How do I link to a HelpID or a Search Term without any programming, through a URL?

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June 7, 2014
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I have looked through the documentation, and it seems that every "possibility" to call either a search term or a HelpID/CHSID for my documentation is to use some sort of API.

Is there a way to call the search function and CHSIDs directly by only typing a URL in a browser (or link from another page, or from an email, etc etc)?

I'd actually like to know for all 3 outputs I am potentially going to be using: WebHelp, WebHelp Pro (RoboHelp Server 9) and HTML5, as I'm not sure yet which form it will take at the software release.

Thanks!

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Correct answer RoboColum_n_

See Calling Webhelp for the options for calling WebHelp. Although it doesn't explicitly say so, WebHelp Pro has the same options. I can't speak for HTML5. As for calling a search term, you may well be right that you call one programatically but I would not know about that.

RoboColum_n_Correct answer

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See Calling Webhelp for the options for calling WebHelp. Although it doesn't explicitly say so, WebHelp Pro has the same options. I can't speak for HTML5. As for calling a search term, you may well be right that you call one programatically but I would not know about that.

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OL-LachanceAuthor

Inspiring

Ok so basically, "Map IDs" and "Topic IDs" are different... but they're setup the same. Very confusing to me.

What's very ironic to me is the comment on the Topic ID page, "undocumented javascript". considering that Widgets are also undocumented, I'm starting to get a feeling that maybe somebody should take the time to fully document the documentation software... y'know.