Getting started with Context-Sensitive Help

[Scott Prentice]

Actually, since you're working with DITA another good option is Dita2Go (http://dita2go.com). Give the free demo version a try!

...scott

Sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos or unexpected brevity. 

On Sep 21, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:

> In FrameMaker, all you need to do is insert TopicAlias markers to
> define the help targets which will be linked to the application via
> the map (aka header) file.
> 
> What flavor of application is it? Java, C++, Web application ...? The
> developers need to do some work on their side.
> 
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WSFE586D66-E937-45bd-9F7B-3425A0D02B42.html
> 
> There are two basic approaches: (1) the developers maintain the map
> file and give it to you to import into RoboHelp, or (2) you generate
> the map file with RoboHelp and give it to them. I've always done (1).
> 
> You might check out Adobe's the Robohelp - FrameMaker integration forum:
> 
> http://forums.adobe.com/community/robohelp/robohelp_framemaker
> 
> Frankly, if you're starting from scratch, I suggest you use MIF2Go
> instead. RoboHelp is inflexible, generates messy HTML, and simply does
> some things wrong.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Heather Thomas
> <hthomas at avbasesystems.com> wrote:
>> First, a bit of context: our team has TCS4 with the DITA-FMx plugin.
>> Currently, we author in Structured FM, produce the PDF User Guide from FM,
>> and then we link the FM files into RoboHelp to produce WebHelp.
>> 
>> I've been tasked with exploring our options for implementing
>> Context-Sensitive Help. ...
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