Context Sensitive Help and bookmarks / anchors in Robohelp 7

Question

How can I use the F1 Help and bookmarks / anchors in Robohelp 7?

1: Topic with referrer in the HEAD section.

<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=examle.htm#anchor">
</head>

Works flawlessly in the preview but not in the compiled CHM File.

2: Javascript:

see attached code

Works nicely. But what about platfoms with javascript disabled? However, it's not elegant to use a couple of referrer topics.

3: Change the ALI File

The ALI Files is where Robohelp saves IDs-Topics references.

Just change the URL from NAME OF ID=\example.htm to NAME OF ID=\example.htm#anchor and add <a name="anchor"></a> to your code in the topic file.

Nice, clean and easy - if you know where to find the information you need.

Mike

johnmccallum · Answer

Mike,I think you are making this more complicated than need be. F1help should be connected by the software developer such that F1produces a map number. You can read this number by firing F1 whenRoboHelp's BugHunter is enabled. BugHunter will report that mapnumber.To connect to help, you have two files - the .hh (helpheader, but can also be just .h) and the .ali file. The formatshould bein hh file: #define MAPID 123456 where MAPID is anything, usually a descriptive map name, and123456 is the map number you get from F1.in .ali file: MAPID="topicname.htm#bookmark"I usually create the .hh and .ali files outside of RoboHelpbut you can do this in RoboHelp.If BugHunter does not give you a map number, you need to talkto the developers.John

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