an External File Embedding another Project Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Page Properties helpconsole 2010 Dragging amp Dropping Pages Cutting and Pasting Pages Customizing Page Icons Page Approval Basic Functions 95 helpconsole 2010 96 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Table of Contents gt Embedding another Project Embedding another Project One or more other help projects can be embedded into your help project This is useful if you wish to create smaller help systems or sections that you later want to merge to display a larger help system A scenario may be that you have a standard edition of your product and a professional edition The professional edition includes featurel feature2 and feature3 but the standard edition only includes feature1 and feature2 Follow the instructions below to embed another help project into your help project 1 Open the Help System 2 f you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with design permissions 3 Click the Add Page icon T 4 Select Merge Project for the page type 5 Select the help project that you want to embed Merge Project Example Help System HC2008 Test Results HelpConsole 2008 HelpConsole 2008 Demos Widget Master Feature Widget Master Feature2 Widget Master Feature3 6 Click Add Page to embed the help project 7 When the contents is in edit mode a
73. Sub Buttonl1 Click ByVal sender As System Object ByVal e As System EventArgs Handles Buttonl Click Help ShowHelp Buttonl helpNusername htm End Sub Note a page parameter cannot be passed when a static help system is opened from Visual Studio so in order to display a specific page within the help system the static help system must be created without frames See Publishing a Static Help System for more information ShowHelp Syntax Help ShowHelp Parent URL Parent Name of the button control URL The url of the help system 5 Press F5 to run the application Click the Help button helpconsole 2010 Ay Wird Applkcasian See also URL Parameters Windows Application Help Button Windows Form Help Button Windows F1 Application Help Windows F1 Form Help Windows F1 Field Help Basic Functions 63 helpconsole 2010 64 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help gt Windows Applications gt Windows F1 Application Help Windows F1 Application Help You can add context sensitive help to your Windows application so that when a user presses the F1 key the help system is displayed Follow the steps below to add F1 context sensitivity to your Visual Studio 2003 2005 Windows application 1 Open your Visual Studio Windows application Wic enuaplicaliasT Hirani Theal Bak MIT dmiga Peel ve Deg Ue pk dee beet dub beg Dua Ape coh k bab E oom Cir p Deby giji ir
74. TP Service World Wide Web Service 6 Select World Wide Web Service and then click Details Internet Information Services IIS h X Ta add ar remove a component click the check box amp shaded box means that only part of the component will be installed To see what s included in a component click Details subcomponents of Internet Information Services IIS L S Background Intelligent Transfer Service BITS Server Estensione 02MB lt gt Common Files 1 0 MB LI aa File Transfer Protocol FTP Service 0 1 MB E g FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions 14 6 MB E Internet Information Services Manager 1 3 ME di Internet Printing 0 0 MB O MNTP Service 1 0 MB ipa SMTP Service 1 2 MB World Wide Web Service oO MB Description 4 core component of IIS that uses HTTP to exchange information with Web clients on a TERP network Total disk space required 29MB Deak Space available on disk 1602 8 MB TN 7 Ensure that the following components are checked Active Server Pages World Wide Web Service World Wide Web Service E x To add or remove a component click the check bos A shaded bos means that only part of the component will be installed To see what s included in a component click Details Subcomponents of World Wide Web Service Ta ES Active Server Pages Internet Data Connector 0 0 MB ug Remote Administration H T ML 5 7 MB O ud Remote Desktop web Connection 0 4 MB LJ is Server
75. TW 4 Select the users that this conditional content will be visible for and click nsert 5 The conditional content will be contained within orange start and end tags In the example below a message will be displayed if a user logs in as Admin AN i project o Online Help Hello Administrator This message i amp only visible when logged in ss Admin 6 This is how the page will look in live mode Not Logged in Logged in as Admin helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 217 Se oo Eu go ID Googie p 5 Eco o bpr fy Teen D dp Favontes E den Pomarad by Hale tonede 2010 Sy vo Puget Getty Toke fr C an lisadean emus ai iem Online Help zw Online Help B y Admm Hello Administrator Tha mpeg n ors weiter sim ied n gn Adern Notes f you want to remove a condition just delete the start and end tags If you want to edit a condition to include another user double click the IF tag and type the username Make sure that users are separated by commas Conditions can include pretty much anything including text images flash animations variables iframes etc See also Conditional Pages Conditional Content by Skin Conditional Content by Query Conditional Variables helpconsole 2010 218 Advanced Functions Conditional Content by Query The conditional content by query function is similar to the conditional content by user function however instead of selecting specific us
76. Te te k rec dee T Variables Skins ma Translations BE About HelpConsole srESME MTS Jie T eru sl Vale BENE ru da TEE CT dn Pium Page Templates es Styles 4 Click Styles to display the stylesheet editor The stylesheet PageStyles css is displayed by default 5 Select the skin stylesheet in the list 5 Modify anv existing stvles or add new styles helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 199 page body fi min body background color MISE marga opel Ekin ceteilucepger widrh rl0rW rekin asparansy Dugdi ipay BELA CALEA LEE ER HLALELE miin pagewrapper 6 Ekin container widi fk RELA PEAOSI l AELA footer Birin ccnctanrtgahsadar cupsor g z2amsirae BEG contents dbacrgroozd tLmaqge urliimages boo conte te b amp ck gif Earkgrocound rege amp tpepeat NIBArWEPOVWI So62ERRDIETPSPRBORReE A STLIZEM PL SR eS PL sp solid HELER berdersbsttce pe solid whiter BMirin ccncraurafo2ccar i BELL pagereader i BELA pageant ii3isplayi amp sot Rein page bacikgrcuni 5ESETEFTETI Eiin pagerig i dimaplayznccs BALA pagefoorer ii mln footer C1 sande purran irclcr lbiald ldicuzsacrlpoinrterz paiding Llefc lJ0pai padirtng rigr ljpa padiing TOR ES I KEE ORI SEHIBACKBEDUGM LEATCIUER CUBA DER Diut DPR 0 Se ee positlen reenber ImEi barhkgrcurderepaattnosreprat bcadkmark burton 2clor 8331313 c uzsar pointarzzpadding Iasfc 20pa paddiing TighrilWFEpXxrDpeiding ropidJpxIp Eiing borr
77. User Defined Variables 175 User Groups 168 User Login Project 162 User Manual 155 user permissions 161 Username Adding Project 163 Username Deleting Project 167 Username Editing Project 165 username variable 178 V Variable editor toolbar 269 Variables 174 Variables Adding 175 variables system 178 Variables User Defined 175 Varialbes Editing 175 Visible for Skins 212 Visible Pages 212 W Web Application Adding Help Links 70 Web Application Help Button 71 Web Field Help Button 74 Web Form Help button 72 Web Server Installation 12 Web Server Requirements 11 Website Help System 150 Welcome 1 welcome user variable 178 what is HelpConsole 2 windows 2003 installing iis 12 Windows App Adding Help Links 54 Windows Application Help Button 55 Windows Field Help Button 61 Windows Form Help Button 58 windows vista installing iis 12 windows xp installing iis 12 Working with Images 114 Working with Tables 107 Z Zipped Project 47
78. a sub folder named help Open a Static Help Page within help system Private Sub Form2 KeyDown ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyEventArgs Handles MyBase KeyDown If e KeyCode 112 Then Help ShowHelp Me help project login htm End If End Sub Note a page parameter cannot be passed when a static help system is opened from Visual Studio so in order to display a specific page within the help system the static help system must be created without frames See Publishing a Static Help System for more information ShowHelp Syntax Help ShowHelp Parent URL Parent Reference to the current form URL The url of the help system Press F5 to run the application Press F1 to open the help topic for this form Press F1 Key User Logan Form FA See also URL Parameters Windows Application Help Button Windows Form Help Button Windows Field Help Button Windows F1 Application Help Windows F1 Field Help helpconsole 2010 68 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help gt Windows Applications gt Windows F1 Field Help Windows F1 Field Help You can add context sensitive help to any field within your Windows application so that when a user presses the F1 key while a field has the focus a help topic specific to that field is displayed Follow the steps below to add F1 context sensitivity to fields within your Visual Stu
79. ackup of the project from the web server and then upload it to HelpConsole 2010 on your notebook See Backing up Your Project and Uploading a Project Can the HelpConsole 2010 branding be removed from the published Help System R Yes you can remove all of the ExtremeEase branding The company name and product name are displayed on some skins but this can be easily changed to your branding or just removed This is done by editing the Skin Can I hide pages in the Table of Contents until l ve finished writing the content a Yes pages can be temporarily hidden via the Page Properties dialog For more information See Conditional Content Is there a way to insert p instead of lt br gt when the enter key is pressed A No Some html editors insert a p tag when the enter key is pressed however mostly for the sake of simplicity the HelpConsole editor inserts a br tag when the enter key is pressed To quickly insert a p tag press CTRL M or click the add paragraph button on the toolbar Can customize the icons in the Sibling Icon List and the Child Icon List R Yes By default folder icons are displayed but you can display custom icons by placing your own images in the images folder with the format lt pagename gt gif For example if you had a page named my page then the image would be named my page gif For more information see Customizing Page Icons See also Installation Questions helpconsole 2010
80. ade is complete the project can no longer be apenas in HelpConsole 2008 Upgrade Project Master The project needs im be upgraded Fonden ta manic wie Hipan 20 0 Circe ungraded then pesiect cannot be opened mith Bw preevioun verson of dhe software HelpCoracia XM Clek he Upgrade bution AK Local intranet Protected Mod OT Note Most aspects of the help project are upgraded when you move from HelpConsole 2008 to HelpConsole 2010 however if a skin was customized in HelpConsole 2008 those changes will need to be re applied after upgrading See also System Requirements Installing IIS Assigning Write Permissions Installing the Software Entering Your Activation Key How to run the software URL Parameters Service Pack History helpconsole 2010 28 Installation Entering Your Activation Key While evaluating HelpConsole the activation key prompt will appear when a project is opened or a new project is created After the activation key is entered this prompt will no longer appear The activation key is provided when the software is purchased and when entered registers the software If an activation key is not entered the software will start in evaluation mode and will no longer function after 30 days Activation Key Please Enter Your Activation Key Please enter your activation key If you dick Evaluate you ll have 30 days remaining to evaluate HelpConsole 2010 For ordering information visit us at http fvww
81. aeg ee Ad Pgh Anaro v TA a i T 5 After the import is complete the pages will be added to the bottom of the contents and can then be dragged to any location within your table of contents id Prarie bit PA i Hla Treo mra moie ee ce pete Dummic omes m Daria um cmn Fer cue mac UU ed Come worin anii epi ceder ier dea epee amma Qh cages focus a te prre qvam quai sae rg act sas cama eee Dr ee meres Er rere ee EN ee ry eng he MEER And cee DLC Fd a MD M RIF a Company Vision acid Nigsion prre siuh ours stery Pe ga geom of cg mage psie See also Importing a Word Document Importing HTML Pages helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 235 Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Page Objects Page Objects are similar to page variables but are more complex The following page objects can be inserted into a help page Dataset A customizable database form consisting of a find screen and a detail screen Dataset Summary Provides a summary view of a specified dataset File Folder Allows administrators and or users to upload and manage files and documents Toggle Panel Allows readers to click an expand icon to view additional information Report Use the report designer to design reports with parameters See also Movies amp Animations Users Security Groups Variables Language Support Page Templates Styles Reports Conditional Content Comments Import helpconsole 2010 236 Adv
82. age and anchor http www helpconsole2010 com helpconsole 202010 default aspx pageid editor toolbar amp anchorzundo helpconsole 2010 136 Basic Functions See also Adding Page Links Adding Internet Links Adding Email Links Adding Document Links Adding Popup Links Removing a Link Popup Example helpconsole 2010 Adding Popup Links You can add a page link that displays the linked page within a popup box Here are examples of popups that can be created Image Popup Image Mouseover popup elicere lm KAVA PRA A UmUAPIbmMb click to display Move mouse over te Fs Y A DODU p Mouseover Popup Small Popup Move mouse ovel aDove Follow the instructions below to add a popup link 1 Select the text or image that you want to link to the popup 2 Click the Page Link icon Ej 3 For Link Type select Small Popup Large Popup or Mouseover Popup Link Type Small Popup Normal Link Small Pon j Welcome mall OU ve y Getting Started Tea ded i at E di Installason ae amp dy Basic Functions dil Advanced Functions dij Toolbar Reference a ij FAQ 4 Click the page that you want to link to Link Type Small Popup a ag muupenus dy Context censitive Help jj Sins did Table of Contents E ly Working with Tables Working with Images 8 dy Keywords and Index R Links Adding Page Links j Adding Internet Links Adding Email Links
83. ages 8 PDF Manual disadvantages 8 PDF Manual publishing 8 PDF Manual what is it 8 PDF Template Customizing 191 pending reader 208 permissions 161 Permissions Groups 168 Pictures 114 popular pages and views variable 178 popular pages variable 178 Popup Help Topic 81 Popups 81 Print 262 print page icon 261 Printed Manual 155 Product Registration 28 Product Support 4 project embedding 96 Project Login 162 Project merging 96 project name variable 178 Project Properties 48 project template creating 52 Project template delete 52 project template edit 52 Projects 37 Projects Backing up 44 Projects Copying 43 Projects Create New 38 Projects Delete 42 Projects Editing 40 Properties 48 Properties Page 99 Publish Help System Button 259 Publish PDF Manual Button 259 Publish to your website 150 Publishing 147 Publishing a Dynamic Help System 154 publishing a PDF Manual 155 8 Publishing a Static Help System 148 Publishing Static Help 5 purchase 3 R Redo 262 Register the software 28 Hemove Link 262 Removing a Link 139 Renaming a Page 97 report page status 206 Reports 203 Running HelpConsole 30 S save button 260 search textbox 261 security 161 Security Group Adding 169 Security Group Deleting 173 Security Group Editing 171 Security Groups 168 Service Pack History 34 Set Absolute Position 262 Settings 48 Setup 24 short date variable 178 short time
84. ages Importing a Robohelp Document Project When creating a help system you may have existing Word or HTML documents that you want to include in your help system Content from various sources can be imported into HelpConsole avoiding the need to re enter the information manually In most cases images links and formatting is retained See also Movies amp Animations Users Security Groups Variables Language Support Page Templates Styles Reports Conditional Content Comments Page Objects helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 229 Home Advanced Functions Import Importing a Word Document Importing a Word Document Follow the steps below to import a Word Document into a HelpConsole project 1 Open the document in MS Word that you want to import into your HelpConsole project 2 Click the Office button and then click Save As e id woo Installing the Software docr Microboft Word Saws a copy cd the documerd E aih Asch AaBbO S ia tnr eost te ti thes T He Spet Herbai X Mord Template nerit chore at aismglaer that ran bt ried le ore Pee rd a E RE Br vs hi ada 0d 3 Dnd add ina ler pitur Bie Ferri pn anco addant ta ure ig pal i dash dci POP pr KE nih fen de diaes ego ba palpi from E Era ar p M fico Dee eg oe Feeney ue n4 camen 3 Browse to the Import folder within your project folder For example if your project is named
85. al e As System EventArgs Handles Buttonl Click Help ShowHelp Buttonl http www extremeease com help helpconsole 2010 Bud Sub Or Open a Static Help System Private Sub Buttonl Click ByVal sender As System Object ByVal e As System EventArgs Handles Buttonl Click Help ShowHelp Buttonl help default htm End Sub the url above assumes that the help system is in a sub folder named help ShowHelp Syntax Help ShowHelp Parent URL Parent Name of the button control Button1 URL The url of the help system http www extremeease com help helpconsole 2010 5 Press F5 to run the application Click the Open Help System button Weide Ir F DT Online Help J 1 E bs Se F Fru ee Peete fa zat ut E ee UU Praga Eager bh er z ELI all ae AA Gee P e ee I BFP Pe p Fe me op xeu indem EC Dear mare dir riria See also URL Parameters Windows Form Help Button Windows Field Help Button Windows F1 Application Help Windows F1 Form Help Windows F1 Field Help helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 57 helpconsole 2010 58 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help gt Windows Applications gt Windows Form Help Button Windows Form Help Button You can add a help button icon or hyperlink to a form within your Windows application that opens a specific page of your help system Follow the steps below to add a help button to your Visual Studio 2003 2005 Windows
86. al variable to Click Edit Page to switch to edit mode lt P index Tr Bookmark a SV project aa T ann a Online Help Online Help esl This message is displayed when the Widget Lite skin is applied See also Conditional Pages Conditional Content by Skin Conditional Content by User Conditional Content by Query helpconsole 2010 222 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Comments Comments The Comments feature allows readers to submit comments about the page that they are currently reading These comments could be anything from informing the author about a spelling or gramatical error feedback about the specific feature reporting an incorrect step in the instructions or a note that may help other readers in the future eem x we frat PielpConacis can Ds nun on polcssona peti must be pet En Ta Dapre Ea diu bek at Gear Colors ar Sci PS fuer Lover D donc pee ed chat Hip nane cR D run pe indes Wenn de but rhe Ensi 1j br Apphpscorer perpe mur e sep dp Tros Tobs s kk s Pra Olle get MR i doner T emere Coena ENE There are two types of comments Personal Comments and Public Comments 3S d I 3 Adding Comments Personal Comments Approving Comments Managing Comments See also Movies amp Animations Users Security Groups Variables Language Support Page Templates Styles Reports Conditional Content Import Page Objects helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functi
87. also URL Parameters Web Application Help Button Web Form Help Button Web Field Help Button Web F1 Form Help Web F1 Field Help Popups helpconsole 2010 Home Basic Functions 77 Basic Functions Context sensitive Help Web Applications Web F1 Form Help Web F1 Form Help You can add context sensitive help to any form within your Web application so that when a user presses the F1 key a help topic specific to that form is displayed Follow the steps below to add F1 context sensitivity to a form within your web application 1 Open a page such as a login form of your web application using an HTML editor such as Visual Studio or a text editor such as Windows Notepad This is an example of a simple login form gi lt b em Tmn Dody Username lt input gt lt br gt PasswoOl lt input Cole IM ake IE type button value Login gt Scc Anam 2 Add the following code to capture the F1 key and display the help system Open a Dynamic Help Page page only no contents lt html gt lt body onhelp window open http www domain com help page aspx pageid project login blank return false br c b qa Username lt input gt lt br gt Passwor S UTI SK body cmi CIE oe er cem type button value Login gt Open a Dynamic Help Page within help system lt h le tml body onhelp window open http www domain com help default aspx pageid project login
88. anced Functions Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Dataset Dataset A dataset is a customizable database form consisting of a find screen and a detail screen An example of a dataset is a simple support ticket form allowing customers to submit support issues d od d od d oa Adding a Dataset X Adding a Detail Field Adding a Find Field Dataset Find Dataset Detail Dataset Field Properties Properties Properties Dataset File Email Triggers Attachments oee also Dataset Summary File Folder Toggle Panel Report helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 237 Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Dataset Adding a Dataset Adding a Dataset Datasets can be added to your help system to collect and manage data Examples of datasets might include any of the following Support Tickets Bug Reports Feedback Survey form Download form Follow the steps below to add a dataset to existing page 1 Select the page that you want to add the dataset to 2 Click Edit Page Edit Page 3 Click the Insert Page Object icon 4 Select Dataset in the list and then click Insert Select a page object amd then dick She insert butinn Llatase DatasetSummary FileFolder OnAdd Email OnDelete Email OnEdit Email Report TogglePanel page name e page name Search ppd iise am i n irimi i T 6 At this point you can add detail fields or add find fields 7 f no addit
89. appear Click Run 1 Download HelpConsole 2010 from http Do you wand te run or save this file Hane helpeonieleMdoertup exe a Type Appicsisan 252 7HMB Lie Pugeeement Roel 2 XE Leet Agp wv Pheica i guion bie Der Dni a Hel pir irae INL Ease 5 wg inc nd ber Lice hyni E a l Fe kiaii PES LESE ASA p phu a poea EP a iper a g CE 6 eC a eed Vs ad P iced Papiet PUE rumeur a eed Sud ered enbat ees bas nocens in ei ACOTIT Destination Folder The deiteaten Pde Ke ea Pies Kl tut will ipai Re ode 1 anto grec Slip Pe T nmm d lioe o ple a de et er aci Beet hog Flex eos i helpconsole 2010 Installation 25 5 You will be given the ea a menu folder subi that HelpConsole 2010 is selected and then click Install Presper tg Ga Start mary inui el Sapa weil reat abr ee Pollen Patri Airis Bu bey Peet sui rug Fede Begs thus lit bikir Hecker SEE ating that the installation was successfull Click Finish to complete the installation Completing the HelpConsole 2010 Setup Wizard Sata hei sace Hula eerta erie orci 25 13 oe pus temples II Windows Media Player ig Windows Mobile Device Center Larne Documents Fiche Je DVD MesieFactory for TOSHIBA je Epacor dk Flach Sideshow Maker Professional Piin Gari Dence and Pnnberz Default Programa LU Microsoft NET Framework SDK v2 0 ke Muwreselt Office d Microsoft SOL Server 2005 Ub Mierestoft SOL Server 200
90. application 2 Double click the Button control to add a button to the form Change the text property to Help Drag the button to the desired position Pen vh Design al Hank 2 3 Double click the button control to open the code window helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 59 FR DE des Pomt fk pbg pa mis Heb Poco RO i mam noe De sors Lir TID I LEEE 31 ubi 1L NIT da Ferrel ve Irbis l ser Forml dmerits Epi Hj ncn Fores Pore Fi Luk Ium EL FREE DUE EF aii Ls Dilan eg EyVELD amp LE Reip Oe Ce Ba TET TENAS ipata ara Emd Tun End isss 4 Add the following code to the Sub Button1_Click event Open a Dynamic Help Page page only no contents Private Sub Buttonl Click ByVal sender As System Object ByVal e As System EventArgs Handles Bus Former Help ShowHelp Buttonl http www extremeease com help helpconsole 2010 page aspx pageid Project Login End Sub Open a Dynamic Help Page within help system Private Sub Buttonl Click ByVal sender As System Object ByVal e As System EventArgs Handles Butctonivcdpncs Help ShowHelp Buttonl http www extremeease com help helpconsole 2010 default aspx pageid Project Login En Sm Open a Static Help Page Private Sub Buttonl1 Click ByVal sender As System Object ByVal e As System EventArgs Handles Buttonl Click Help ShowHelp Buttonl help project login htm End Sub the url above assumes that
91. arch keyword amp condition allwords condition specified Example 3 default aspx search keywordGfilter FAQ filter specified Anchor Specifies the anchor to display when the page is loaded Example default aspx pageid Editor Toolbar amp anchorzundo Merge Pageid Displays a page within an embedded or merged project when a help system is opened Syntax default aspx pageid Project Page ID Examplel WebServerl helpconsole2010 helpproject1 default aspx pageid project1 faq Example2 http www company com help helpproject1 default aspx pageid project1 faq Note Place a question mark before the first parameter and an ampersand amp before additional parameters Example WebServerl helpconsole2010 helpproject1 default aspx pageid zfaq amp skinz blue Static Help Console Parameters Parameter Description Page Displays the specified page when the help system is opened Syntax default htm Page Filename Examplel WebServerl helpconsole2010 helpproject static default htm faq htm Example2 WebServer1 MyApp help default htm faq htm This assumes that your application is running under the virtual directory MyApp and the folder containing your help system is named help Example3 http www company com help default htm fag htm This assumes that your application is running on the domain company com and the folder containing your help system is named help Anchor Loads the specified page and positions the speci
92. are desired The table will be inserted at the current cursor position See also Working with Tables Pressing this button will open the image dialog which allows you to manage images From this form images can be inserted into the page Images can also be uploaded from a local harddrive or network Sets the font typeface This dropdown allows you to change the font of the selected text Sets the font size This dropdown allows you to change the font size of the selected text Applies bold formatting to the selected text Select the text and press this button to apply bold formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will bold the entire word Applies underline formatting to selected text Select some text and press this button to apply underline formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will underline the entire word Aligns the selected paragraph to the left Centers the selected selected paragraph Aligns the selected paragraph to the right Changes the color of the selected text This dropdown allows you to change the font color of the selected text Toggle between standard toolbar and full toolbar Pressing this button to display the default printer dialog box Press OK or Print to print the current page in your web browser You can set your printer properties before printing e Spell Check Find amp Replace Global Search amp Re
93. assed in the URL eg default aspx search icons amp condition anywords e Editor Height The variable editor and page template editor height is now correct when opened in Safari or Firefox e Firefox Search The search button in the advanced window did not work in Firefox e Scripts in Page A property has been added to allow script script blocks in pages e Favicon ico When a help system is displayed an icon is now displayed in the browser address box based on the project type e Aproval Process A property has been added to force a status to be assigned when pages are added or edited e amp in Pagename if the character amp is included in a page name an error will occur if the skin contains the top menu variable e Media Upload Size The upload size limit for media files was changed from 200KB to 40megs April 8 2010 Service Pack 1 Bug Fixes amp Enhancements Edit Skin I mages After inserting an image into a skin the image path may have been incorrect when saved Document Manager When inserting a document using the document manager the URL format may be incorrect Close Tools Window The X on the tools window did not cause the window to close HTML View f a page is switched to HTML view and then another page is edited HTML view is still displayed with the previous page content Contents Tabs After applying the Tabs skin and then publishing the index tab produced an error when clicked Resize Cont
94. at will be applied when the help project is loaded Activity Log This determines what user actions are recorded and displayed in the Activity Log 1 Record All Actions Both reader and admin actions are recorded 2 Record Admin Actions Only admin actions such as add page are recorded 3 Record No Actions No reader or admin actions are recorded Help Format This is the format in which the help project will be displayed when loaded Frames Pages are displayed within an iframe Flat The entire help system window is reloaded when a page is selected Allow Scripts Determines if script script blocks can be included in page HTML Default Page Status The selected page status will automatically be assigned when new pages are added or existing pages are edited helpconsole 2010 50 Basic Functions Default Contents Mode Default Comment Status Users Dataset SMTP Server This determines if the contents will be in edit mode or live mode when the user logs in This is the status that will be applied when new reader comments are added This determines if reader comments are immediately visible to the public or if an administrator must approve the comment first If the help project contains at least one dataset a dataset can be defined as a Users Dataset This connects the dataset with user accounts Tools gt Users which allows administrators to store detailed information about each user account This
95. atic help system is run from a harddrive scripts are disabled until the user enables them Static help systems are now partially displayed and usable when scripts are disabled e Merged Project f a merged project has child nodes a message is now displayed indicating that child nodes are not allowed e Quotes in page name If a page name included a variable which contained a double quote an error would occur in both dynamic help and static help e Dynamic Variables f a dynamic variable value specified in the URL contained html elements such as strong an error would occur e Tools Permissions The message you do not have permissions may have appeared when opening the tools form e Delete skins f multiple skins were deleted the session was restarted and the second skin was not deleted e Locked Project f a project is locked static help and PDF manuals cannot be published e Anchor in Static Help Anchor specified in URL for static help was not recognized e Datasets The way that dataset find and detail forms was improved e Search Highlighting Text is now highlighted correctly based on the search condition exact phrase any words e Admin Permissions The admin username will now always have full permissions regardless of the permisisons assigned in the admin security group e Contents Width n Static flat help sytems long page names may have overlapped with the page e Search in URL Search condition can be p
96. atted and select the preferred style from the dropdown Applies italic formatting to the selected text Select some text and press this button to apply Italic formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will apply italic to the entire word Pressing this button will justify the selected paragraph to the left and to the right at the same time Changes the background color of the selected text This dropdown allows you to change the background color of the selected text This button indents a paragraph to the right Each time this button is pressed the paragraph will be indented further to the right Decreases paragraph indent to the left This button works only if indent has been applied to a paragraph beforehand To use this button click anywhere in the paragraph you want indented to the left and press the button Creates a numbered list from the selection Select some text or place the cursor inside a paragraph and press this button to make the text a numbered list Pressing this button again will turn the numbered list into a regular paragraph of text Creates a bulleted list from the selection Select some text or place the cursor inside a paragraph and press this button to make the text a bulleted list Pressing this button again will turn the bulleted list into a regular paragraph of text Makes text or numbers appear as superscript When typing text you may press this button to make the text
97. c Functions Editing a Project Follow the instructions below to open an existing help system project in edit mode 1 Run HelpConsole 2010 to display the startup form Click here for more information about running the software 2 Select the help system project in the list that you wish to edit and click open If the project doesn t have a password assigned to the admin username you can also click the edit icon at the far right to open directly in edit mode Upload Project Com Rename Delete 3 The selected help project will be opened in live mode 4 Click the login link and then enter a username and password that has edit contents and edit pages permissions By default the admin username does not have a pasword and has full permissions jl test Powered by HelpConsole 3010 Presented by TOSHIBA Leading Innovation eor EE bites ecathosthelpconscle2010 testl delsia i Sa wr Favorites G testi Powered by HelpConsole 2010 u 7 J oT Pages dafety Took Ge Ussmare Puarssevord Lon Te pegha edit made logn a Admin wis na password Tha mena wil rait be repised after p rizeseid d irit C Local intranet Protected Mede Off 5 Click edit page to edit the currently selected page or use the edit contents functions to add pages delete pages and set page properties helpconsole 2010 Edit Add Delete Page Save Edit Select Tools Publish Skin Page Page Properties Page Page Skin Menu
98. ce the cursor where you want the item to appear and press the Paste button Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button The editor will clean all unnecessary Microsoft Office related tags Place the cursor where you want the item to appear and press this button In case the user is trying to paste Word content with the regular Paste button or Ctrl V a dialog will prompt whether the Word markup should be cleaned If the Clipboard content does not come from Word the dialog will not be shown Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc in Microsoft Word you can Paste it using this button The editor will clean all unnecessary Microsoft Office related tags plus font formatting Place the cursor where you want the item to appear and press this button Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button The Paste Plain Text button works similarly to Paste from Word but it removes all HTML formatting and pastes plain text preserving the line breaks S mei In HE In Paste as HTML Undo Redo Style Paragraph Style Italic Justify Background Color Indent Outdent Numbered List Bullet
99. ckup Find hat Index See also Searching for Text Page Search and Replace Passing Search Terms in URL helpconsole 2010 146 Basic Functions Home Basic Functions Search Passing Search Terms in URL Passing Search Terms in URL Search text can be specified in the URL to automatically display a list of matching pages For example to list all pages that contain the search text Keyword specify search keyword in the URL Example default aspx search keyword Search Condition The search condition can be specified in the URL allwords anywords exactphrase Example default aspx search keyword amp condition allwords Search Filter Example default aspx search keyword amp filterz FAQ Search Results Ex Search For install HelpConsole P Condition All Words Filter Installation Upgrading from HelpConsole 2008 Follow the instructions below to upgrade from HelpConsole 2008 to HelpConsole 2010 1 As a precaution backup any active HelpConsole 2008 help projects 2 Refer to Installing the Software to install HelpConsale 2010 3 Copy any HalpCenselis 2008 projects to 2010 This can be done by backing up the pre on the manage prajects form in HelpConsole 2010 Enterprise Edition Copyright amp 2 Gi Local intranet Pr http localhost 2432 Help default aspx searchzinstall HelpConsole amp conditionz alliwords amp filterz inst See also S
100. comment will be assigned a status of pending visible or hidden This report lists all comments that have been submitted for your help project which can be filtered by comment status Follow the instructions below to view the Pending Reader Comments report 1 Open the Help System 2 f you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Expand the Admin node to view the predefined reports The reports included may be different depending on the project template that your project was created from ed sore Prii iata Berens Eme mn a morer Eat Ea racine noon wan harmed ot Juan nci ecu t caecos 2a ION edd Journ Tu cera fn Des fub TODAT il VO uat and Fire eer pe of armo s i rns sont npo acer rns bem Inr een Quem Vou warte bo derrig egi Furio gem Fur ennt coe rupi een coand oe Sree and could Een danced n aum dpt Oprta ded Pun e Shap ae arsi DENT mp i Eher DUCUM nd LI rd a da i ay ae pA mi Day yee ay FE eet pm om aire toe your gir prd Wet saksen Fuera recor e Change the Status Filter to display comments with a specific status or to display all comments for the help project e Click Print to print the report e Click the page link to load the page Once the page is loaded you can change the status for the specific comment See also Activity Log Report Page Status Report Unused I mages Report Customizing a report helpconsole 2010 Home Advanced Fun
101. commited We at Extreme Ease Software are to providing the best service commited to providing the best service Possible Varaibles can also contain html elements such as images tables flash animations etc Logo Variable in Edit Mode Logo Variable in Live Mode not translated Translated helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 177 AS m 1 HelpCofis le See also System Variables helpconsole 2010 178 Advanced Functions System Variables HelpConsole 2010 includes several built in variables such as page name and project name which can be added to any page at any time To insert a built in variable click the Insert Variable icon and select the variable in the list Revenue vs Target PrajectuBL Ton Menu Ced Logn Gentents Tabs Sbing Pape Lat TAn Hone Lat System Variables Overview Variable Name Value Description Project Name helpconsole 2010 The name of the help system project Username admin The username of the person currently logged in Short Date 17 06 2010 The current short date Long Date June 17 10 The current long date Short Time 11 22 AM The current short time Long Time 11 22 03 AM The current long time Fullname Administrator The full name of the user currently logged in Application Name Short HelpConsole The application name without the version or edition Application Name HelpConsole 2010 Professional Edition The application name with the ve
102. console 2010 92 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Table of Contents gt Adding an External File Adding an External File What is an external file An external file is typically a document such as a Word Document or PDF document that is located outside of the project folder or in a sub folder of the project Examples of external files include Word Document with pricing information hosted on company website PDF brochure hosted on company website PDF user manual located in a sub folder of the project Flash product demo located in a sub folder of the project Follow the instructions below to add an external file to your help system 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with edit contents permissions 3 Click the Add Page icon 4 Enter a name for the new page 5 Enter an absolute URL such as http www extremeease com help helpconsole 202008 docs example pdf or a relative URL such as MISSIS odf POF Document External File 6 Click OK to add the page 7 The Soc file x be displs an OG i AB tem ike abiti iecore omnc ma aere del inl ize BE i reipsa JOD ECT Eie Helin L LE ILLI IL sl Ba a n i Rh Liuygs hom 2 Cho Be ed ia Note External pages are not editable so you ll notice that the Edit Page button is not visible when external pages are displayed See also Adding a Page Adding a Website or Webpage he
103. content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button The Paste Plain Text button works similarly to Paste from Word but it removes all HTML formatting and pastes plain text preserving the line breaks Undoes the previous action Pressing this button will Undo the last action you have made in the editor This includes but is not limited to inserting tables moving images and formatting text Pressing the down arrow next to this button will open a dropdown where you can select from a list of previous actions Redoes the last undone action Pressing this button will Redo the action you have just undone Pressing the down arrow next to this button will open a dropdown where you can select from a list of actions that can be redone FAQ 275 Home FAQ FAQ The FAQ section includes answers to common questions tips and tricks and solutions to difficulties that users have previously encountered I oa General Questions Installation Questions See also Welcome Getting Started Installation Basic Functions Advanced Functions Toolbar Reference helpconsole 2010 276 FAQ Home gt FAQ gt General Questions General Questions Is there a way to temporarily move a Project to my notebook while I m out of the office R Yes as long as you have HelpConsole 2010 installed on your notebook you can create a b
104. ct Copying a Project Backing up Your Project Uploading a Project Setting Project Properties Manage Projects Form Password Project Templates helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 43 Copying a Project Follow the instructions below to copy an existing help system project 1 Run HelpConsole 2010 to display the startup form Click here for more information about running the software 2 Select the project that you want to copy 3 Click the copy button Copy of Widget Master Helg Create Project 4 When prompted enter a name for the new help project 5 The new project will be added to the project list on the manage projects form See also Adding a Page Publishing a Static Help System Publishing a Dynamic Help System Publishing a PDF Manual Creating a New Project Editing a Project Deleting a Project Backing up Your Project Uploading a Project Setting Project Properties Manage Projects Form Password Project Templates helpconsole 2010 44 Basic Functions Backing up Your Project Follow the instructions below to create a backup of a help project 1 Run HelpConsole 2010 to display the Manage Projects form Click here for more information about running the software 2 Select the help system project in the list that you wish to backup and click open If the project doesn t have a password assigned to the admin username you can also click the edit icon at the far right to open directly in edit m
105. ctions Reports Customizing a report Customizing a report Advanced Functions 209 Some reports can be customized such as the Page Summary report This report could be customized to include an HTML field that will show a preview of the page content Follow the steps below to customize a report 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Expand the Admin node to view the predefined reports The reports included may be different depending on the project template that your project was created from 4 Click the report that you want to customize For example the Page Summary report 5 Click Edit Page The report will be displayed in edit mode page name mer entre br em sz rares date Eom By irme at 6 Click the Click here to add Fields label to display the Find Properties window 7 Click the HTML field to add it to the report It will be added to the end of the detail row and a search field will be added Dataset Find Properties SOL Query select from help page Sart Field Show Al E 8 Click Save to save the report 9 Now when the report is run a preview of the page will be displaved helpconsole 2010 210 Advanced Functions bear a x D E gt bee dem page name Cum ce pum E d en facea Fui SS Fed meas aa mp Pane T See also Activity Log Report Page Statu
106. d or table Select the content and then Cut it When using this tool the cut text or image will be removed from the page and will be stored in the clipboard for later use Please note that only the last cut or copied item will be stored in the clipboard This tool is very helpful if you have decided to change the place of a piece of text in the sentence or in the page Copies the selected content to the clipboard The Copy button helpconsole 2010 264 Toolbar Reference he e Style m Fi helpconsole 2010 Copy Paste Paste from Word Paste from Word cleaning fonts and sizes Paste Plain Text Paste as HTML Undo Redo Style Paragraph Style Italic works on selected text image and or table Select the content first and then Copy it When using this tool the content will be stored in the clipboard for later use Note that only the last copied or cut item will be stored in the clipboard This tool is very helpful if you need to type the same text many times just select the text press the button place the cursor on the new place and press the Paste button This procedure works for images and or tables as well Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button Place the cursor where you want the item to appear and press the Paste button Pastes copied content from
107. dio 2003 2005 Windows application 1 Open your Visual Studio Windows application Wicdenupplicaikas T reat Tha Bak MIN da Ferret ss Daakgn Ue p ee beet dab beg Dua Pusat coh des bab oF LLL IM tet Ml frise m s a Tal Fam Ferre sie Dea o ee mim E ra Geen 2 Double click a field such as a textbox to open the code window 3 Select KeyDown from the Events list EE IIC COTETITGUDIESIUZJICHERIIURBUCLANDL DIETE USE REN eet ee Tab 9 M smeg Pom ob bra Formelt Pores et enge formt ot i Bj Flis Claas Fermi Erbacite Syrtes Findcwm T Halp Shovtielp Ra End If End uh LEmd Clam Ls 4 Add the following code to the Sub Textbox1 Keydown event Open a Dynamic Help Page page only no contents Private Sub TextBoxl_KeyDown ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyEventArgs Handles TextBoxl KeyDown If e KeyCode 112 Then Help ShowHelp Me http www domain com help page aspx pageid username DAC LE ENGA S Open a Dynamic Help Page within help system Private Sub TextBoxl_KeyDown ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyEventArgs helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 69 Handles TextBoxl KeyDown If e KeyCode 112 Then Help ShowHelp Me http www domain com help default aspx pageid username Dao LE End Sub Open a Static Help Page Private Sub TextBox
108. ditional text that will be visible for selected skins For more information see Conditional Text Inserts a sticky note that can be placed anywhere on the page This is typically used by the author to remind themselves to complete certain tasks Sticky notes are not visible in live mode The flash dialog is used for working with flash files inserting and uploading animations See also Adding a Flash Animation The Windows media dialog is used for inserting and uploading media objects AVI MPEG WAV etc It also lets you set the object s properties See also Adding a Media Animation Pressing this button will open the Document Manager dialog which allows you to link the selected text with another page See also Adding Page Links Strips removes the formatting from the selected text Removes Word custom or all formatting Toggles borders of all tables within the editor ON and OFF The ON function works on tables which have hidden borders This button toggles the positioning type for a selected object Pressing this button will allow you to drag and drop an object image table or media freely within the editor The default positioning type is relative which means that an object is positioned inline or relative to other objects When the positioning type is absolute the object can be placed anywhere on the page Cuts the selected content and copies it to the clipboard The Cut button works on selected text image an
109. e HelpConsole 2010 folder amp select Sharing and Security E uuu nuda Be E ew Faves Tools Hep MN pack O T Seeth icy riders fe PX C Ei Se Local Disk C E C WINDOWS eT FE Decuments and Settings E C Inetpuh C3 temo wINDOWS E wmeub E gh CD RW Drive D E FF Control Panel 5 d My Network Places al Recycle Bin 3 Select the Security tab 4 Select the group Users lt computername gt Users 5 Check the Full Control checkbox under the Allow column and then click OK HelpConsole 7008 Properties j x General Sharing Security Web Sharing Customize Group or user names Power Users ANDRE ANPowes Users T SYSTEM 2 TERMINAL SERVER USER Full Control Modify Read amp Execute List Folder Content Read wine See also Write Permissions for Windows XP Write Permissions for Windows Vista helpconsole 2010 24 Installation Home gt Installation gt Installing the Software Installing the Software The setup program will install HelpConsole 2010 to a folder that you specify If the software will be run in a network environment it is a good practise to install to a designated web server Ensure that your workstation or web server meets the recommended requirements as outlined in System Requirements Follow the steps below to install HelpConsole 2010 www extremeease com Download htm The following message will
110. e regions or by editing the skin stylesheet The regions that can be edited are Header Footer Contents Header Contents Footer Page Header Page Footer dom Online Help Weicome Etha tert pr ne help pries Brosse through fe hip pager by dicking on dae icons beoe cr Beer pari ini Pr table ef cnini te Pha lief To gui Fired opel product elon eter search gimis iri due peach bou bcn ed thi Fe perch tion Ask Us Ga c if yewire unable te rel rat deng Sus tes Euri Puriri dAdeanchd Faneteni paure Iocan For in Ee ip dag ey Pet nter TIME Td x n 3 Cur Pieters eor con iack aur puppet beam cea There Pay Prom Edit Skin Region Follow the instructions below to customize a skin region such as the header 1 Open the Help System that you wish to modify the skin for 2 f you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the yellow triangle to tuis left of the header 4 The Skin Editor will be displayed Most users at any experience level should be able to make minor customizations such as adding text adding hyperlinks adding images etc More advance customizations will require some knowledge of HTML To learn more about HTML design techniques visit the W3 Schools website helpconsole 2010 86 Basic Functions QC Um e ooo e20 bise deu npa EDALET FE ip Freres i vent Powered by HelpConiete 2010 m D o Ee onec Teie Thin
111. e tab 5 Enter the text that you want to replace in the Find field 6 Enter the replacement text in the Replace with field 7 Click Replace All to replace all instances of the text E Find And Replace Index Find Mext Keyword Index 8 A message will appear stating how many replacements were made A 4 occurrences in the text have been replaced See also Searching for Text Global Search and Replace Passing Search Terms in URL helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 145 Home gt Basic Functions gt Search gt Global Search and Replace Global Search and Replace Follow the steps below to replace text or HTML across all pages within a help project 1 Click Edit Page to edit the current page 2 Click the more button on the editor toolbar 3 Click the Global Search and Replace icon If the current page needs to be saved you will be prompted to save the page ii 4 Enter the text that you want to replace in the Find field 5 Enter the replacement text in the Replace with field 6 Click Replace All to replace all instances of the text Important This action cannot be undone and therefore you may want to make a backup of your help project first This function replaces text or HTML code across all pages in your help project This operation cannot be undone Tf you are replacing text on many pages itis recommended that you backup the project by selecting Tools gt Ba
112. e on Windows Vista x64 and Windows 2003 x64 Provide amp reeruhots where anoarooriabs AEROS 4 10 32 Phi 6 Users can delete a personal comment by clicking the delete icon beside the comment Notes Administrators with the Approve Comments permission can delete personal comments Administrators with the Approve Comments permission can change a personal comment to a public comment See also Adding Comments Approving Comments helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 225 Managing Comments helpconsole 2010 226 Advanced Functions Approving Comments By default comments are visible immediately after they are added however administrators may want to be able to approve comments before making them visible To configure comments to require approval do the following 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form i Backup ib Properties 2 Users 26 Security Groups ff Variables Skins s r Page Templates cag Styles KJ Translations E About HelpConsole CH o ala reram EOE RA AR 4 Click Properties to display the Project Properties form fe Project Properties Project Properties 5 gt Proper tes Fast Page Blue Record Ho Actions Frames mis False 5 Change Default Comment Status to Pending Deut Comment Sas 6 Click Save Note Administrator
113. e pasted text will look something like this lt IMG src originalAttribute src originalAttribute src originalPath originalAttribute src originalPath logo gif BR BR FONT face Arial gt lt STRONG gt What s new in this version lt STRONG gt lt FONT gt Undoes the previous action Pressing this button will Undo the last action you have made in the editor This includes but is not limited to inserting tables moving images and formatting text Pressing the down arrow next to this button will open a dropdown where you can select from a list of previous actions Redoes the last undone action Pressing this button will Redo the action you have just undone Pressing the down arrow next to this button will open a dropdown where you can select from a list of actions that can be redone Applies predefined styles to a selected element such as text image table etc This dropdown menu contains predefines styles contained in the project stylesheet See also Styles Applies standard or predefined text styles to the selected paragraph Click anywhere in the paragraph you want formatted and select the preferred style from the dropdown Applies italic formatting to the selected text Select some text and press this button to apply Italic formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will apply italic to the entire word S ner I Hn In TJT ili Justify Background Color
114. earching for Text Page Search and Replace Global Search and Replace helpconsole 2010 Home Basic Functions Publishing Publishing Output Formats There are essentially three output formats Static Help System Generate a pure HTML version of your Help System Dynamic Help System Authors can update the help system on your website PDF Manual Generate a user manual based on your Help Project d od d Wd amp Publishing a Static Help Uploading to your Legacy Help System Publishing a Dynamic Publishing a PDF System Website Help System Manual See also Customizing the PDF Template Projects Context sensitive Help Skins Table of Contents Working with Tables Working with Images Keywords and Index Links Search Basic Functions 147 helpconsole 2010 148 Basic Functions Publishing a Static Help System Follow the instructions below to publish a static help system 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with publish permissions 3 Click the Publish button Publish 4 The Publish form will be displayed Publish Options Option Description Publish Folder Defines the name of the folder that the help system will be published to Selected Node If checked only the currently selected page and child pages will be published Flat Format By default the published static help system will display both the contents and pages in lt iframe gt tags
115. eate Sherteut Delete Plier rr Progar 3 Select the Security tab 4 Click the Edit button 5 Select the group Users computername Users 6 Check the Full Control checkbox under the Allow column and then click OK Object name C Program Files HelpConaole 2008 Group or user names BI CREATOR OWNER f SYSTEM Gt Administrators Extreme Ease PC Administrators a Leese Extreme Exe Ps 5er See also helpconsole 2010 22 Installation Write Permissions for Windows XP Write Permissions for Windows 2003 helpconsole 2010 Installation 23 Home gt Installation gt Assigning Write Permissions gt Write Permissions for Windows 2003 Write Permissions for Windows 2003 When HelpConsole 2010 is installed the default permissions for the folder c program files HeloConsole 2010 is readonly HelpConsole 2010 must have write permissions in order to add help pages and modify the table of contents The setup wizard normally assigns write permissions automatically however there may be cases where you need to assign these permissions manually Follow the instructions below to assign write permissions for this folder This assumes that HelpConsole was installed to the default installation folder 1 Use the Windows file explorer to display the folder c program files HelpConsole 2010 To load the Windows File Explorer right click the Start button and select Explore 2 Right click th
116. ecific application If most of the pages that you add to your help system have the same format it may also be useful to modify the page template S I Customizing a Page Creating a Page Customizing the PDF Template Template Template Movies amp Animations Users Security Groups Variables Language Support Styles Reports Conditional Content Comments Import Page Objects helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 187 Customizing a Page Template If most of the pages that you add to your help project have the same format or elements that are the same it may be useful to customize an existing page template or create a new one Follow the steps below to customize the Help Page template 1 Login to your help project as an administrator with the tools permission 2 Click the tools button to show the Tools menu is Backup a Properties Users 26 Security Groups ff Variables Skins Bose ie gj s P Page Templates css Styles KJ Tran B About HelpConsole E ads dE ER ygi ad 3 Select Page Templates to display the Page Templates form BG Page empatam Page Templates CASU N Note To delete a template click the delete icon 4 Use the template editor to modify the content You may want to include your product or company logo to the top of each page as shown in the example below Click save to save the template helpconsole 2010 188 Advanced Functions ass HelpCof
117. ed within a setup file If your help system will be run from your network If your web server is not running IIS with NET Framework See also How to Order How to Get Support What is a Dynamic Help System What is a PDF Manual End User License Agreement Online Help Login Authors can enter username and password to edit the help system Most Popular Pages View most commonly viewed pages helpconsole 2010 6 Getting Started helpconsole 2010 Getting Started 7 Home Getting Started What is a Dynamic Help System What is a Dynamic Help System A dynamic help system is a centralized help system that runs on an internal web server or on your website A dynamic help system is made up of server based ASPX pages and requires Microsoft IIS and NET Framework to be installed on the web server A dynamic help system cannot be run from your harddrive on a network or from a CD Software developers normally host the dynamic help system on their website and include help links from their software directly to pages within the help system Advantages Create new help systems on the fly Track page views and most popular pages If hosted on the Internet authors can access from anywhere Authors can quickly make updates or add content Can integrate with other web based applications Dynamically specify the skin in the URL Dynamically display conditional content Disadvantages e Does not run on non IIS web se
118. elp pages Tables can be very simple with just one cell or very complex with hundreds of rows and cells embedded tables style formats etc Some uses of tables are Displaying images and text side by side A features comparison matrix To display text over a background image To create stylish HTML buttons To control text paragraph width To display a border around a paragraph To align text columns al al Adding a Table Table Properties See also Projects Context sensitive Help Skins Table of Contents Working with Images Keywords and Index Links Search Publishing Al Cell Properties helpconsole 2010 108 Basic Functions Adding a Table Follow the instructions below to insert a table In the example below we ll use a table to create a price list 1 Click the Insert Table icon 2 On the dropdown dialog select the number of columns and rows that the table will have m a M Tahoma Szer B U F 3 The table will be created Additional rows and columns can be added at any time or cells can be deleted at any time 4 Use your mouse to adjust the width and height of the table Note The width and height can also be defined as a percentage of the page size in table Cee Setting Table Properties There are two ways that table properties can be set 1 Select the table and then change dynamic proerties displayed at the bottom of the editor 2 Or right click the
119. elpConsole 2010 is readonly HelpConsole 2010 must have write permissions in order to add help pages and modify the table of contents The setup wizard normally assigns write permissions automatically however there may be cases where you need to assign these permissions manually Follow the instructions below to assign write permissions for this folder This assumes that HelpConsole was installed to the default installation folder 1 Use the Windows file explorer to display the folder c program files HelpConsole 2010 To load the Windows File Explorer right click the Start button and select Explore 2 Right click the HelpConsole 2010 folder amp select Sharing and Security in Program Files File Edt view Favorites Tool Help Qu O Do ip rates FH Address lta C Program Fies v E c Folders EF Desktop amp C My Documents B H My Computer a Se Local Disk C 3 Audie temp 5 Config Msi internet Exz ee YT cru p 2 Securky 38 2 Documents and Settings Cava 3j 5 Inetpub CaMessenger Scan with Norton Internet 8 J Products Setup Co Marosoft A5 C3 Program Fies QMerosoft CB cu amp E Adobe CiMicresoft Be Copy P D 79 AUS sk Ennio fre Paste i Displays the properties for sharing the selected folder ue ce mn e Rename Properties 3 Select the Security tab 4 Select the group Users lt computername gt Users 5 Check the Full Control checkbox under the Allow
120. em or Publishing a PDF Manual Select a skin in the skin list to apply a different skin Select More Skins to download a skin from the Extreme Ease Skin Collection For more information see Skins More Skins See also Contents Toolbar Function Toolbar Editor Toolbar Skin Editor Toolbar Variable Editor Toolbar Page Template Editor Toolbar helpconsole 2010 260 Toolbar Reference Home Toolbar Reference Contents Toolbar Contents Toolbar Add page X Delete Page iof Set Page Properties Save Saves any changes made to the HelpConsole project When the button is red save is required See also System Toolbar Function Toolbar Editor Toolbar Skin Editor Toolbar Variable Editor Toolbar Page Template Editor Toolbar helpconsole 2010 Toolbar Reference 261 Home Toolbar Reference Function Toolbar Function Toolbar funk index Bookmark i Print e Function Toolbar Reference icon button ali Index ww Add to Favorites ja Print Page a Link Seach e See also System Toolbar Contents Toolbar Editor Toolbar Skin Editor Toolbar Variable Editor Toolbar Page Template Editor Toolbar If the user is logged in and has edit pages permissions the Edit page button will be visible This button will not be visible when external pages are displayed Click the Index icon to display the index for the help system The index is generated fro
121. em to do this although many ISPs now provide a self serve administrative console 8 To run HelpConsole 2010 from your website type the following URL into your browser http www mydomain com help where mydomain com is the name of your website domain I i Hepo 2013 Proceed bry TOSIA Lasing kasvia s 1 i a 5i n ee A Bls xd i Pp ve frem j rsipCercin UO BS me Fnr ety pua Ge Help VL Lii al adsint Pps leer Ci See also Publishing a Static Help System Legacy Help System Publishing a Dynamic Help System Publishing a PDF Manual helpconsole 2010 Home gt Basic Functions gt Publishing gt Legacy Help System Legacy Help System HelpConsole 2010 supports all browsers including very old browsers such as Internet Explorer 1 0 and Netscape 1 0 system opened with Internet Explorer IE 1 5 This is an example of a help Eding a Friki F oks tha aeons bhos o eer Ae Fini beg Lp eT pet inc d mdk 1 Bun Hipiai OE 18 deigpdirg D ap Era C 2 Chck tha hup errien peopect m bha lari than poa with 32 adit 3 Th daleched Paip pope ull b passed n ben rede A ipi pha kega kak rud Dis ries er i pas word had Fa sr Ce and Wo papp pre deir tha dnm E 1 haa L qim This is an example of a help system opened in Netscape 2 0 Para fal Mie ipi el FP dice a Pops T hee qir kiri Facer ri Page Suri mmm Hibma uio tin tet Eirg a Proper Fre doa nurk bo bek i ppar ani eeri bee eden poop ini edd rc T Eu
122. emmes irri vi easbriusk Ii 8 Eg Fer rapa OLY DL Wa tere LIB pe rut DELE I de PET enpiri dae Lad uh document rere I Ar prece id iiri Dol BE asses etre LL CCS lis rait lod iiec Dis ub nun baler WIDE er Fi SETE er hee J prag Pima ae a aia pee T 5 The file path will be displayed in the mage Manager dialog Click Upload to copy the image to the web server 6 The uploaded image will be added to the Browse Files list Select the image and click Insert a E m m m a EE le m c Pru Ga 7 The image will be added to the page mage Properties can be set using the I mage Properties dialog See also RadEditor 2009 User Manual Adding an Image Pasting an Image mage Properties helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 117 Adding Hotspots to an Image helpconsole 2010 118 Basic Functions Home Basic Functions Working with Images Pasting an Image Pasting an Image Images cannot be pasted directly into the HelpConsole editor the same way that you can paste images into Windows based applications such as MS Word This is the case for almost all web based applications and is due to security restrictions on modern browsers that allow text to be pasted from the Windows clipboard but not images HelpConsole gets around this limitation by integrating with screen capture tools such as TechSmith Snagit http www techsmith com Setup for I mage Pasting In order
123. emoving a Link Popup Example helpconsole 2010 132 Basic Functions Adding Email Links To add an email link to a page simply type the email address The editor will convert an set of characters containing into a link Example Sales Extremeease com 1 Email links can also be added via the Hyperlink Manager Select the text or image and click the Hyperlink Manager icon 2 The Hyperlink Manager dialog B Hirperkrk Manager Will be displayed click the Email tab Enter the email address and click OK ddre suppartgiexbnemaesease co n Text Click here to send am email io Suppo usbyect Suppo Request LJ Property Overview Property Description Address A relative path or absolute path to the page that you wish to link to Examples http www extremeease com support htm absolute URL welcome aspx relative URL Link Text Specifies the text that will be displayed for the link indi When the email message appears this text will appear in the subject line CSS Class Defines the style or format of the link This is usually used by advanced users Y Note An email link can also be added by simply typing the email address into the page See also Adding Page Links Adding Internet Links Adding Document Links Adding Page Anchors Adding Popup Links Removing a Link Popup Example helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 133 Adding Document Links Text or images can be linked to int
124. ents The contents window can now be resized by clicking and dragging anywhere to the right of the contents Any existing skins will helpconsole 2010 Installation 35 need to be edited and then saved for this to work helpconsole 2010 36 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions Basic Functions The information in this section explains how to use the most common features in HelpConsole 2010 I III 3 3 Projects Context sensitive Help Skins Table of Contents Working with Tables Working with Images Keywords and Index Links Search Publishing See also Welcome Getting Started nstallation Advanced Functions Toolbar Reference FAQ helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 37 Home gt Basic Functions gt Projects Projects A help project is essentially an editable help system made up of a contents and HTML pages Click the links below for more information id d od oa Creating a New Editing a Project Deleting a Project Copying a Project Backing up Your Uploading a Project Project Project 3S od Setting Project Manage Projects Form Project Templates Properties Password See also Context sensitive Help Skins Table of Contents Working with Tables Working with Images Keywords and Index Links Search Publishing helpconsole 2010 38 Basic Functions Creating a New Project Follow the instructions below to create a new HelpConsole 2010 project 1 Run HelpConsole 2010 to display the ma
125. ernal documents or documents located on the Internet such as PDF manuals Word documents PowerPoint presentations etc When the link is clicked the document will be displayed with the HelpConsole page window External Document 1 The easiest way to add a link to an external document is to simply type the URL The URL text will be converted to a link If the url contains spaces enclose the url in double quotes Example http www extremeease com help helpconsole 202008 manual pdf Pj Ed x 2 If you want to change the link text or any other link property right click on the link and click Properties ht Er manua pdf Remove Link 3 Type a shorter caption such as Product Manual for the link and click OK Hyper nk Manager x VEL hitp wew extremeease conuhelphe i me Text Halgizoneole FOF Manual Tti Internal Document 1 To insert a link to a document located on your web server place the cursor at the location that you want the link to be placed 2 Click the Document Manager icon 3 Select the document that you want to insert Documents are normally located in the Docs folder 4 f the document is located on your computer or network click the Upload Document tab select the file and upload it to the web server See also Adding Page Links Adding Internet Links Adding Email Links Adding Page Anchors Adding Popup Links Removing a Link helpconsole 2010 134 Basic Functions
126. ers from a list a query determines which users the content will be visible for Follow the steps below to insert a condition based on a query I Select the H E EE db Bas dj Adv 8 da d m P HH ti 2 2 Click the More button on the toolbar to show additional functions E Seep a EC Eta besser thal edi qrodoor a lit of opens that ihi condita tad vll be visible for Exarnplis Select Wirth from usar whers mN amp curity group as select username from users where security group aBdmin 4 Enter the query that will generate a list of users The query should generate one column which is the username column Click Insert 5 The conditional content will be contained within orange start and end tags In the example below a message will be displayed if a user is logged in and is assigned to the admin security group AN project name Online Help IF USER select username from users where security group admin ae Your username is assigned to the Admin group 6 If the user is logged in and the username is assigned to the Admin group they will see the conditional message helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 219 Notes If you want to remove a condition just delete the start and end tags If you want to edit the query within the condition double click the F tag and revise the query Conditions can include pretty much anything i
127. etail field values can be used in any of the email fields above The format is field fieldname For example if there as a status field you could display the value in the email body with the following text The status is field status helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 249 fa On Add Email Prompt Do you wish to send an email From JahnigeCome To Alice G Company com Subject New Widget Record Added Body Hi Alice This is an automated email to let you know that a new widget record has been added Kind Regards John Email Form When a new record is added the following email form will appear If the Prompt field was left blank the email will be sent transparently Da you wish bo send an emal Alicefy Company com JohngiCompamy com New Widget Record Added Widget Master 2000 The i an automated emal bo let you bow that a new widget record has been added iind Regards See also Adding a Dataset Adding a Detail Field Adding a Find Field Dataset Find Properties Dataset Detail Properties Dataset Field Properties Dataset File Attachments helpconsole 2010 250 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Dataset Summary Dataset Summary A dataset summary provides a way to display information in various ways from the project database If for example you had a dataset for managing support tickets you might create a dataset summary to display a summary view of only open support
128. f Welcome e mmm welcome d Introduction L Introduction d Product Reference Product Reference FAQ f FAQ f My Page See also Adding a Page Adding an External File Adding a Website or Webpage Embedding another Project Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Page Properties Cutting and Pasting Pages Customizing Page Icons Page Approval helpconsole 2010 102 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Table of Contents gt Cutting and Pasting Pages Cutting and Pasting Pages In addition to dragging and dropping pages can be moved within the contents by cutting and pasting Follow the instructions below to cut and paste a page 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with edit contents permissions 3 Select the page or folder that you want to move Press CTRL X di Welcome i Installation CTRL X El Basic Functions Advanced Function 2 dy J Tutorials dy FAQ 4 Select the page or folder that you want to move the cut page to Press CTRL V di Welcome iy Welcome i Installation i Installation El dy Basic Functions El f Basic Functions Basic Function 2 CTRL V zl an Advanced Functions zi an Advanced Functions gt 1 Advanced Function 1 F Advanced Function 2 Advanced Basic Function 1 j Tutorials are E dy FAQ dy FAQ See also Adding a Page Adding an External File Adding a Website or
129. f unchecked the tools button will not be displayed when users are logged in If unchecked the edit page button will not be displayed when users are logged in If unchecked the design contents icons will not be displayed when users are logged in If unchecked users cannot approve reader comments when logged in If checked users can edit value lists for list fields within datasets Advanced Functions 171 Editing a Security Group Follow the instructions below to edit a security group 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form ig Backup i Properties 2 Users 28 Security Groups T Variables Skins Page Templates 685 Styles hd Translations E About HelpConsole see aa 4 Click Security Groups to display the Security Groups form Securty Groups Security Groups is gt Security oro 5 Click on a security group name to edit it The Security Group Detail form will be displayed 6 The name field will be disabled Specify the Default Skin and permissions for this security group Click save to update the security Group fe run roue Detail security Group dz x Seng x F Grou Dei haee Resale Default Sn pean Publish Teak Option Description helpconsole 2010 172 Advanced Functions Name Default Skin Publish T
130. fied anchor at the top of the page Syntax default htm Page Filename 3 anchor Example1 WebServer1 helpconsole2010 helpproject static default htm fag htm anchorl Example2 http www company com help default htm fag htm anchorl This assumes that your application is running on the domain company com and the folder containing your help system is named help helpconsole 2010 See also System Requirements Installing IIS Assigning Write Permissions Installing the Software Upgrading from HelpConsole 2008 Entering Your Activation Key How to run the software Service Pack History Installation 33 helpconsole 2010 34 Installation Service Pack History Download the full installation with the latest service pack from here http www extremeease com download HelpConsole2010Setup exe Refer to the following instructions to install a service pack http www extremeease com help knowledgebase default aspx pageid KB1032 May 28 2010 Service Pack 1 2 Bug Fixes amp Enhancements Skin Error Text f an error occurs when loading the skin the message now says click the yellow triangle instead of click the edit button Performance n some cases CPU usage went up to and stayed at 3096 This has been fixed Firefox Videos Media videos stopped working if a page containing a video was edited and saved Edit Style button When edit stylesheet was clicked in the skin editor the stylesheet for the current skin
131. for Text Page Search and Global Search and Passing Search Terms Replace Replace in URL See also Projects Context sensitive Help Skins Table of Contents Working with Tables Working with Images Keywords and Index Links Publishing helpconsole 2010 142 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Search gt Searching for Text Searching for Text To search for pages containing specific search terms simply enter the search text in the Search textbox and press enter Pages containing the search text will be listed on the left side of the screen When a pages is opened from the search results the search term s will be highlighted in yellow Search Advanced Search Term Search Results Options Highlighted Textbox E Exact Phrase all sucia ls and Index The Indies peada Sher rpad an so abe Scal kA of keywords Eat helps direct Ghee te Ser formato fui Bary amp bong for Each 1 mn d NIA samedi sats ae ope E puse Pat plera he Bi iret Dec i Viden T agit haee much an ET indere F wt Pages are listed by relevance in Search Results The following factors affect the order that pages are listed How many times the search term is found in the page name How many times the search term is found in the page content Search Condition When performing a search the following conditions are available Exact Phrase f a user searches for online help
132. format has become a widely accepted internet standard for printing and distributing product documentation Click here for more information about the PDF standard If you re computer does not have the PDF viewer installed it can be downloaded from Adobe s website Many companies provide both an online help system and a downloadable PDF manual on their website Advantages Very portable Easily downloaded emailed etc Easy to print Retains formatting regardless of fonts installed Widely accepted Internet standard When to Publish a PDF Manual If you want to provide documentation in the form of a book or manual If you want customers to be able to download product documentation If you want prospects to be able to download a product brochure If you want to have hardcopies of your manuals printed and bound by a printshop A PDF Manual will have the same content as a static or dynamic help system however will look very different See the example below brij ee oe er ee pl iA Be os pup pF ae ee n P dem Marmi See also How to Order How to Get Support What is a Static Help System What is a Dynamic Help System End User License Agreement helpconsole 2010 Getting Started 9 Extreme Ease Software I nc End User License Agreement l License In this license agreement License Agreement you the purchaser of the license rights granted by this Agreement are referred to as Licensee or You In accordance
133. g c op Flperpadding lefrz px paddirng rigbr Sprrpeiding Jne1gnnziidfpkpbackPDORg DLEAQge uri i enpine imaprs plisgifprbackegprCund poaiticeibop cesferibackgrcurndorepeatzno JbarkQgrfcurd coler BTAT2630 borfder T4ght lpz solid REZDE4Esbnrder bctteamclpg slid Erdimplay mons BEER Pee PP DEOITEDISASARUS2IOBL KELiEEbPigptrPeLlgt z pal icunparel itaighzczll tprrwidcht lliOpa ormmrflcu Eiddmzn ieee kiliniki dr amp kc dDGTATizn nome celori NT EI 5 Click Save to save the styles in AppStyles css See also Page Styles Skin Styles Applying Styles Editing the Apply Styles List Advanced Functions 195 helpconsole 2010 196 Advanced Functions Page Styles Each help project contains a stylesheet named PageStyles css which contains styles that are applied to the specific project These styles can override and or compliment styles in AppStyles css Some of the styles that you might want to customize for your project are Page Margins Background color Background image Default Font size color type Etc Follow the instructions below to edit page styles PageStyles css 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form is Backup 7 i Properties 2 Users 26 Security Groups E Variables Skins P Page Templates og Styles Ex Translations E About HelpConsole 4 Clic
134. g for Each page can have several keywords associated with it For example a page that explains how to install a product in Windows 7 might have keywords such as Installation install Setup Windows Windows 7 etc d 3 Display Keywords in Display Index in Live Edit Mode Mode See also Projects Context sensitive Help Skins Table of Contents Working with Tables Working with Images Links Search Publishing helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 125 Im C 1 XV f lec Y f T Vic f rf Ait rs rr ISIC Inctions Kevworas and inae Jlsplay Kevwor n edil IVI de Display Keywords in Edit Mode To assist readers in quickly finding the information that they re looking for it is a good practice to provide keywords for each page in your help system To add keywords for a specific page follow the instructions below 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with design permissions 3 Select the page in the Table of Contents that you wish to assign keywords to t Welcome ETT instalation dij Basic Functions 8 dy Advanced Functions ES did Tutorials amp i FAQ 4 Click the Page Properties icon to display the keyword list 5 Enter keywords for the page in the keywords textbox Page Properties El Standard Page Name Installation Page ID getting started Status Page Icon Auto Type HTML Page E Keywords
135. ge Approval helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 99 Page Properties To set properties for a help page follow the instructions below 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with edit contents permissions 3 Select the page that you want to set properties for a Welcome B dyd Estan the Software fy Basie Functions E d Advanced Functions Bel di Tutoriais dy FAQ 4 Click the page properties icon 5 The page properties will be displayed Page Properties El Standard Page Mame Page ID Status Page Icon Type El Keywords Fl Visibility by Skin Page Properties Option Description Page Name Defines the name of the help page Page ID The underlying page ID This is generated from the page name when the page is first saved Before the page is saved the id will be read only and will be displayed in the format Template Help Page 1212604752609 Type This is usually set to HTML Page This property is readonly Status This property allows the author to assign a status a status to a page The page will be displayed with a background color in the contents By default the page status can be set to one of the folowing Pending Incomplete Needs Review Additional page status entries can be added or modified by editing the project stylesheet Page I con Defines the icon that will be displayed to the left of the page in the conte
136. gration 53 Application Level Help 54 application name short variable 178 application name variable 178 Applying Skins 84 Approval Process 105 article details variable 178 author variable 178 B Background Color 262 Backing up your Help System 44 Backing up your project 44 Basic Functions 36 Bold 262 breadcrumbs variable 178 Bug Fixes 34 Bullet List 262 buy HelpConsole 3 C cascading style sheets 200 196 Cell Properties 112 child icon list variable 178 child page list variable 178 Client Requirements 11 Command Line Options 32 Compressed Project 47 Conditional Content 21 1 Conditional Pages 212 Conditional Text 214 Configuration 48 Contents 89 Contents Adding a Page 90 Contents Adding External Page 92 Contents Deleting a Page 98 contents embedding another project 96 Contents Page Properties 99 Contents Renaming a Page 97 contents toolbar 260 Context Sensitive Help 53 Copy 262 Copying a Help System 43 Copying a Project 43 Create New Help System 38 Creating a New Project 38 Creating a New Skin 87 Creating a Page Template 189 creating a project template 52 Creating Static Help 148 CSS 200 196 193 Custom Icons 103 Customizing a Page Template 187 Customizing a Skin 85 Customizing the PDF Template 191 Cut 262 Cut and Paste pages 102 D date created variable 178 date modified variable 178 default font size 196 delete a project template 52 delete page icon 260 Deleting a He
137. hange the font of the selected text Sets the font size This dropdown allows you to change the font size of the selected text Applies bold formatting to the selected text Select the text and press this button to apply bold formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will bold the entire word Applies underline formatting to selected text Select some text and press this button to apply underline formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will underline the entire word Applies italic formatting to the selected text Select some text and press this button to apply Italic formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will apply italic to the entire word Changes the background color of the selected text This dropdown allows you to change the background color of the selected text Aligns the selected paragraph to the left Centers the selected selected paragraph Aligns the selected paragraph to the right Changes the color of the selected text This dropdown allows you to change the font color of the selected text Cuts the selected content and copies it to the clipboard The Cut button works on selected text image and or table Select the content and then Cut it When using this tool the cut text or image will be removed from the page and will be stored in the clipboard for later use Please note that only the last c
138. haracter will be inserted at the location of the cursor Inserts a form element such as a text box checkbox button etc Pressing this button will display a drop down menu allowing you to select the form element that you wish to insert Pressing this button will insert a horizontal line at the current cursor position Pressing this button inserts the current date at the current cursor position Pressing this button inserts the current time at the current cursor position Toolbar Reference 273 Home Toolbar Reference Page Template Editor Toolbar Page Template Editor Toolbar Page Template Editor Toolbar Reference LAM icon list Name amp Ici M S gt Image Manager Hyperlink Manager Document Manager Insert Table Font Name Font Size Bold Underline Italic Background Color Align Left Align Center Align Right Foreground color Cut Pressing this button will open the image dialog which allows you to manage images inserting uploading and setting image properties Assigns a hyperlink to the selected text or image The hyperlink dialog window will open It allows you to choose the type of link you want to insert Hyperlink Anchor or E mail See also Links Pressing this button will open the Document Manager dialog which allows you to link the selected text with another page See also Adding Page Links Inserting a table works similarily to Mic
139. hatis a PDF Manual End User License System Help System Agreement See also Welcome Installation Basic Functions Advanced Functions Toolbar Reference FAQ helpconsole 2010 Home How to Order Getting Started How to Order x Getting Started 3 A 5 HelpConsole 2010 can be purchased by clicking the link below After entering your credit card information you will receive an activation key by email which can be entered into the evaluation version to register it Buy gt Also review the edition comparison matrix at http www extremeease com to view the features included in each product edition Credit cards accepted Visa MasterCard American Express Discover Novus Eurocard See also How to Get Support What is a Static Help System What is a Dynamic Help System What is a PDF Manual End User License Agreement helpconsole 2010 4 Getting Started Home Getting Started How to Get Support How to Get Support Extreme Ease offers free technical support to our customers and companies evaluating our products Our technical support team is committed to providing superior support service and is available Monday to Friday 9AM 5PM Pacific Standard Time We typically answer inquiries within a few hours and within two business days at most Contact Information Email Support Extremeease com Website http www extremeease com support htm See also How to O
140. he password each time that HelpConsole 2010 is run Hea Penaud ma RRRERGR Conte ETTET To Remove the Password To remove the password click the Remove Password link Manage Propecets See also Creating a New Project Editing a Project Deleting a Project Copying a Project Backing up Your Project Uploading a Project Setting Project Properties Project Templates helpconsole 2010 52 Basic Functions Project Templates The structure of project templates are exactly the same as help projects The only difference is that project template folders begin with template If ou look at the c program files HelpConsole 2010 folder using the Windows File Explorer you ll see the directory structure as shown below Organze cg Open Include in hbeary v Share with Bunn TE Favorites d engine Ji App Data lt a Libraries tin Help Froject di Example Help System ao ditus M Computer k template Help System Project Template LL template Kneviledgebase is Bietwark d template Reseller Console L template Website E odefeulthten A favicon ico iP HepCcnscleice FH HelpCcnscleX0i0 exe in Helpconsale 2010 State F Shared Shared with Defsult ppP oo James d b flg folder Date medit 3 19 2010 3 37 PR Create a Project Template To create a new project template either copy an existing template or copy an existing help project Make sure that the folder name begins with template Delete a Pr
141. ication so that when a user presses the F1 key while a field has the focus a help topic specific to that field is displayed Follow the steps below to add F1 context sensitivity to fields within your Web application 1 Open a page such as a login form of your web application using an HTML editor such as Visual Studio or a text editor such as Windows Notepad This is an example of a simple login form sumi soc lenses lone gt Username lt input gt lt br gt passwords tc cor lt b ee input type button value Login gt sunto emis 2 Add the following code to capture the F1 key and display help for the specific field Open a Dynamic Help Page page only no contents Sut lt pody lt br gt lt br gt Username lt input onhelp window open http www domain com help page aspx pageid username blank return false gt lt b r gt Password input onhelp window open http www domain com help page aspx pageid password blank return false gt lt br gt lt br gt lt input type button value Login gt body html Open a Dynamic Help Page within help system Smem lt body gt epa Username input onhelp window open http www domain com help default aspx pageid username blank return false lt br gt Password input onhelp window open http www domain com help default aspx pageid password blank return false gt lt pre gt lt input type button
142. ined Variables System Variables Child Page 1 Child Page 2 Article Details Page Details displayed in a table format Article Information Author admin Created 30 05 2008 1 16 PM Modified 30 03 2010 2 24 AM Views 9 10 System Variables The name of the current page Page Views 970 The number of times that the current page has been viewed Author admin The username of the person that created the page Date Created 30 05 2008 1 16 PM The date that the page was created helpconsole 2010 180 Advanced Functions Date Modified 30 03 2010 2 24 AM The date that the page was last modified Popular Child Pages e Child Page 1 The top 10 most viewed child pages e Child Page 2 under the current page Comments Allows readers to submit comments for R Administrator said the page This is an example of a comment 25 03 2009 3 07 27 PM Page URL localhost helpconsole2010 helpconsole Displays the URL for the currently 2010 default aspx pageid System Variables displayed page See also User Defined Variables helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 181 Home Advanced Functions Variables System Variables Child Page 1 Child Page 1 helpconsole 2010 182 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Variables System Variables Child Page 2 Child Page 2 helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 183 Home Advanced Functions Language Support Language Support HelpConsole 20
143. ingle file A link will appear indicating that the backup file was created successfully Click the Click here to download link to download the backup file to your harddrive or your network EIOS Create Backup Der you mani bo operi or savt this file d Mame H pconisbe 2080 disc zip Type Compressed ripped Folder amp 01MB Open i Alors ask before opening thes type of Ale 10 Next specify a folder to save the backup file to helpconsole 2010 46 Basic Functions LJ E ps Ljiga d TAM E S leiim Iiri kaire I Friske triir 11 This project backup can be restored at any time by clicking the Browse button on the Manage Projects form For more information see Uploading a Project Note Because the backup feature compresses the help system project into a single file the project can be moved around from Web Server to Web Server as desired If nessesary the file can also be emailed to Extreme Ease technical support for troubleshooting See also Creating a New Project Editing a Project Deleting a Project Copying a Project Uploading a Project Setting Project Properties Manage Projects Form Password Project Templates helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 47 Uploading a Project The Upload Project function is normally used to restore a help system project that was previously backed up or to transfer a project from one web server to another Follow the instructions below to upload a compre
144. ional fields are added this is what the dataset will look like in live mode helpconsole 2010 238 Advanced Functions Support Tickets 2R Support Tickets Search heen 8 If you want to delete a dataset from the page in the future simply delete the find panel and the detail panel See also Adding a Detail Field Adding a Find Field Dataset Find Properties Dataset Detail Properties Dataset Field Properties Dataset File Attachments Email Triggers helpconsole 2010 Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Dataset Adding a Detail Field Adding a Detail Field Follow the steps below to add detail fields to a dataset 1 Select a page containing a dataset and click Edit Page 2 Click anywhere on the Dataset Detail panel to display the Dataset Detail properties 3 Click the Text Date Number Check Memo or List button to add a field Data Source support tickets i Chick a button below to add a field to the detail form Chek ip insert an existing fald EAF Created By Redirect UAL 4 When prompted enter a name for the field E xplo rer User Pr ompi Script Prompt Please enter a name Lor the held 5 The following example contains the following fields Summary Text Product List Ticket Number Number Date Added Date Details Memo Closed checkbox Q Support Tickets Detail um wm x ET E Frede Ticket Number
145. is found in the project folder is used Select a Skin To apply a different skin while logged in as an administrator select the skin from the list at the top right corner of the screen The skin list will only be visible for users with tools publish or design permissions diner re h Se AD eee by BER is wg pr Pe ud ced rui mmm ds mas hu EEG a e Online Help Online Help ee a Pod UU ee ey MEE ee ae ef cere x ALI LE Lu doles ame Pr Lg LET paa ev F a u e marsiiibd Fe mrb wer Ask Us api riz andes e Pi h Bs ae har zt D ar lam rcm n 7 oy ies A e O p 4 E F g w Cn P ONTEC HP EXT MEA L2 in Lr r TE u E PE SEE ARN i Barg r FE rE MEVS Y 3 x so More Skins Additional skins can be downloaded from the Extreme Ease Skin Server Click More Skins and then select the skin to download and apply Gi Meer Cc oo mage bee m eri s Skin Parameter The skin can be specified in the URL when the help system is opened by including the parameter skinz skin name gt For example http www extremeease com help helpconsole 2008 default aspx skin z majestic See also Project Properties Customizing an Existing Skin Managing Skins helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 85 Home gt Basic Functions gt Skins gt Customizing an Existing Skin Customizing an Existing Skin A skin can be customized by editing one or mor
146. isole page name Tha openarg parar ape good dencriba fn acra fft ixi Soci Lipi ves itia cei eed and sh he Sara fe ars Foe mepi Then pt Harim acad ini adeo pou iz namhy geri roars ae quet ede iz sanior Cie ee ean your coma m fun Prag fal vou anc docurmen ng can ben bent excised fry sang Gre reader Frag iim y dee Uer scree io dot rir frac gem arm pie duel fub appia By iL Onie iip more dh fw 1 5 Each new page added to your help system will be created from this customized template Bue Pima ley Heigl iii BOGE Ferial bp PERERA L prreecepen co j 4 ie elt s T r ap H l4 EB T Xd lenem eb eet Perel s ip ae a GS B S sm vo f r deca Tasa mr mpi cwn oo Heraa Formen M REL NM DI mpl m m AK Laini saaa Feiti ita Oi i a See also Creating a Page Template Customizing the PDF Template helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 189 Creating a Page Template If your help system will have different types of pages with with elements that are the same it may be useful to create a page template for each type of page Page templates are located in the project folder and have the format Follow the steps below to customize the Help Page template 1 Login to your help project as an administrator with the tools permission 2 Click the tools button to show the Tools menu is Backup a Properties Users 26 Security Groups ff Variables u Skins P Page Templates css Styles s KJ Tran
147. k Styles to display the stylesheet Modify any existing page style or add new styles BODY TABLE i FGHT AITE apes FOED FAHZILY Tahiti Arl amp l Ble see FLE i FGOWI S3IIE iip FGELD FAHZLYS 1485084 SELEN AYE Gee FLER CULOR PHHH Bas LE beet oe a pay I fe t M n ABD CORTONH STYLER BELA i 5 Click Save to save the styles in PageStyles css See also Application Styles Skin Styles helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 197 Applying Styles Editing the Apply Styles List helpconsole 2010 198 Advanced Functions Skin Styles Each help project can have multiple skins Each skin has a corresponding stylesheet in the format style skinname css These styles can override and or compliment styles in AppStyles css and PageStyles css Some of the styles that you might want to customize for the skin or page are Styles can be applied at the application level that are applied to all projects Some of the styles that you might want to customize for your project are Page Margins Background color Background image Default Font size color type Etc Follow the instructions below to edit skin styles Style skinnamej css 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form ig Backup o Properties 2 Users 26 Security Groups are
148. l of the help system 6 Press F5 to run the application Press F1 to open the help system p es Dp pe in m9x uH A8 ube Owe E T OR bien Aure PO Online Help Ask Us a 3 Visi Forum n Fd PRAA ALPE IXCiu ug eH epe TO Rug Tu ED h DO e Fd Fed dE ee amm cca mum route wn u anth Ca naa inv aeos eee naa rw un Pu L IJ Lo bibl p bt aoe debeas Em oroj0ors m nmcuanmmCm uacuum Rope cutus Exam nc har n ari dra wm be ww eS qi Rudi See also URL Parameters Windows Application Help Button Windows Form Help Button Windows Field Help Button Windows F1 Form Help Windows F1 Field Help Basic Functions 65 helpconsole 2010 66 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help gt Windows Applications gt Windows F1 Form Help Windows F1 Form Help You can add context sensitive help to any form within your Windows application so that when a user presses the F1 key a help topic specific to that form is displayed Follow the steps below to add F1 context sensitivity to a form within your Visual Studio 2003 2005 Windows application pen your Visual Studio Windows application WicderulpplicaikasT Birari Theal Bak MIT daaiga Ferret Deeg 1 0 anm x ug e6 B wm i FE sere Parmaa a inn Mi EE Et HIP A l 2 Set the KeyPreview property for the form to True
149. l such as Page aspx pageid faq 3 After setting properties click save to save changes See also Adding a Dataset Adding a Detail Field Adding a Find Field Dataset Find Properties Dataset Field Properties Dataset File Attachments Email Triggers Advanced Functions 243 helpconsole 2010 244 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Dataset Dataset Field Properties Dataset Field Properties Follow the steps below to set properties for a detail or find field 1 Select a page containing a dataset and click Edit Page 2 Click a field on the detail form or the find form to display properties page name Detail p Di o Eei F 3 Field Hame summary Field Type Text Default Value Required Disabled E Property Field Name Field Type Default Value detail field Default Value find field Width Height Required Disabled Description Readonly Shows the name of the field The field cannot be renamed here but can be renamed in the dataset detail properties window Readonly Show the field type Text Date Number Check Memo or List The field type cannot be changed once the field is added The detail field will be populated with this value when a new record is added The find field will be populated with this value when the find form is first displayed If one or more find fields have default values a search will auto
150. l_KeyDown ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyEventArgs Handles TextBoxl KeyDown If e KeyCode 112 Then Help ShowHelp Me help username htm DAEL E End Sub the url above assumes that the help system is in a sub folder named help Open a Static Help Page within help system Private Sub TextBoxl_KeyDown ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System Windows Forms KeyEventArgs Handles TextBoxl KeyDown If e KeyCode 112 Then Help ShowHelp Me help username htm BINO i bnd Sub Note a page parameter cannot be passed when a static help system is opened from Visual Studio so in order to display a specific page within the help system the static help system must be created without frames See Publishing a Static Help System for more information ShowHelp Syntax Help ShowHelp Parent URL Parent Reference to the current form URL The url of the help system 6 Press F5 to run the application Click a textbox and then press F1 to open the help topic for that field Lhar Lapin User Login Form Press F1 Key See also URL Parameters Windows Application Help Button Windows Form Help Button Windows Field Help Button Windows F1 Application Help Windows F1 Form Help helpconsole 2010 70 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help gt Web Applications Web Applications The concept behind context sensitive help is that users of
151. llection costs including reasonable attorneys fees incurred by Licensor in enforcing the Agreement Licensee shall reimburse Licensor for any out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with duties performed by Licensor hereunder Upon request Licensor shall provide Licensee with reasonable documentation evidencing the out of pocket expenses incurred by Licensor helpconsole 2010 10 Installation Home 5 Installation Installation ANI Y 2010 HelpConsole Implementation Checklist Refer to the checklist below when installing and configuring HelpConsole 2010 on your PC or web server Check System Requirements Install HelpConsole 2010 Enter the Activation Key Assign User Permissions optional Publish URL to Authors optional Upload HelpConsole 2010 to your website optional See also Welcome Getting Started Basic Functions Advanced Functions Toolbar Reference FAQ helpconsole 2010 Installation 11 Home Installation System Requirements oystem Requirements Web Server e Net Framework 2 0 or higher e Windows XP Professional Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows 2008 Windows 7 e 11S 6 0 or higher e 256 megs RAM e Harddrive Space 50 megs Note Windows XP Home edition does not include IIS therefore is not supported Note Published static help systems can be hosted on any web server Client PC Edit Mode e E7 I E8 Firefox 3 0 Safari 4 0 Chrome 4 0
152. lp System 42 Deleting a Page 98 Deleting a Project 42 Deleting a Project Username 167 Deleting a Security Group 173 Document Links 133 Document Manager 262 Dragging and Dropping Pages 101 dynamic help advantages 7 dynamic help disadvantages 7 dynamic help what is it 7 Dynamic Help Parameters 32 dynamic help system 154 7 E Editing a Help System 40 Editing a Project 40 Editing a Project Username 165 Editing a Security Group 171 Editing a Skin 85 Editor Toolbar 262 Email Links 132 embedded project 96 End User License Agreement 9 Entering your activation Key 28 EULA 9 External Links 130 External Page 92 External webpage 94 F1 Application Help 64 F1 Field Help 68 F1 Form Help 66 F1 Help From a Web Application 76 F1 Help From a Web Field 79 F1 Help From a Web Form 77 F1 Help From a Windows App 64 F1 Help From a Windows Field 68 F1 Help From a Windows Form 66 F1 Help Web 70 F1 Help Windows 54 FAQ 275 FAQ General Questions 276 FAQ Installation Questions 277 Field Level Help 54 Find and Replace 262 Flash Animations 158 Flash Manager 159 262 Folder Icons 103 Font Name 262 Font Size 262 Foreground Color 262 Form Level Help 54 Format Stripper 262 fullname variable 178 function toolbar 261 Functions Advanced 157 Functions Basic 36 G General Questions 276 getting started 2 Graphics 114 Groups 168 H Help Button 55 61 58 Help Button web 71 70 72
153. lpconsole 2010 Embedding another Project Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Pages Cutting and Pasting Pages Customizing Page Icons Page Approval Basic Functions 93 helpconsole 2010 94 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Table of Contents gt Adding a Website or Webpage Adding a Website or Webpage A website or webpage can be added to the contents Examples of websites or webpages that you might include in your help system include A webpage your company knowledgebase A reference to a company website such as http www microsoft com A reference to your company website Follow the instructions below to add a a website to your help system 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with edit contents permissions 3 Click the Add Page icon amp 4 Enter a name for the new page 5 Enter the website URL google Website https ewe google con Example hinc hveeeu google com Auto L1 6 Click Add Page to add the page 7 The website will be displayed Len la ay mdr i Ti Ape iran rn ip r E 3 g Hmm SE DLR ned n ms otras dell iH ces ee O1 F b 2 ger bom adi anch c iere a Fon lei hihiri Prigi Baarid Siue s cud cea CDI Cog Lors RT pm Note Website pages are not editable so you ll notice that the Edit Page button is not visible when website pages are displayed
154. m ry thee Sere 1 DER Getting Started Tutallason Pat x mum i Supper iia emei see com Fars 5090 204 0200 Advanced Funcom Toolbar Reference See also Adding a Page Adding an External File Adding a Website or Webpage Embedding another Project Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Pages helpconsole 2010 104 Basic Functions Cutting and Pasting Pages Page Approval helpconsole 2010 Home Basic Functions Table of n i CONLENLS rade AD Jl UVd Page Approval Basic Functions 105 In many cases managers want to be able to review and approve pages that have been added or edited This can be accomplished by setting the Default Page Status setting in project properties This will cause a page status to be assigned when new pages are added or existing pages are edited Set Default Page Status 1 Login to the project as admin 2 Click Tools gt Properties 3 Select a value for default page status 4 Click Save 5 Refresh the browser to ensure that the property is set Fropect Properties Project Properties First Page m blue 1 Record No Actions Frames False Need g Review Approval Process 1 When a page is added or edited the page status Needs_Review will be assigned 2 The manager is responsible for reviewing each page marked as Needs Review and then change the 7 x i EXE
155. m keywords that are assigned to help pages via page properties For more information see Keywords and Index Click the Add to Favorites icon to bookmark the current page in the favorites list of your browser If the page was added while in edit mode the page will be reopened in edit mode Click the Print Page icon to print the currently displayed page A printer dialog window will appear allowing you to select the printer and set other printing options Click the Link icon to display the URL for the current page Examples of various link types with HTML code are provided Enter search criteria and click the Search button to perform a search the results will be displayed in the contents window helpconsole 2010 262 Toolbar Reference Home Toolbar Reference Editor Toolbar Editor Toolbar Toolbar Function Reference icon list Name X d Cy U helpconsole 2010 Close Toolbar Save Page Link page Insert Table Image Manager Font Name Font Size Bold Underline Align Left Align Center Align Right Foreground color Toggle Toolbar Print LAM Switches the page back to live mode If changes were made to the page you will be asked if you want to save Saves the page Allows authors to add a link to another page in the help project Inserting a table works similarily to Microsoft Word Click the Insert Table button and select how many rows and columns
156. matically be performed and search results will be displayed based on those find field values Defines the width of the field Defines the height of the field If checked the detail field cannot be blank when the record is saved The record will not be saved until a value is entered If checked the detail field will be disabled The value cannot be changed or removed 3 After setting properties click save to save changes helpconsole 2010 See also Adding a Dataset Adding a Detail Field Adding a Find Field Dataset Find Properties Dataset Detail Properties Dataset File Attachments Email Triggers Advanced Functions 245 helpconsole 2010 246 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Dataset Dataset File Attachments Dataset File Attachments You can add the File Attachments variable to a dataset to allow users to upload and manage files Add Variable Follow the steps below to add the File Attachments variable to a dataset 1 Select the page containing the dataset 2 Click Edit Page L EditPage 3 Type File Attachments in square brackets within the detail panel usually at the bottom page name Detail summary 4 Click the save icon to save the changes Attach a File Follow the steps below to attach a file to a dataset record mportant Files can only be attached to existing records this means that files cannot be attached while addi
157. ment body scrollTop 40 e style left event clientX document body scrollLeft gt Help lt a gt cosy bm Open a Static Help Page sepa mobs xdv tona seta lt div uwdcpopbup style wridth t277T posrtuonsobsolure borsder lpx solid black display none backgqround eolorewnitce gt lt a href style cursor pointer onclick getHlementById popup e style display none gt font face arial size 1 color DOCECE gt close lt font gt lt a gt lt br gt lt iframe frameborder no width 275 height 124 src help project login htm gt lt iframe gt lt div gt Username lt input gt lt br gt PASSE siti Or on lt input type button value Login gt a href onclick e getElementByld popup e style display e style top event clientyY doceument body scecrollTop 40 e style left event ceclientx document body scerollLett Helps a body Em the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help 3 Open the html file in your browser Click the Help link to display the popup help window helpconsole 2010 82 Basic Functions C uemplsylpp hirs Windre Interne Expliorer 1 toro rer mp te a w dt ajea eS ES bw Project Login Bader por ee anc pa EET Bo crc wA our Jaca anc Pai RU PEHR RS pour pape See also URL Parameters Web Application Help Button Web Form Help Button Web Field Help Button Web F1 Application Help Web F1 Form Help Web F1 Field Help hel
158. mplate The look and feel of the PDF manual can be customized by editing the PDF Manual template Follow the instructions below to edit the PDF template 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with publish permissions 3 In the contents window expand the Admin node until the PDF template pages are visible 6 Edit the page as needed Click Save to save changes Default PDF Pages Page Description PDF Cover Page When printed this is the outer cover page of the manual PDF Blank Page 1 This blank page is included after the cover page so that the title page always appears on the right side when the reader opens the manual PDF Title Page The title page normally introduces your product or service You might include the author s name company name company logo copyright information etc PDF Blank Page 2 This blank page is included after the title page so that the Table of contents always appears on the right side when the reader opens the manual PDF Table of The table of contents lists the pages included in the manual along with page numbers Contents PDF Chapter Title This page is displayed before each chapter Page PDF Headers and Determines what will be displayed at the top and bottom of the page Normally the page Footers number chapter name and the title of the help system PDF I ndex Displays the keyword list for the help system Readers can click a keyw
159. n Pressing this button inserts the current time at the current cursor position helpconsole 2010 266 Toolbar Reference See also System Toolbar Contents Toolbar Function Toolbar Skin Editor Toolbar Variable Editor Toolbar Page Template Editor Toolbar helpconsole 2010 Toolbar Reference 267 Home Toolbar Reference Skin Editor Toolbar Skin Editor Toolbar Skin Toolbar Reference icon list LOMA amp Ici M S Jd Image Manager Hyperlink Manager Document Manager Insert Table Font Name Font Size Bold Underline Italic Background Color Align Left Align Center Align Right Foreground color Cut Pressing this button will open the image dialog which allows you to manage images inserting uploading and setting image properties Assigns a hyperlink to the selected text or image The hyperlink dialog window will open It allows you to choose the type of link you want to insert Hyperlink Anchor or E mail See also Links Pressing this button will open the Document Manager dialog which allows you to link the selected text with another page See also Adding Page Links Inserting a table works similarily to Microsoft Word Click the Insert Table button and select how many rows and columns are desired The table will be inserted at the current cursor position See also Working with Tables Sets the font typeface This dropdown allows you to c
160. n 127 0 0 1 setting to Record All Actions or Record Admin Actions setis Edited Page T AL Sweep Page FAC Changed page xd fom Tepat de ace reports Changed page id Gorn acbvity lg i m acbety bog Changed page ij om page summary to admin page summary Fuge Added POF Tempiste id pdf template Past Added PO Cover Page fel d ox panel Past dele TOF Back Gover De pdf back server T Page Added POF Index d pdf index T Page Added Help Pages d help pages 1 Fuse deed POF Headers mul Festeri ad pelt headers mw feeterai Pigi Aidid TOF Table of Contes fet pelt table GF ponb T Pues Added POP flank Pase 7 d pdf blank pace 21 Page Added POF Tite Page Gd pdf ste page 1 Page Added POF Blank Passe U fel d bisik pae t1 Edid Papi ademas nies Edited Page pdf templa 5 By default only the activity for the current day is displayed however you can change the date and time to display acvities for the last week or the last year You can also filter the report by IP address username or activity type Tips To filter the list to display only reader searches enter Searched for description and then click Run Report To display activities since January 1 2009 enter 1 1 2009 in the time field To display activities for a specific reader enter a specific IP address in the P Address field See also Page Status Report Unused Images Report Pending Comments Report
161. n Hep erie CR In Dripliry Erb ii Far 2 rorem foe reer torr ead unm Et kien Y Cho en Parier rae p eat Ie IP non sn Ko ied T Tha nalactad bet pail be opera im iva rece 4 Chris Een Seg bnk rei ee urbi eee ared aan eed Eat hin ied conum and Sd ge pees Dh cee Ea urn 3 ana dull pe Wr m e See also Publishing a Static Help System Uploading to your Website Publishing a Dynamic Help System Publishing a PDF Manual Basic Functions 153 helpconsole 2010 154 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Publishing gt Publishing a Dynamic Help System Publishing a Dynamic Help System A dynamic help system is esentially a help project displayed in live mode where a user is not logged in To publish a dynamic help system simply provide the URL to your readers The URL can be cut and pasted from the browser s address window and will be in the following format WebServer helpconsole2008 project Example http serverl helpconsole2010 WidgetMaster See also Publishing a Static Help System Uploading to your Website Legacy Help System Publishing a PDF Manual helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 155 asic Functions gt Publishing gt Publishing a PDF Manual Publishing a PDF Manual Follow the instructions below to generate a PDF Manual 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with publish permissions 3 Click the Publish button Publish 4 The
162. n les Winder Lompa menie Wirard Wijen WR Cats h ad bapa ei fi a F To add c een componant check thes pi te ieee Le i 4 Click Next 5 If prompted insert your Microsoft Windows installation CD 6 The wizard will proceed to install IIS 7 When the installation is complete click Finish See also nstalling IIS on Windows Vista nstalling IIS on Windows 2003 helpconsole 2010 Installation 15 Home gt Installation gt Installing IIS gt Installing IIS on Windows Vista Installing IIS on Windows Vista Internet Information Server IIS is included with Microsoft Windows Vista and can be installed either during the installation of the operating system or afterwards There are several IIS options that must be enabled in order for HelpConsole to run Do the following to ensure that all of these options are enabled 1 Select Start Control Panel Programs Turn Windows Features on or off 2 Ensure that the following options are selected IIS Management Console NET Extensibility ASP ASP NET ISAPI Extensions ISAPI filters Default Document HTTP Errors HTTP Redirection Static Content Turn Windows features on or off To tum a feature on select its check box To turn a feature off clear its check box A filled box means that only part of the feature rs turned on Internet Information Services gm js FTP Publishing Service FH Web Management Tools m 1j 05
163. n object image table or media freely within the editor The default positioning type is relative which means that an object is positioned inline or relative to other objects When the positioning type is absolute the object can be placed anywhere on the page Cuts the selected content and copies it to the clipboard The Cut button works on selected text image and or table Select the content and then Cut it When using this tool the cut text or image will be removed from the page and will be stored in the clipboard for later use Please note that only the last cut or copied item will be stored in the clipboard This tool is very helpful if you have decided to change the place of a piece of text in the sentence or in the page Copies the selected content to the clipboard The Copy button works on selected text image and or table Select the content first and then Copy it When using this tool the content will be stored in the clipboard for later use Note that only the last copied or cut item will be stored in the clipboard This tool is very helpful if you need to type the same text many times just select the text press the button place the cursor on the new place and press the Paste button This procedure works for images and or tables as well Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button Pla
164. n selected text You have to press the button again to switch to normal text typing Makes text or numbers appear as subscript When typing text you may press this button to make the text that follows subscript The button also works on selected text You have to press the button again to switch to normal text typing Applies strikethrough formatting to selected text Select some text and press this button to apply strikethrough formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will strikethrough the entire word Inserts a new paragraph There is a difference between pressing this button and pressing Enter The latter creates a new line keeping the paragraph formatting whereas new paragraph creates a new paragraph with different paragraph settings which can be changed later on This feature is important when you apply indentation and justification to text Inserts special characters Pressing this button will display a drop down menu displaying the special characters that can be added to the page The special character will be inserted at the location of the cursor Inserts a form element such as a text box checkbox button etc Pressing this button will display a drop down menu allowing you to select the form element that you wish to insert Pressing this button will insert a horizontal line at the current cursor position Pressing this button inserts the current date at the current cursor positio
165. nage projects form Click here for more information about running the software project from such as Create Help System 2 Select a template to create the oe si Hep 3 Enter a name for the new help project and then click Create Project Widget Master Helg Create Project 4 Depending on the type of project being created you will be prompted for information such as company name company website etc which will be displayed within the project 7v Project Variables These values will he derned pn wvaricus pages throughout the project Veras cars be changed laser by selecting Tools gt Variables Acme Corporation support bacme com hip fae acme com httpolwew mcma com KB helpconsole 2010 5 The new help project will be loaded M iem Hle Perro pee 098 Bened i Voi E j g p Gp em n j ieia Pais Hini Premi ley Horde iai I Online Help ma run amar xL Loci merger Pockactsi Md 04 6 Click Edit Page to edit a page 7 n edit mode click the more button on the toolbar to access additional editing functions See also Adding a Page Publishing a Static Help System Publishing a Dynamic Help System Publishing a PDF Manual Editing a Project Deleting a Project Copying a Project Backing up Your Project Uploading a Project Setting Project Properties Manage Projects Form Password Project Templates Basic Functions 39 helpconsole 2010 40 Basi
166. ncluding text images flash animations variables iframes etc See also Conditional Pages Conditional Content by Skin Conditional Content by User Conditional Variables helpconsole 2010 220 Advanced Functions Conditional Variables Conditional content can be included in user defined variables If you have conditional content that you want to include on several pages this will save time because the condition doesn t have to be re inserted each time Follow the steps below to create a conditional variable and insert it into a page 1 Click the Tools button to display the Tools menu d Backup ib Properties Users 26 Security Groups of ese p Sine serito Page Templates cs Styles hk Translations E About HelpConsole m a en as perp a 2 Click Variables 3 Click Add 4 Click the Show Toolbar button 5 Click the Insert Condition icon mi Lienert Condition Lsemame Select fhe clone that this conditional text will be visible for l E Widget Lite D wWidget Pra 6 Select the skin s that you want the conditional content to be displayed for 7 Click insert 8 Enter a name for the variable eg Msg1 DETE gt This message is displayed when the Widget Lie skin is applied 4771 9 Click the Save button to save the variable helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 221 10 Close the Variables form 11 Select the page that you want to add the condition
167. nd and Replace dialog This dialog allows you to search for and or replace specific text on the page Assigns a hyperlink to the selected text or image The hyperlink dialog window will open It allows you to choose the type of link you want to insert Hyperlink Anchor or E mail See also Links Removes the hyperlink from the selected text or image See also Links helpconsole 2010 270 Toolbar Reference helpconsole 2010 Flash Manager Media Manager Document Manager Format Stripper Show Hide Border Set Absolute Position Cut Copy Paste Paste from Word Paste from Word cleaning fonts and sizes Paste Plain Text The flash dialog is used for working with flash files inserting and uploading animations See also Adding a Flash Animation The Windows media dialog is used for inserting and uploading media objects AVI MPEG WAV etc It also lets you set the object s properties See also Adding a Media Animation Pressing this button will open the Document Manager dialog which allows you to link the selected text with another page See also Adding Page Links Strips removes the formatting from the selected text Removes Word custom or all formatting Toggles borders of all tables within the editor ON and OFF The ON function works on tables which have hidden borders This button toggles the positioning type for a selected object Pressing this button will allow you to drag and drop a
168. ndows Applications Windows Application Help Button Windows Form Help Button Windows Field Help Button Windows F1 Application Help Windows F1 Form Help Windows F1 Field Help Web Applications Web Application Help Button Web Form Help Button Web Field Help Button Oo OO nN oO A WN 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 21 23 24 27 28 30 32 34 36 37 38 40 42 43 44 47 48 51 52 53 54 55 58 61 64 66 68 70 71 72 74 Web F1 Application Help Web F1 Form Help Web F1 Field Help Popups Skins Applying Skins Customizing an Existing Skin Managing Skins Table of Contents Adding a Page Adding an External File Adding a Website or Webpage Embedding another Project Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Pages Cutting and Pasting Pages Customizing Page Icons Page Approval Working with Tables Adding a Table Table Properties Cell Properties Working with Images Adding an Image Uploading an Image Pasting an Image I mage Properties Adding Hotspots to an Image Keywords and Index Display Keywords in Edit Mode Display Index in Live Mode Links Adding Page Links Adding Internet Links Adding Email Links Adding Document Links Adding Page Anchors Adding Popup Links Removing a Link Popup Example Search Searching for Text Page Search and Replace Global Search and Replace Passing Search Terms in URL Publishing Publishing a Static Help System Uploading to your Website Legacy Help Sy
169. ng a new record 1 Click an existing record to open the detail form DE FAQ Search 7 Add Record 2 When the record is displayed click the browse button BF FAQ Detail e Q Coummar y widget Master 2000 File Attachments 3 Select the file to attach and then click open helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 247 Choose File ta Upload a eal Lock jc 3 teme oten Ie Gapi Fie Folder 5jz8j ad Recent xps werd stahenary files Fis Folder TE a sbepaf net zip 28 714 KB Compressed zippe S286 SEE ASP NET Server Page 5 27 2kB Comprezsed zippe SATE TS amp KB DAT Pile Td 6KB Cascading Style Sh Aa K ASP NET Server Page 6 4 21 KE HTML Document bai LIS KE JScript Script File FESTE 1 EB ASP NET Server Page SIE 2KB GIF Fie Pal Fd 1KB ASP NET Server Page 4 27 AKE ASP NET Servar Page Sjah 4 The file will be added to the list At this point it can be opened downloaded or deleted FAQ Detail N ums Summary Widget Master 2000 File Attachments Adde ns Anplkcatien dat demos back gi manual pl xx eM eR pepe Note If the user does not have edit permissions for the dataset the delete icon will not appear and files cannot be deleted See also Adding a Dataset Adding a Detail Field Adding a Find Field Dataset Find Properties Dataset Detail Properties Dataset Field Properties Email Triggers helpconsole 2010 248
170. ng to your Website Upload Static Help System A static help system is made up of standard html pages and can be uploaded to any ISP or remote server via FTP You should have received an email from your ISP explaining how to FTP files to your website When you published the static help system a path was displayed showing the location of the static help system files Copy these files to your website If you copied the files to a sub folder named Help then the URL will be http www domain com help assuming that domain is the name of your website inno Help chopped spo aly Static Help Created Successfully Tu Pied P D a a aer 20 UY pep nme Upload Dynamic Help System To upload HelpConsole 2010 to your website so that help systems can be edited from anywhere at any time do the following This assumes that your website is hosted with an ISP Internet Service Provider or other remote server 1 Confirm that the remote web server is running NET Framework 2 0 or higher To check this type a URL with an ASPX page that you know will not exist such as http www ExtremeEase com dummy aspx NET Framework Installed NET Framework Not Installed If the message Server Error in Application appears and the If the message The page cannot be found appears then the NET version is 2 0 or higher then the NET framework is installed framework is not installed i The rapsuror conse be found Lips sagi LEE PII fe DVN a HTTE 4
171. nstallation Basic Functions Toolbar Reference FAQ helpconsole 2010 158 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Movies amp Animations Movies amp Animations Adding a flash or media animation to your help system is easy Simply select the animation file and it will be inserted at the current cursor position Example Adding a Flash Adding a Media Animation Animation See also Users Security Groups Variables Language Support Page Templates Styles Reports Conditional Content Comments Import Page Objects helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 159 Adding a Flash Animation Follow the instructions below to insert a Flash animation 1 Position your cursor on the page where you with to insert the animation 2 Click the Flash Manager icon will be displayed 3 The Flash Manager dialog 4 Select a flash animation file and click Insert to add it to the page If the flash file is located on your computer or network click the Upload Flash tab to upload it to the web server 5 The animation can be be deleted at any time by selecting the animation and pressing the Delete key See also Adding a Media Animation helpconsole 2010 160 Advanced Functions Adding a Media Animation Follow the instructions below to insert a Media animation 1 Position your cursor on the page where you with to insert the animation 2 Click the Media Manager icon
172. nts If set to auto the icon will automatically be displayed as a page or folder depending on whether the page has children Keywords Defines the keywords for the selected page which will be displayed in the Index helpconsole 2010 100 Basic Functions Visibility by Skin Defines which skins this page will be visible for For more information about conditional content see Conditional Content See also Adding a Page Adding an External File Adding a Website or Webpage Embedding another Project Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Dragging amp Dropping Pages Cutting and Pasting Pages Customizing Page Icons Page Approval helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 101 Home gt Basic Functions gt Table of Contents gt Dragging amp Dropping Pages Dragging amp Dropping Pages Pages can be moved within the table of contents by dragging and dropping with your mouse Pages can be dropped as either a child or a sibling See examples below Dropping as a child To drop a page as a child of another page move your mouse over the page until just the text is underlined and then release the mouse button f welcome i My Page 9 welcome 4 Introduction di Introduction dy Product Reference i Product Reference Fag E ay Fag 94 My Page gt Dropping as a sibling To drop a page as a sibling of another page move your mouse over the page until both the icon and the text are underlined and then release the mouse button
173. ociated page views the SQL Query would be SELECT PageID AS PageNameFromID Views FROM Page Views Page Views Page Hare Pine Support Tickets TB Wek i Tutors Fag 5 See also Dataset Dataset Summary File Folder Toggle Panel helpconsole 2010 258 Toolbar Reference Toolbar Reference System Toolbar Welcome Administrator Tools Publish Contents Toolbar Function Toolbar Eduk index Bookmark ib Print Editor Standard Toolbar System Toolbar Contents Toolbar Function Toolbar Page Template Editor Toolbar See also Welcome Getting Started Installation Basic Functions Advanced Functions FAQ search children helpconsole 2010 Editor Toolbar Skin Editor Toolbar Variable Editor Toolbar Toolbar Reference 259 Home Toolbar Reference System Toolbar System Toolbar The System Toolbar is displayed when the user is logged in and has at least tools or publish permissions Tools Publish Click the Submit Suggestion icon to submit suggestions directly to the HelpConsole 2010 development team to improve the software Click the help icon to open the HelpConsole 2010 help system Click the Tools button to display the project tools form to perform functions such as backing up a project manage skins set permissions etc Click the Publish button to publish a static help system or PDF manual For more information see Publishing a Static Help Syst
174. ode Upload Project Com Rename Delete 3 The selected help project will be opened in live mode 4 Click the login link and then enter a username and password that has edit contents and edit pages permissions By default the admin username does not have a pasword and has full permissions jl test Powered by HelpConsole 3010 Presented by TOSHIBA Leading Innovation ien z SS E E E Es la w bil 1 eor EB hiteciecalhedi helpconsole2D10 testi delnais Seng r wr Favorites G testi Powered by HelpConsole 2010 u 7 J oT Pages dafety Took Ge Ussmare Puarssevord Lon Te pegha edit made logn a Admin wis na password Tha mena wil rait be repised after p rizeseid d irit AK Local intranet Protected Mede Off 5 Click the tools button to show the Tools menu helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 45 id Backup y i Properties 2 Users 20 Security Groups i Fr Dum LUE w cha loce i n of pg SS ff Variables Skins go pdi re demi rime ma Translations B About HelpConsole TIR TET Jn mu Tube Feri dare dT aci dn T 6 Click Backup to display the backup form 7 Specify backup options and then click the Create Backup button These backup options allow you to exclude certain folders to reduce the size of the backup file This is particularly useful when creating a backup file to send to Extreme Ease Support 8 The help system project will be compressed into a s
175. oject Template To delete a project template simply delete the template folder which begins with template Edit a Project Template To edit a project template do the following 1 Rename the template folder so that the name does not begin with template eg template Help System gt xtemplate Help System 2 The template will appear as a help project on the Manage Projects form 3 Click the template to open it Login as Admin to modify the contents structure page content etc 4 After editing the template rename the folder so that it begins with template inning with When the Manage Projects form is displayed template folders bec template are automatically displayed as Create template name 2 Create A P adum a Custom Fel See also Creating a New Project Editing a Project Deleting a Project Copying a Project Backing up Your Project Uploading a Project Setting Project Properties Manage Projects Form Password helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 53 Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help Context sensitive Help The information in this section explains how to integrate HelpConsole 2010 into your Windows based or web based application Help links can be made at the application level the form level or the field level d s Windows Applications Web Applications See also Projects Skins Table of Contents Working with Tables Working with Images
176. om ilipajbarcEgrgurd LEaqw umi 5 Click Save to save the styles in the skin stylesheet See also Application Styles Page Styles Applying Styles Editing the Apply Styles List helpconsole 2010 200 Advanced Functions Applying Styles You can apply certain predefined styles to elements on the help page such as text links images tables etc For example to apply a style named Yellow Background to text on the page do the following 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Select a page and click Edit Page 4 Click the Show More Tools icon to show additional functions 5 Highlight the text on the page that you want to apply the style to W Heip p system Meee eby d ents bo Ee left To quickdy Find speafic prod ick the search button 6 The text will appear with a yellow background Pn Fn bas project name Online Help Vior En Eher prajecs name comin help rise Br eur bhreagh Ee hip page hs d nga Be core Paice or pelechrig pages in Ew Enbie af contener to fae lee To quickly find pectic product infomation enter mrarch cria in Goa mrarch br aces and ce fma ranch Setar Ask Us ga I youre unable a ind has 7 If the yellow background style is modified in the future any text with this style applied will be automatically updated Refer to Editing the Apply Styles list for m
177. omponents US Accessories and Utilities i E Application Server 34 4 MB O E Certificate Services 1 8 MB Bi E mail Services 1 1 MB 1 amp 4 Fax Services UHMR Description Includes ASP NET Internet Information Services I5 and the Application Server Console Total disk space required 2 4 MB a Space available on disk 315U03 4 MB ui lt Back Cancel Help 3 Ensure that the following components are checked Application Server Console ASP NET Enable network COM access 4 Select nternet Information Services IIS and then click Details Application Server E x To add or remove a component click the check bos amp shaded bos means that only part of the component will be installed To see what s included in a component click Detaile subcomponents of Application Server E Application Server Console OOMB Sis ASP NET 0 0 MB e Enable network COM access 0 0 MB Ce Ey Enable network OTC access 0 0 MB 2 4 MB TOME be T2 YE Internet Information Services IIS SX Message Queuing Description 1S Includes Web FTP SMTP and NNTP support along with support for FrontPage Server Extensions and Active Server Pages ASF Total disk space required 29MB Details Cancel Space available on disk 1603 0 MB 5 Ensure that the following components are checked Common Files Internet Information services Manager helpconsole 2010 Installation 17 SM
178. only pages where online help is found together will be listed All Words f a user searches for online help pages containing the word online and help anywhere on the page will be listed Any Words f a user searches for online help pages containing either the word online or the word help will be listed Page Names Only f a user searches for online help only pages with online help in the name will be listed Search Filter When performing a search the following filters can be applied All Sections The search engine will search all pages for the search term s Chapter Name Select a specific chapter or section to search Search in Static Help The search engine in static help systems works much the same way as a dynamic help system described above with the following exceptions 1 The Search Filter option is not included 2 There is a Preview option that when checked displays a previiew of the page content in the search results list helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 143 See also Page Search and Replace Global Search and Replace Passing Search Terms in URL helpconsole 2010 144 Basic Functions Page Search and Replace Follow the steps below to replace multiple instances of a specific term within a help page 1 Click Edit Page to edit the current page 2 Click the more button on the editor toolbar T 3 Click the Find and Replace icon g 4 Click the Replac
179. ons 223 Home Advanced Functions Comments Adding Comments Adding Comments If a page contains the comments system variable readers will be able to submit comments for the page To submit a comment do the following 1 Click the Add Comment button http weww extremeeese cnm help knewtedqebese default aspx pageid jet cledh provider not registered Personal Comment oni visible to admin Mpgnadeg Poe Pelpicpnegie 2X7 BRR Tour Ata Ey Hem ES furi Pe rc emn E Aa E I decreased Pak Piep aE can Ese nun on Wirsdosg Vaca Est i e iaie Jt Reon prii must be pat Ep Tos Take a leche at rar Eois i b Pete nuper crc com e erated UL mE imag Pack biiy E il Basic Fonc s E ji deben Funcions Barama See E ih Tener etree Thanks for fhe information I pot fhe error The Marone le LEE Ll der im mot reget ac he local machina and x fy Pay Sarge Pal dating bead the proble Drita a iare map em ice SE L 4 Karen yee Said Thats Tha mrii Gra Notes Only administrators with the Approve Comments permission can delete public comments Only administrators with the Approve Comments permission can change the status of a comment Administrators can use the Pending Reader Comments report to list pending comments See also Personal Comments Approving Comments Managing Comments helpconsole 2010 224 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Comments Personal Comments rit c U
180. ons below assume that you re adding a help button to the main screen of your Web application Follow the steps below to add a help button to your Web application 1 Open the main page of your web application using an HTML editor such as Visual Studio or a text editor such as Windows Notepad This is an example of a simple webpage nemi bDody SbpsoroHello World lt 7 odye lt hieml gt 2 Add the following code to create a Help link that will open your help system when clicked This link could also be a button or an image Open a Dynamic Help System tmi lt pody gt lt a href http www domain com help target _blank gt Help lt a gt lt bre lt br Hello World v body lt hem Open a Static Help System html body a href help default htm target _blank gt Help lt a gt lt br gt lt br gt Hello World body html the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help 3 Open the html file in your browser Click the Help link to display the help system in a new window i E OT D r Gee 0m LI LL ME IU MeD Hed Airbus MIU Online Help Ask Us P Fru iram 7 ey Nhe pa a rorum m FEER ee e Hr mE HEE miens TE x b f m we iom L iud m 5 Wir ELL PEOR F Pi TEAR AQPae IC eued dg debida opes Ted Pas Ful a Ba DO E Ed ni ides Er eee em ee pee ee gum BER ee daa fu oc m nauem wo ee a ee NEGEE
181. ools Edit Pages Edit Contents Approve Comments See also Adding a Security Group Deleting a Security group helpconsole 2010 Defines the name of the security group Once the security group is added the name cannot be changed Defines which skin will be displayed when a user belonging to the security group logs in If this property is set to default the skin defined in properties will be applied If unchecked the publish button will not be displayed when users are logged in If unchecked the tools button will not be displayed when users are logged in If unchecked the edit page button will not be displayed when users are logged in If unchecked the design contents icons will not be displayed when users are logged in If unchecked users cannot approve reader comments when logged in Deleting a Security group Follow the instructions below to delete a security group 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form ig Backup i Properties Users 28 Security Groups T Variables Skins pnr Fi vem pagi a Ab r Lg adios wore te change the lock and esl of Page Templates 685 Styles kJ Translations E About HelpConsole E EE RS rien m reir 4 Click Security Groups to display the Security Groups form Securty Groups Security Groups 5 Click
182. ord to jump to the associated page PDF Back Cover The back cover usually just displays the product name or logo with a tag line You could also include something like Printed in Canada helpconsole 2010 192 Advanced Functions See also Customizing a Page Template Creating a Page Template helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 193 Home Advanced Functions Styles otyles The look and feel of your help pages or table of contents can be customized by editing the style sheet You can customize any of the following Page Margins Background colors Background images Default Font size color type Table formating Etc HelpConsole 2010 uses the following stylesheets AppStyles css Styles applied to all help systems PageStyles css Styles applied to the specific project Style skinname css Styles applied to a specific skin for a specific project S dS d I 2 Application Styles Page Styles Skin Styles Applying Styles Editing the Apply Styles List Movies amp Animations Users Security Groups Variables Language Support Page Templates Reports Conditional Content Comments Import Page Objects helpconsole 2010 194 Advanced Functions Application Styles Styles can be applied at the application level that are applied to all projects Some of the styles that you might want to customize for your project are Page Margins Background color Background image Default Font size color
183. ore information See also Application Styles Page Styles Skin Styles Editing the Apply Styles List helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 201 Editing the Apply Styles List Help p system PEE RII rubr dr dom br di bnitents to Gre left To quicdy nd smectic prod nd cick the search button You can customize which styles are available in the Apply Style list Here s how to do it 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form i Backup i Properties 2 Users i 26 Security Groups T Variables Skins Page Templates cag Styles KJ Translations E About HelpConsole E EE oO ae a 4 Click Styles to display the style editor The PageStyles css styesheet is displayed by default 5 To include a style that will apply a yellow background with black text type the following Make sure that you include stylelist after the style name This specifies that it will be included in the apply style list yellow background stylelist background color yellow color black 6 Click Save to save the stylesheet Note The stylelist attribute can be included for styles in pagestyles css AppStyles css or the skin stylesheet 7 Click the browser refresh button to reload your help project so that this new style takes effect 8 Click the edit page button to display the
184. our help system Pages can be easily added renamed or deleted at any time during the development of your help system Pages can also be dragged and dropped as needed Click the links below for more information d AT Al Aal AT Adding a Page Adding an External File Adding a Website or Embedding another Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Webpage Project Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Cutting and Pasting Customizing Page Page Approval Pages Pages Icons See also Projects Context sensitive Help Skins Working with Tables Working with Images Keywords and Index inks Search Publishing helpconsole 2010 90 Basic Functions Adding a Page Follow the instructions below to add a new page to your help system 1 Open the Help Project 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with edit contents permissions 3 Click the Add Page icon 4 Enter a name for the new page e Ado Puja Name Setting Started Page Type Help Page 5 Click the Show Options link to display additional fields such as filename and template Mame Getting Stated Page Type Help Page Page Icon Auto Add aa Child Add Page Options Option Description Name Defines the name of the help page The name can be changed at any time after it has been added The page ID is generated from this name when the page is saved Page Type Page Type can be one of the foll
185. owing Internal HTML Page Based on a selected template such as Help Page External File file or document such as docs example pdf Website website or webpage such as http www google com Merge Project embeds another help project Page I con Defines the icon that will be displayed to the left of the page in the contents If set to auto the icon will automatically be displayed as a page or folder depending on whether the page has children Add as Child If this is checked the page will be added as a child under the selected page otherwise it will be added as a sibling at the same level as the selected page Add as Child added under Introduction Add as Sibling Same level as Introduction f Welcome f welcome E 40 Introduction f Introduction Widget Master Overview Widget Master Overview 6 Click Add Page to add the page 7 The new paqe will be displayed Click Edit Page to edit the contents of the paqe helpconsole 2010 e mm im sini mo Dl ed n a bp ty x pr rg rem Bre unl es Hip pida gt DG 0 gt fee je ad ee Edt Page ag har beep pag fos dring ue Pun rum fs uu mars el eee gium J EKS See also Adding an External File Adding a Website or Webpage Embedding another Project Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Pages Cutting and Pasting Pages Customizing Page Icons Page Approval Basic Functions 91 help
186. pconsole 2010 Basic Functions 83 iome SASIC FUNCTIONS KINS Skins The idea behind skins is that you can customize the look and feel for your particular help system without affecting any pages that make up the documentation The Skin interface is made up of three sections the Contents Frame the Page Frame and the Function Toolbar as shown below compo r See ciam cmm RERO D Online Help I Function Toolbar 560 he Contents Frame i a ER L Page Frame The layout for each skin is stored in an HTML file with the format skin name htm eg skin blue htm Each help project has it s own set of skins which means if you modify a skin or create a new skin other projects will not be affected A skin can however be copied from one project to another by simply copying the skin file eg skin blue htm d I a Applying Skins Customizing an Managing Skins Existing Skin See also Projects Context sensitive Help Table of Contents Working with Tables Working with Images Keywords and Index inks Search Publishing helpconsole 2010 84 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Skins gt Applying Skins Applying Skins Default Skin Each help system project has a default skin which is applied when the help system is started in edit mode or live mode The default skin is defined in Project Properties If the skin defined in project properties is not found the first skin that
187. perty Description Width Specifies the width of the image If left blank the width will be set automatically Height Specifies the height of the image If left blank the height will be set automatically Border Color Specifies the color of the image border Border Width Specifies the thickness of the image border Select No Border to display the image without a border Alt Text Specifies the alternative text which is displayed if a browser is incapable of displaying images or images are turned off This also acts as a popup tooltip when the user moves their mouse over the image Long Description This is an Accessibility option The text entered in the Long Description field will be read by the Windows Narrator tool I mage Alignment Sets the alignment of the image with respect to the adjacent text images When you choose left or right alignment the text will wrap around the image An absolute or relative URL pointing to the image file Click the browse icon to select an image in the images folder Example1 http www extremeease com images logo gif Example2 images logo gif Main 0 Specifies the margin width around the image CSS Class Select a predefined class that will apply styles to the image This list can be customized by editing the project stylesheet s helpconsole 2010 122 Basic Functions See also Adding an Image Uploading an Image Pasting an Image Adding Hotspots to an Image
188. place Hyperlink Manager Remove Link Insert Variable Insert Conditional Text Sticky Note Flash Manager Media Manager Document Manager Format Stripper Show Hide Border Set Absolute Position Cut Toolbar Reference 263 The spellchecker is a tool which checks the spelling of the written text It works the same way as in Microsoft Word When launched the spellchecker dialog will appear and the checking will start automatically from the beginning of the document If there is a misspelled word it will appear in the spellchecker dialog where you can either Ignore the suggestion or Change the word with the suggested one Opens the Find and Replace dialog This dialog allows you to search for and or replace specific text on the page See also Page Search and Replace Allows authors to search and replace text or html code across all pages in the help project See also Global Search and Replace Assigns a hyperlink to the selected text or image The hyperlink dialog window will open It allows you to choose the type of link you want to insert Hyperlink Anchor or E mail See also Links Removes the hyperlink from the selected text or image See also Links Inserts a user defined or system variable Variables act as placeholders for content that might change in the future When the page is displayed in live mode the variable value will be displayed See also Variables This button will insert con
189. project placeholder will indicate where the help project will be embedded When the contents is in live mode the embedded pages will be displayed Edit Mode Live Mode Contents IN Welcome Im Welcome li Installation Installation d dy Featured Overview Feature 1 Installation Feature 1 Functions d FAQ Note To open a page within the embedded project use the syntax Default aspx pageid project pageid For example default aspx pageid 2 Widget Master faq See also Adding a Page Adding an External File Adding a Website or Webpage Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Pages Cutting and Pasting Pages Customizing Page Icons Page Approval helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 97 D gt Home gt Basic Functions gt Table of Contents gt Renaming a Page Renaming a Page Follow the instructions below to rename a page 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with design permissions 3 Select the page in the Table of Contents that you wish to rename t Welcome STN instalation di Basie Functions iy Advanced Functions dij Tutorials amp dy FAQ 4 Click the page name again to make it editable Type in the new page name id Welcome 8 dij stalin the Software ft dy Basic Functions E dy Advanced Functions EB fy Tutorials E dy FAQ 5 The page can al
190. qale panel headina and bodv helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 255 index Y Bookmark d Print FF Link HH Static Help System VERREM Advantages Faster than a dynam help system Can be run anywhere with a standard browser Can be distributed on a CD or within a setup file Fewer fies Can be run on any web server such as Apache Linux etc Supports all browsers right back to Netscape 1 0 and IE 1 0 Disadvantages Not editable Updates require re publsh Page views feature not supported D ic dine not ted 6 Click the Save button to save the page and switch to live mode See also Dataset Dataset Summary File Folder Report helpconsole 2010 256 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Page Objects Report Heport The built in report designer allows administrators to design summart reports which pull information from various dataset tables and other tables within the project database A report could be created to display a list of user accounts for the project Follow the steps below to create a simple report listing user accounts 1 Select the page that you want to add the report to 2 Click Edit Page m Page 3 Click the Insert Page Object icon 4 Select Report and then click Insert Insert Page Object Select a page object and then cick the insert button Dataset insert Dataset Summary FileFaldaer Onddi Email OnDelete Email 5 Click an
191. r border padding etc to be applied Select a predefined class that will apply styles to the cell This list can be customized by Css Class n i editing the project stylesheet s Background I mage Sets an image to be displayed behind text and images within the cell mo Assigns an ID to the cell Mostly used for advanced cell functions No Text Wrapping Prevents sentences with spaces to wrap to the next line See also RadEditor 2009 User Manual RadEditor 2009 Insert Table RadEditor 2009 Table Wizard Editing the Apply Styles List Adding a Table Table Properties helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 113 helpconsole 2010 114 Basic Functions Home Basic Functions Working with Images Working with Images Images are an important part of creating an effective help system Images stored on the web server can be selected and inserted Images can also be uploaded from your harddrive or network to the web server d 3 33 Adding an Image Uploading an Image Pasting an Image Image Properties Adding Hotspots to an Image See also Projects Context sensitive Help Skins Table of Contents Working with Tables Keywords and Index Links Search Publishing helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 115 Adding an Image Follow the instructions below to add an image to a HelpConsole page 1 Place the cursor where you want the image to added 2 Click the Add Image icon 3 The mage Manager dialog
192. ra rer AB tert4711 Powered by HelpConscle 2010 Presented by TOSHIBA Leading Innovation 3 Qu wg hits ww softwareconsole com test4711 default aspaTusernsmez idm E x IE Google p qa Favontes tec 711 Powered by HelpConsole M10 T E Gl am Pege Raf Tooh e m i My New Page Wb ar Admin Tisi cereis pur dene api shed describe the Reabune thal yis ane decumenhrs Eeplan hero ile corre y uted and what br the berefits are For example The Videt Master emal lini alow pou to easily send inormaon about each widget ta various departments within vour company Often the feature that you ane documenting can be best emisnej by walking the reader through step by shen Use screenshots to illustrate the steps shens possible s i 1 Start Fa kaa By vn 2 Dn fe cbap sret cick the my ew pape 7 Heeds_Revew See also Welcomes ine trey Star bed tp ana MARRHESZII iee Gate arret amp 2004 S510 Eevee Ease Soturare inz AI Risha Henerved 5 i Internet Protected Mode On See also Adding a Page page status helpconsole 2010 106 Basic Functions Adding an External File Adding a Website or Webpage Embedding another Project Renaming a Page Deleting a Page Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Pages Cutting and Pasting Pages Customizing Page Icons helpconsole 2010 Working with Tables Basic Functions 107 Tables are an important tool for formatting text and images on your h
193. rder What is a Static Help System What is a Dynamic Help System What is a PDF Manual End User License Agreement helpconsole 2010 Home gt Getting Started What is a Static Help System What is a Static Help System Getting Started 5 This is a pure HTML help system that does not require a web server to be viewed A static help system is made up of HTM pages which can be run on your harddrive on a network from a CD etc A static help system will look exactly the same as a dynamic help system published from the same project The main difference is that the dynamic help system can be modified on the fly whereas a Static help system must be re published whenever changes are made Dynamic Help System Advantages e Faster than a dynamic help system e Can be run anywhere with a standard browser e Can be distributed on a CD or within a setup file e Fewer files e Can be run on any web server such as Apache Linux etc e Supports all browsers right back to Netscape 1 0 and IE 1 0 Disadvantages Not editable Updates require re publish Most Popular Pages feature not supported Reader Comments feature not supported Page views feature not supported Dynamic conditional content not supported Dynamic skins not supported When to Publish a Static Help System If your help system will be run from a CD If your help system will be located in a sub folder within your application If your help system will be includ
194. ree ke tzara anw de pe bono we qu Fu cul P a Pee SET Timing Jarre SOC RW ILT D eee ux cb d EP Dede Fee bees ea A Sg Seer See also URL Parameters Web Form Help Button Web Field Help Button Web F1 Application Help Web F1 Form Help Web F1 Field Help Popups helpconsole 2010 72 Basic Functions Home gt Basic Functions gt Context sensitive Help gt Web Applications gt Web Form Help Button Web Form Help Button You can add a help button icon or hyperlink to a form within your Web application that opens a specific page of your help system Follow the steps below to add a help link to your web application 1 Open a page such as a login form of your web application using an HTML editor such as Visual Studio or a text editor such as Windows Notepad This is an example of a simple login form shtnLssoodv LOr DTe Username lt input gt lt br gt Passwomdsssmnputosbr Dp input type button value Login gt lt podycs hum l gt 2 Add the following code to create a Help link that will open a help page when clicked This link could also be a button or an image Open a Dynamic Help Page page only no contents SEN pody a hrefz http www domain com help page aspx pageid project login target _blank gt Help lt a gt Abie sion 2 Username compu cod Ba soWwOBIIESISNDIM brem input type button value Login gt See hr nenad gt Open a Dynamic Help Page within help system
195. rks on selected text image and or table Select the content and then Cut it When using this tool the cut text or image will be removed from the page and will be stored in the clipboard for later use Please note that helpconsole 2010 274 Toolbar Reference a8 Copy m Paste Paste Plain Text w Undo oa Redo See also System Toolbar Contents Toolbar Function Toolbar Editor Toolbar Skin Editor Toolbar Variable Editor Toolbar helpconsole 2010 only the last cut or copied item will be stored in the clipboard This tool is very helpful if you have decided to change the place of a piece of text in the sentence or in the page Copies the selected content to the clipboard The Copy button works on selected text image and or table Select the content first and then Copy it When using this tool the content will be stored in the clipboard for later use Note that only the last copied or cut item will be stored in the clipboard This tool is very helpful if you need to type the same text many times just select the text press the button place the cursor on the new place and press the Paste button This procedure works for images and or tables as well Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button Place the cursor where you want the item to appear and press the Paste button Pastes copied
196. rosoft Word Click the Insert Table button and select how many rows and columns are desired The table will be inserted at the current cursor position See also Working with Tables Sets the font typeface This dropdown allows you to change the font of the selected text Sets the font size This dropdown allows you to change the font size of the selected text Applies bold formatting to the selected text Select the text and press this button to apply bold formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will bold the entire word Applies underline formatting to selected text Select some text and press this button to apply underline formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will underline the entire word Applies italic formatting to the selected text Select some text and press this button to apply Italic formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will apply italic to the entire word Changes the background color of the selected text This dropdown allows you to change the background color of the selected text Aligns the selected paragraph to the left Centers the selected selected paragraph Aligns the selected paragraph to the right Changes the color of the selected text This dropdown allows you to change the font color of the selected text Cuts the selected content and copies it to the clipboard The Cut button wo
197. rs 00 dg se mu T Variables Skins Page Templates 685 Styles kJ Translations E About HelpConsole G a cnin e erm gener err c 4 Click Variables 5 The Variables list will be displayed To add a new variable click the add button To edit an existing variable click the variable name in the list To delete a variable click the red X beside the variable name Bb Manage Variables Varia bles JT ar Extreme Ease Software Support Email zunportSewfremee ase cnm Dupport Phan 555 555 5555 Veste LL hbta i Pew cinema com Knoetedgehass RL htnc Ferne enctremess aee com Pein scree 6 The variable editor will be displayed helpconsole 2010 176 Advanced Functions 7 Enter a name for the variable 8 Enter a value for the variable The value can be straight text or can contain various elements such as images flash videos tables etc Edit arbe Comeuht E 21DExberme Ene Software lec M Dres Pesereed 9 Click the save button to save the variable 7 Variables can be inserted into any page by either typing the variable name in square brackets eg admin or selecting the variable from the Insert Variable list Revenue vs Target PraeectiURL Foo Menu Cervi Login Gonbert Tub Company Shing kzn Lit Variables in Edit Mode Variables in Live Mode not translated Translated Oe i oan FREE 1 rd SETS ede ERA We at company are
198. rsion and edition Popular Pages Welcome The top 10 most viewed pages General Questions Service Pack History Installing IIS Getting Started Installing the Software System Requirements Installation Basic Functions How to run the software The top 10 most viewed pages and views displayed in a table format Popular Pages and Views Most Popular Pages Views Welcome 8828 General Questions 2633 helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 179 Service Pack History 2134 Installing IIS 2020 Getting Started 1476 Installing the Software 1465 System Requirements 1408 Installation 1396 Basic Functions 1285 How to run the software 1285 ProjectURL localhost helpconsole2010 helpconsole Displays the URL to the project folder 2010 default aspx Breadcrumbs Home Advanced Functions Variables System Displays a breadcrumb trail to the Variables current page Child Page List Child Page 1 Displays a list of children pages of the Child Page 2 current page Child Icon List Displays icons of children pages of the current page a N Child Page 1 Child Page 2 Sibling Page List User Defined Variables Displays a list of pages at the same level as the current page Excluding the current page Sibling Icon List Displays icons of pages at the same level as the current page Excluding the current page User Defined Variables Displays sibling and child pages of the current page in a menu format Menu User Def
199. rvers e Cannot be distributed on a CD or within a setup file e Slightly slower than static help systems When to Publish a dynamic help system If you want to be able to quickly update your help system If your help system will be hosted on your website If your help system will be hosted on an internal web server If your authors are located at separate office locations If you want to centrallize your company s help documentation A dynamic help system will look exactly the same as a static help system published from the same project The main difference is that the dynamic help system can be modified on the fly whereas a Static help system must be re published whenever changes are made Static Help System Dynamic Help System UE SS cto dh Kus aoi i MR i Fa o s Ta WS OR ed E a am mmn k 3 L Login zB i Authors can enter a Online Help i username and password to edit the help system k amp se es ong mee Romon pem puma map p ee ee ee Most Popular Pages View most commonly viewed pages See also How to Order How to Get Support What is a Static Help System What is a PDF Manual End User License Agreement helpconsole 2010 8 Getting Started Home Getting Started What is a PDF Manual What is a PDF Manual A PDF Manual is self contained printable document which can be downloaded and distributed as needed The PDF
200. s permissions By default the admin username does not have a pasword and has full permissions jl test Powered by HelpConsole 3010 Presented by TOSHIBA Leading Innovation Gu i httecl eae helpconsole20L0 testl ded asl aay SAAE oos p wr Favor es d testi Powered by MelpConsole 2010 Ww o 3 mo Pepe ieyt Tgb Fr i Ussmare Puarssevord Lon Te pegha edit made logn a Admin wis na password Tha mena wil rait be repised after p rizeseid d irit AK Local intranet Protected Mede Off 5 Click the tools button to show the Tools menu helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 49 id Backup ib Properties 2 Users 2 d Security Groups T Variables Skins L igri bie y Fa gei i da s he iain k me yor my Page Templates E Styles KJ Translations B About HelpConsole ome i mer true qr egen ir ro rg 6 Click Properties to display the Project Properties form amp e Projeti Properties Project Properties Faust Page Blue Record No Action Frames Abw rpm Falsa Default Page Stats Defauit Conbenits Made Duel nudi Corre Soon Users Duta SMTP Servir Properties Overview Property Description Start Page This is the page that will be displayed when the help project is loaded Click the Select button and select a page from the contents If set to First Page the first visible page will be displayed when the help project is loaded Default Skin This is the skin th
201. s Report Unused Images Report Pending Comments Report helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 211 Home Advanced Functions Conditional Content Conditional Content You can control which pages are displayed or what text is displayed on each page based on the current skin For example if you had two similar products Widget Master Lite and Widget Master Pro you could create a single project that generates help systems for both products I d 4 4 a Conditional Pages Conditional Content byConditional Content byConditional Content by Conditional Variables Skin User Query See also Movies amp Animations Users Security Groups Variables Language Support Page Templates Styles Reports Comments Import Page Objects helpconsole 2010 212 Advanced Functions Home gt Advanced Functions gt Conditional Content gt Conditional Pages Conditional Pages Let s say that you have a software product with two editions Widget Master Lite Edition and Widget Master Professional Edition and you want to generate a separate help system for each product edition Most of the content will be the same however some features are included in the professional edition but not the lite edition 1 In this scenario you would create two skins one named Widget Lite and one named Widget Professional See Managing Skins Widget Lite 2 Add two welcome pages to the table of contents Welcome to Widget Master Lite and
202. s can use the Pending Reader Comments report to list pending comments See also Adding Comments Personal Comments Managing Comments helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 227 Home Advanced Functions Comments Managing Comments Managing Comments Administrators with the Approve Comments permission can manage comments Change Comment Status To approve a comment simply change the status from Pending to Visible This is done by selecting Visible in the drop down list The change will be i ieme p Siren Pam o pgri from hpr ah mr ram Ed C decreed fart Paipconscis can o4 rano f rcicen uta iter nur ma Da 12 5 polcHoonI Ita mut Ds iari ic lt 4 here imer Ta Tum aki a Pur les anh Fer moi mr i cm HIS LJ LE rar LEL Ferran Mae Fach ten mi el Basic Pocta xps Tape d aed fuas eb FK dyj adamdi Force mans ER ELI ELLE i S IDE prp d b dp Tee Bete ax fuscus dur fa nem x yd Fag Ires t Idecovered that HelpConscle can be run on Windows Vesta Gabit but the Erabi anding ra Applications setting must be set to True Take a look at the following artide CEST T 3 25 2009 2 47 13 PM bsc cia Delete a Comment To delete a comment click the delete icon beside the comment See also Adding Comments Personal Comments Approving Comments helpconsole 2010 228 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Import Import S I Importing a Word Importing HTML P
203. so be renamed from the Page Properties form Click the Page Properties icon to display the form Page Properties El Standard Page Name Getting Started Page ID getting started Status Page Icon Auta Type HTML Page E Keywords E visibility by Skin Note When the page is saved the page ID is generated based on the page name If the page name is changed in the future the page ID will rename the same unless it is renamed as well See also Adding a Page Adding an External File Adding a Website or Webpage Embedding another Project Deleting a Page Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Pages Cutting and Pasting Pages Customizing Page Icons Page Approval helpconsole 2010 98 Basic Functions Home Basic Functions Table of Contents Deleting a Page Deleting a Page Follow the instructions below to delete a page 1 Open the Help System 2 f you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with design permissions 3 Select the page in the Table of Contents that you wish to delete ERI instalation i Basic Functions i Advanced Functions dj Tutorials B dj FAQ 2 Click the Delete Page icon 3 When asked to confirm click OK See also Adding a Page Adding an External File Adding a Website or Webpage Embedding another Project Renaming a Page Page Properties Dragging amp Dropping Pages Cutting and Pasting Pages Customizing Page Icons Pa
204. sociated images to the I mport folder within your helpconsole project folder Image files can be located in the same folder as the HTML pages or a sub folder If for example your project is named MyProject then you will copy the html files to c program files helpconsole 2010 MyProjectl mport Import Fie Edt we Favorites Tools Help ae Q 2 p I rains EJ Address CriProgram FiiesiHelpConscle 20104 MyProjectlmport sd Bo EE X 3 Si HepConsde 2010 lad e e e e amp ED engine docs iaces skinimages index htm seach hkm Awards htm Ww 2 Example Help System seb Vien P 1 e e s e e a a conbenks htm contents d customers idi dida je Hebconsole e e6 Helpiconsole HelpConsole HeipConsole e e e HelpConscle HelpConsole HelpConsole e 9 e ee E C3 Master Website 2 Open your help project in HelpConsole If your project is named MyProject then you can open the project with the url localhost helpconsole2010 myproject 3 Click Login Enter your username and password to login 4 You should see a flashing Import icon on the contents toolbar Click this icon to import the files Please be patient If there are more than 40 pages the import may take a couple of minutes nr omak A008 EEUU n mE s Internet Explorer Coa r ll RR c w e Xx WE dr d HeipContole 2008 53 1 poa Ft o d ipee e Conteris 309 Esseg ldem Cem em Euri LoM PAM mypraoject
205. ssed project 1 Run HelpConsole 2010 to display the Manage Projects form Click here for more information about running the software 2 Click the Upload Project button VE Favoris FE Decor di Dewnleads xu Recent Places ig Liearies a Deeurmaents a Piyer ie PRES B vitecs IE Compute File pam Widya Mibe Help dhe np 4 The help system project will be added to the list on the startup form If there is an existing project with the same name a number will be added to the end of the project name See example below See also Creating a New Project Editing a Project Deleting a Project Copying a Project Backing up Your Project Setting Project Properties Manage Projects Form Password Project Templates helpconsole 2010 48 Basic Functions Setting Project Properties Follow the instructions below to view and edit properties for a help project 1 Run HelpConsole 2010 to display the Manage Projects form Click here for more information about running the software 2 Select the help project in the list that you wish to set properties for and click open If the project doesn t have a password assigned to the admin username you can also click the edit icon at the far right to open directly in edit mode Upload Project Com Rename Delete 3 The selected help project will be opened in live mode 4 Click the login link and then enter a username and password that has edit contents and edit page
206. stallation instructions 2 Click the Link Page icon 3 Select the page that you wish to link to Link Page Link Type Normal Link 88 dy Tutorials dil FAQ x Admin 4 The link will be created The text will be blue with an underline Note links are not active when the page is in edit mode Click here For installation instructions Image Link 1 Select an image on the page that you wish to create a link Da qne Installation n 2 Click the Link Page icon 3 Select the page that you wish to link to Link Page Link Type Normal Link 4 The link will be created The image will appear the same as before but when published will display a hand cursor when the mouse is moved over it Sees Installation 5 To remove the blue border right click the image select Set mage Properties and then change the image border to 0 helpconsole 2010 See also Adding Internet Links Adding Email Links Adding Document Links Adding Page Anchors Adding Popup Links Removing a Link Popup Example Basic Functions 129 helpconsole 2010 130 Basic Functions Adding Internet Links 1 Select the text on the page that you wish to create a link s installation instructions 2 Click the More button on the Keli to show additional functions 3 Click the Hyperlink Manager icon 9 4 Enter the URL of the page that you wish to link to B Hyper rik Manager x Property O
207. stem Publishing a Dynamic Help System Publishing a PDF Manual 16 71 79 81 83 84 85 87 89 90 92 94 96 97 98 99 101 102 103 105 107 108 110 112 114 115 116 118 121 123 124 125 126 127 128 130 132 133 135 137 139 140 141 142 144 145 146 147 148 150 153 154 155 9 Advanced Functions Movies amp Animations Adding a Flash Animation Adding a Media Animation Users Project Login Adding a Project Username Editing a Project Username Deleting a Project Username Security Groups Adding a Security Group Editing a Security Group Deleting a Security qroup Variables User Defined Variables System Variables Child Page 1 Child Page 2 Language Support Language Translation Page Templates Customizing a Page Template Creating a Page Template Customizing the PDF Template Styles Application Styles Page Styles Skin Styles Applying Styles Editing the Apply Styles List Reports Activity Log Report Page Status Report Unused Images Report Pending Comments Report Customizing a report Conditional Content Conditional Pages Conditional Content by Skin Conditional Content by User Conditional Content by Query Conditional Variables Comments Adding Comments Personal Comments Approving Comments Managing Comments Import Importing a Word Document Importing HTML Pages Importing a Robohelp Project Page Objects Dataset 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 165 167
208. table and select Table Properties helpconsole 2010 um Table Wizard Table Desin n eight L35 iath Cell Spacing Cell Padding Align TEAL Background Celer Style Bualder See also RadEditor 2009 User Manual RadEditor 2009 Insert Table RadEditor 2009 Table Wizard Table Properties Cell Properties Last Column Basic Functions 109 helpconsole 2010 110 Basic Functions Table Properties To display table properties right click anywhere on the table and select Table properties The Table Wizard dialog will be displayed m Table Wizard Alignment Background Color gt Style Buslder i Property Overview Property Description If blank the height will adjust automatically 123px the height will be set to 123 pixels 5096 the height will be set to 50 of the page height If blank the width will adjust automatically 123px the width will be set to 123 pixels 5096 the width will be set to 50 of the page width Defines the space in pixels between each cell Defines the extra space around text or images within each cell The justification of the table Left center or right Background Color The background color of the table Tables are transparent by default so if packground is undefined the color or image behind the table will be visible Style Builder Loads the style bulder dialog which allows various styles to be applied such as font si
209. that follows superscript The button also works on selected text You have to press the button again to switch to normal text typing Makes text or numbers appear as subscript When typing text you may press this button to make the text that follows subscript The button also works on selected text You have to press the button again to switch to normal text typing Applies strikethreugh formatting to selected text Select some text helpconsole 2010 272 Toolbar Reference A Strikethrough F New Paragraph Insert Symbol p Insert Form Element Fl ilii Horizontal Ruler i Insert Date WE Insert Time See also System Toolbar Contents Toolbar Function Toolbar Editor Toolbar Skin Editor Toolbar Page Template Editor Toolbar helpconsole 2010 and press this button to apply strikethrough formatting If the cursor is positioned in a single word pressing this button will strikethrough the entire word Inserts a new paragraph There is a difference between pressing this button and pressing Enter The latter creates a new line keeping the paragraph formatting whereas new paragraph creates a new paragraph with different paragraph settings which can be changed later on This feature is important when you apply indentation and justification to text Inserts special characters Pressing this button will display a drop down menu displaying the special characters that can be added to the page The special c
210. the delete icon beside security group name When See also Adding a Security Group Editing a Security Group orompted to delete click OK Advanced Functions 173 helpconsole 2010 174 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Variables Variables Variables act as placeholders for text that might change in the future Some examples where variables may be used are Product Name Product version Product Tag line Company Address Phone numbers Variables can also contain HTML code therefore can be used to insert dynamic content such as Company logo Product logo Javascript events iFrames to other webpages Flash Animations I 3 User Defined Variables System Variables See also Movies amp Animations Users Security Groups Language Support Page Templates Styles Reports Conditional Content Comments Import Page Objects helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 175 User Defined Variables Variables act as placeholders for text that might change in the future Some examples where variables may be used are Product Name Product version Product Tag line Company Name Company Address Phone numbers Sales amp Support email addresses Follow the instructions below to add a variable 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools menu i Backup 7 Properties Use
211. the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button The editor will clean all unnecessary Microsoft Office related tags Place the cursor where you want the item to appear and press this button In case the user is trying to paste Word content with the regular Paste button or Ctrl V a dialog will prompt whether the Word markup should be cleaned If the Clipboard content does not come from Word the dialog will not be shown Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc in Microsoft Word you can Paste it using this button The editor will clean all unnecessary Microsoft Office related tags plus font formatting Place the cursor where you want the item to appear and press this button Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button The Paste Plain Text button works similarly to Paste from Word but it removes all HTML formatting and pastes plain text preserving the line breaks After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button This tool allows you to paste the HTML content of the Clipboard as code which may be quite convenient for developer oriented applications e g support systems forums etc Th
212. the files helpconsole 2010 230 Advanced Functions CUL miy propc Wintreas Interne E ap PTE myproject Online Help O wv Irma tor Bac Force yard Preia a e Help onmale 23 Entergarse E dais Lbgarighi i 2204 2222 Eire Fig So tue aeg Ip A Pgh Anarene 11 After the import is complete the page s will be added to the bottom of the contents and can then be dragged to any location within your table of contents Hik Mns 2008 uL D Eu eT E odia ae Ld rM wypoed eee oe Installing the Software Ther hup crar alli medial THelpCzrcacle 2008 fo a older Bat you ope Bor sof ell be run ria nee eee oe Hn a good pee in FALEI ri a Geared meh percer Brae PT ple oboe sor dete Said Tak eoh NEC emen x be ute in Cypr Ea prea Ey Folke fn m nga below En iral Heip orao 3008 L were Eun raibo Co denicad iin 2208 rm a ee ee omm 24 ceeding cron Er ert dur Peer ema i ae Cr Tua wt Hapi in E ras Er mpe E Eden See also Importing HTML Pages Importing a Robohelp Project helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 231 Home Advanced Functions Import Importing HTML Pages Importing HTML Pages Follow the steps below to import existing html pages into a HelpConsole project These could be pages exported from a website another help system etc 1 Use Windows File Explorer to copy the html pages and as
213. to add a file folder to a page 1 Select a page that you want to add the file folder to 2 Click Edit Page to switch to edit mode 3 Click the Insert Page Object icon on the toolbar 4 Select File Folder and then click nsert Select a nage object and then click the insert button Dataset Dataset Summae OnAdd Email OnDelete Email OnEdit Email Report ToggleF anel 5 Click Save to save the page and switch to live mode 6 Click the Browse button to select a file to add from your harddrive or your network Helpconseele FORE 5 3 1c 1631456 Windows Internet Explerer Pise p opasi Sts i re Ack ln urat B Pree Hota E w Ske Galery t AB HelpConsele 2008 PA ie brige Date Crested Date Modised d AiPag 5p B 10 2009 3 140 58 Ped amp 1n20 See Bde derca hack of amp 10 2000 1 15 02 894 amp 10 2009 3 15 02 Bt T aral pif E DAG 3 14 45 i844 BIDT t zc Phal B aes Chart sf amp 10 2000 1 35 22 894 amp 10 209 335 22 044 WT csicet Master disc G L Se X 15 17 P8 G L 2008 315 17 Pd HulpConsola 2008 Entequisa Edition Cogrgriget 2004 2008 Extreme 7 After a file folder has been added to a page permissions for that file folder can be set in Tools Security Groups See also Dataset Dataset Summary Toggle Panel Report helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 253 helpconsole 2010 254 Advanced Functions NAvianc LE A occi Jann fi hin be mn ANNIA ane nome
214. to the help project click the Login link at the top right corner of the screen ws Povey Hn DESDATEMUTEB 00 NES eT Jew E hieteeheth t x IEE coegi wp Favorites d test Powered by MelpConsole 2010 Ussmare Parod Te peich te edit made logn an Ainin vars og d i L pides d d ise AK Lecal intranet Protected Mede Off Note if the Admin username does not have a password a message will be displayed stating this fact To hide this message assign a password to the Admin username See also Adding a Project Username Editing a Project Username Deleting a Project Username helpconsole 2010 Adding a Project Username Follow the instructions below to add a new project username 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form i Backup i Properties Users 26 Security Groups da i 4 ff Variables Skins Page Templates cag Styles hd Translations BH About HelpConsole B gae o or 4 Click Users to display the Users form Anminan tor 5 Click the Add button to display the user detail form a Lier het User Detail TI fer James Dean C Ame See also 6 Enter a username fullname password and securit Click save to create the new user Advanced Functions 163 helpconsole 2010 164 Advanced Functions
215. ts of the user interface will be displayed in the new language except for the page names in the contents and the page content which can Properties Fi irity Groups About HelpConsole oe rh dT ym mei 4 Click Translations to display the language translation form Lael deplaped abge contents Lael dpi ped abgse even Drakes Lune GL PS abe pinch resulte Cacten ef print icon ini plan Tapon of link ion in din Capon cf backrsark icon in sin Page line dasg beading Page ink diez caption Sede Cimon bug Hcr castes Ad Coen t anas Paci Coren Tukey ner test Comer brit cni peser eien ed Tex3 for popular poser acci vases varige Tand for popular page aci cane veriatis Lemar labi Sor clari ibgin variable pierd labi E dar ig variabls Log bullies caper Tor ejere ign warble Search text label be changed by editing the contents and editing each paqe helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 185 FEL JI Rel F F 3pmum NN AeA Vl it nasum Premed san CE ig WEM See also helpconsole 2010 186 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Page Templates Page Templates Templates define the default layout and content when creating a new project or adding new pages to the project Templates save you time because you don t have to retype the same content each time If you or other authors will be creating several Help Systems it may be useful to modify the project template for your sp
216. type Etc Follow the instructions below to edit application styles AppStyles css 1 Open the Help System 2 If you are not already logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Click the Tools button to display the tools form ig Backup 7 i Properties 2 Users 26 Security Groups Page Templates ee Tee About HelpConsole Lert ge ae nau ines 4 Click Styles to display the stylesheet editor The stylesheet PageStyles css is displayed by default 5 Select AppStyles css in the list 5 Modify any existing styles or add new styles helpconsole 2010 farnt Tamily I amp cma Ariel Balratica ranm marif j SLAM Splat 4i Klink Aclink temxtedecorati ion nongrccnloarr dT4g 4 zr blarcklinkl Acectiva m r de ini nomm color P Jd4rdzr J blbackrlank Arvasired rexr decoFarbghs bone color Hist JbEacklinkl AGREE SES i Pelle SOLE ELSE g o FRGE STYLES PLE eA LE Ce Oe Peete i Weltsg sousderlise active Dtericdercratiln memes color BCEBCOCH waite ncuzderlins virirted casxct decura r ETHET WELGA ncurderlins hgwer pacibqgrcurmdi c 1 PAFAF AT page bzdy c2l1or 8 444 4d padiing lipe marpgintOpms Inst 3s1me pt GrntasFamilys Tahoma Ariel Eelwetica NALnRr marif heading apple List icolorid4B4Rdfofonr siTe T3prr PREG L Ae PORE eee oe Le pel wlrccmsheadizg colsr bd545742 7 FEET FL Brickyncres icalor blackrpaddin
217. uan une ton db mcn anc eee aman cof opa Es Notes f you want to remove a condition just delete the start and end tags Advanced Functions 215 Widget Master Pro Kekona ILI Pr edge nle rire tea Pr ee amain iry i Pe ren ain ir IT Pa biei b Lice h Pi A Du aan A Dea Aii Sai Be bhir iP ia r De imd D Din de CAS Pi EP Ta Ragmi bcr ee tee eee ey pe puce ee i anc ee amu Pe ep If you want to edit a condition to include another skin double click the IF tag and type the skin name Make sure that skins are separated by commas Conditions can include pretty much anything including text images flash animations variables iframes etc See also Conditional Pages Conditional Content by User Conditional Content by Query Conditional Variables helpconsole 2010 216 Advanced Functions Conditional Content by User Enter Conditional Content Here 431 The conditional content by user function is useful if you want to display information or other content for certain users but not others Follow the steps below to insert conditional content for one or more specific users 1 Select the page that you want to add conditional text to E E E EH el Bl 2 Click the More button on the toolbar to show additional functions 3 Click the Ld icon to display the Insert Condition dialog Select the Username tab Select Hu ubere Guat thes condisonal me Besi wil be velle for Ad
218. ut or copied item will be stored in the clipboard This tool is very helpful if you have decided to change the place of a piece of text helpconsole 2010 268 Toolbar Reference a8 Copy Fes Paste Paste Plain Text i Undo oa Redo See also System Toolbar Contents Toolbar Function Toolbar Editor Toolbar Variable Editor Toolbar Page Template Editor Toolbar helpconsole 2010 in the sentence or in the page Copies the selected content to the clipboard The Copy button works on selected text image and or table Select the content first and then Copy it When using this tool the content will be stored in the clipboard for later use Note that only the last copied or cut item will be stored in the clipboard This tool is very helpful if you need to type the same text many times just select the text press the button place the cursor on the new place and press the Paste button This procedure works for images and or tables as well Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button Place the cursor where you want the item to appear and press the Paste button Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor After you have either Cut or Copied an item text image etc you can Paste it using this button The Paste Plain Text button works similarly to Paste from Word but it
219. value Login gt lt jbody gt lt hem Open a Static Help Page lt hteml gt lt pody ducc Username input onhelp window open help username htm blank return false br Password input onhelp window open help password htm blank return false gt lt br gt lt br gt input type button value Login gt eds TUE the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help Open a Static Help Page with help system Spi ood y gt ore lt br gt Username input onhelp window open help default htm username htm blank br Password input onhelp window open help default htm password htm blank gt lt br gt lt br gt input type button value Login gt lt Dody gt lt himd gt the url above assumes that the static help system is in a sub folder named help 3 Open the html file in your browser Press F1 to displav the help svstem in a new window helpconsole 2010 80 Basic Functions Ci lempiilyippo him Windows Interne Ezplesar r an iB CTpemo MyApo For wood X we el wee F c x o c E 9e Press F1 Key See also URL Parameters Web Application Help Button Web Form Help Button Web Field Help Button Web F1 Application Help Web F1 Form Help Popups helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 81 Home Basic Functions Context sensitive Help Web Applications Popups Popups Instead of opening
220. variable 178 Show Hide Border 262 sibling icon list variable 178 sibling page list variable 178 Skin Editor Toolbar 267 Skin List 259 Skins 83 Skins Applying 84 Skins Creating 87 okins Customizing 85 Skins Default Skin 84 Skins Parameter 84 okins Selecting 84 ooftware Installation 24 ooftware Setup 24 opellcheck 262 Static Help Advantages 5 Static Help Disadvantages 5 otatic Help Publishing 148 5 Static Help What is it 5 Static Help Parameters 32 Static Help System 5 Sticky Note 262 otrikethrough 262 Style 262 Styles 200 196 193 Submit Suggestion Icon 259 SubScript 262 SuperScript 262 Support Email 4 Support URL 4 System Requirements 11 System Toolbar 259 system variables 178 T Table Cell Properties 112 Table of Contents 89 Table of Contents Adding a Page 90 Table Properties 110 Tables 107 Tables Adding 108 Template Creating Page 189 Template Customizing PDF 191 Templates 186 Templates Page 187 Toggle Toolbar Button 262 toolbar contents 260 Toolbar Editor 262 toolbar function 261 Toolbar Page Template Editor 273 Toolbar Skin Editor 267 Toolbar System 259 toolbar Variable editor 269 Toolbar Reference 258 Tools Button 259 U Underline 262 Undo 262 Upgrading from HelpConsole 2007 27 Upload Dynamic Help to your Website 150 Upload WebHelp Author to your Website 150 Uploading a Project 47 Uploading an Image 116 URL Parameters 32
221. verview Property Description A relative path or absolute path to the page that you wish to link to Examples http www extremeease com support htm absolute URL welcome aspx relative URL Existing Anchor Instead of linking to another page the selected text or image can link to an anchor within the current page This is commonly used for FAQ pages Specifies the text that will be displayed for the link Determines where the page will be displayed This is normally set to New Window or Same Window Same Window or left blank Page is displayed in the same frame New Window Page is displayed in a new browser window Tooltip Popup message displayed when the user moves their mouse over the link CSS Class Defines the style or format of the link This is usually used by advanced users 5 The link will be created The text will be blue with an underline Note links are not active when the page is in edit mode Click here for installation instructions Note An Internet link can also be added by simply typing the URL into the page Any set of characters that starts with www or http and ends helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 131 with a space will be converted to an Internet link If the URL contains spaces enclose the URL in double quotes and the link will be converted correctly See also Adding Page Links Adding Email Links Adding Document Links Adding Page Anchors Adding Popup Links R
222. w ExtremeEase com Activate Now Edition to Evaluate Professional Edition Activation Key If a valid activation key is not entered within 30 days of installing helpconsole 2010 a message will appear stating that the evaluation has expired and the software will not run Activation Key Please Enter Your Activation Key Your 30 day evaluation has expired Please visit http www ExtremeEase com for ordering information Activation Key Note After an activation key has been entered a new activation key can be entered at any time For example a customer that initially purchases the lite edition may later uparade to the professional edition The new activation key can be entered via the About form on the tools menu helpconsole 2010 Installation 29 HelpConsole 2010 4 SY Professional Edi A 10 named uere ip Extrema Ease Software Inc Note when a static help system is published with the evaluation version of HelpConsole 2010 a message will appear on each help page stating that the help system was created with the evaluation version This message will not appear after the activation key is entered See also System Requirements Installing IIS Assigning Write Permissions Installing the Software Upgrading from HelpConsole 2008 How to run the software URL Parameters Service Pack History helpconsole 2010 30 Installation How to run the software If HelpConsole 2010 was installed on an individual
223. was opened not the skin being edited Project ldb not found When doing a backup the error could not find project Idb may have occurred Visibility by skin In page properties the retract icon was displayed beside visibility by skin but should be expand blue Variable A variable has been added to display the current skin name in live mode Top Menu variable The top menu variable included hidden pages and folders when published to static help Password Protect Dialog f the password protect this form link was clicked and then the close icon was clicked the project list was not redisplayed Popup Placement Popups are now positioned correctly in Firefox and Safari This has also been changed so that popups are positioned based on the position of the link on the page Top Menu Width The top menu varaible can now be displayed with a width of 10096 or no width defined Stylesheet Scrolling When editing a stylesheet if the user clicked anywhere it scrolled to the bottom Orphaned Pages A report has been added which displays pages in the database that are not in the contents Hide PDF Pages Pages in the PDF Template can now be hidden by skin Static Search Title The browser title was not displayed correctly when search results in a flat static help system where displayed Conditions in Variables Varaibles containing conditions are now supported in static help and PDF manuals Local Static Help If a st
224. will appear Select an image and click insert You can also upload images from your computer or network to the web server m r Manejar i ad Lr Ta E irm ama Cder Lk La am r C T Upinad Image Editer melpeonsale2010A8esf3hmages Acinity Logg images Filename HHEBHHHHHHHHHHH Dialog Overview Property Description Refreshes the current view New Folder Creates a new folder under the currently displayed folder Delete Deletes the selected file or folder Upload I mage Click this button to upload an image I mage Editor Provides rudimentary image editing such as resize crop etc Resizes the image to fit within the viewing window Displays the actual size of the image Makes the image larger Makes the image smaller See also RadEditor 2009 User Manual Uploading an I mage Pasting an Image I mage Properties Adding Hotspots to an Image helpconsole 2010 116 Basic Functions Uploading an Image Images can be uploaded from your harddrive or your network to the help system project on the web server Follow the instructions below 1 Place the cursor where you wish to insert an image 2 Click the Add Image icon 3 The mage Manager dialog will appear 4 Click the U Lila load Image tab Click Select Cbemp alanm 125 5ng Paberit amp file eater Mao file cite abewecd 200 00 KE File extersicns alle tiff tif aw lher E tere B iia ix gh F
225. y Adi Aw Delete E Helgicongole 2008 Enterpanse Eben Depyrighrd 2204 20 08 Extreme Ege Soler Pc Ad ahis Besani 10 Click Save to save and switch to live mode 11 You should see a list of usernames Dataset Summary Properties Property Description Data Source This is the database table that data will be displayed from A custom SQL query can be defined by selecting SQL Query Click to I nsert Click a field in the list to add it to the dataset summary This list is generated based on the Datasource Open Page This is the page that will be displayed when a record is clicked in the dataset summary Only pages containing datasets will be listed Allow Add If checked the Add Record button will be displayed allowing users to add records to the associated dataset Allow Delete If checked the delete icon will be displayed allowing users to delete records from the associated dataset See also Dataset File Folder Toggle Panel Report helpconsole 2010 252 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Page Objects File Folder File Folder A file folder can be added to any page within your help system File Folders provide a way to easily upload documents images and other files to the project allowing end users to view or download the files File folders are secure meaning that only users with the appropriate permissions can access the files Adding a File Folder Follow the steps below
226. y logged in log in as an administrator with tools permissions 3 Expand the Admin node to view the predefined reports The reports included may be different depending on the project template that your project was created from 4 Click Unused mages to view the unused images report The report will list Images that are not found in the following Help Pages Page Templates Variables Stylesheets Contents pagename gif e IL AP HOALE vu beota ig Hiei once BOD Poveri by Help once XB NT O dA Pant duc Tech d D Ec temp vet Perm s 2008 A conl FT E a Jain rte Permian 2003 rl dick kir gf r mm El LES imapi eran eramana night cci folder og E Apap Woie Arenas Une tanus Vae far gf E L Aa re Bersaing tts Rl posto el Magen intr rebra Wie ag ie iir ol 5 Select the images that you want to delete or click Select All and then click Delete Selected Images Note Click the image thumbnail to display the full size image See also Activity Log Report Page Status Report Pending Comments Report Customizing a report helpconsole 2010 208 Advanced Functions Home Advanced Functions Reports Pending Comments Report Pending Comments Report This report is only used if you allow readers to submit comments to your help pages When a reader adds a comment to a page the
227. ywhere on the report panel to display properties 6 For SQL Query enter select from users 7 You should then see a list of fields that can be added to the report 8 Click Username Full Name and Security Group to add them to the report The field will be added as a column and a matching parameter field will also be added If the parameter field is not required you can simply delete the textbox and label Helponsaole 2008 SPI 1c Eext456 Windows Internet Explorer peu Oe leeren Ele Ede ewm Fynin Toss Heb Freebee wg sogne See Aree AOL Unete temer Po Free Hate Boos HelpConsole 2008 Enterprise Edition Coppia p 2004 2008 Dxireme Digg zo Ew Mp Ins i Faghis Resecend ed Local intranet y IU 9 Click the Save button to save the page and switch to live mode 10 By default all records will be listed You can filter the report by entering a parameter and then clicking Run Report helpconsole 2010 Advanced Functions 257 User Accounts Grup Security Admin Adm Adan Admn Adir admin Note When the report is printed the Run Report button will not be displayed Page Names in Reports The Page Name field is not located in any table in the project database however it is possible to include page names in your reports by entering an SQL Query with PagelD with the alias PageNameFromlID For example to create a report that lists page names and ass
228. ze font color border etc helpconsole 2010 Basic Functions 111 CSS Class Assigns a predefined table style Back I mage Sets an image to be displayed behind text and images within the table Sets the table border width color and layout wo Assigns an ID to the table Mostly used for advanced table functions Css Class Layout Select a predefined table style from the list These styles can be customized by editing the file c program files helpconsole 2010 _engine TableLayoutCss css See also RadEditor 2009 User Manual RadEditor 2009 Insert Table RadEditor 2009 Table Wizard Adding a Table Cell Properties helpconsole 2010 112 Basic Functions Cell Properties To display the Cell Properties dialog right click in a table cell and select Cell properties Property Overview Property Description If blank the height will adjust automatically 123px the height will be set to 123 pixels 5096 the height will be set to 5096 of the table height If blank the width will adjust automatically 123px the width will be set to 123 pixels 5096 the width will be set to 5096 of the table width The vertical and horizontal alignment of the cell Content Alignment The background color of the cell Cells are transparent by default so if background is Background undefined the color or image of the table will be visible Style Builder Display a dialog that allows styles such as font size font colo

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