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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font face="Verdana">Hi Heather...<br>
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Since you're working with DITA source files, you might want to
post this question to the framemaker-dita and/or dita-fmx-users
Yahoo groups. Might get other opinions from people in a similar
situation.<br>
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With TCS4, your option is is basically to continue using
RoboHelp. I'm not sure if RH can be set up to use attribute
values as the CSH identifiers, which would be the "proper" DITA
way to embed these IDs in the source content, but I believe that
it uses markers (someone with more expertise with RH could
confirm this). You can use the fm-data-marker element with
DITA-FMx to add elements that are stored as DITA data elements,
but become an FM marker when opened in Frame. You'd add the
markers (as fm-data-marker elements) with your context IDs, and
when you generate the Help, it should allow you to reference
those IDs using context-based Help calls.<br>
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You could go through a similar process using WebWorks
ePublisher, as well as other Help publishing tools. Typically,
you'd embed the marker into the topics, and publish through the
standard process for that tool.<br>
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You could also use the DITA OpenToolkit, but you'd need to
develop the conversion process and transformation from your Help
IDs into the generated Help.<br>
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You may want to work backwards from your product to Help, to
determine what CSH actually means for you. Are you just clicking
a button in a dialog and getting Help on that dialog, or do you
have other contextual situations where you want Help. It's not
necessarily the same thing for everyone.<br>
<br>
I create the context sensitive Help for DITA-FMx using the
DITA-OT, but I just set up the software to link directly to the
HTML topics in the CHM file. Since I'm both the writer and
developer, I have easy access to these things and don't need the
extra layer of indirection that is typically provided by adding
"Help IDs" to topics. There are many ways to achieve the same
thing.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
...scott<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.leximation.com">www.leximation.com</a>
+1.415.485.1892
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On 9/21/12 8:21 AM, Heather Thomas wrote:<br>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>I've been tasked with exploring our options for implementing
Context-Sensitive Help. I have found various references to CSH
in the Adobe documentation which I am in the process of going
through. However, since I can't be the first person to have
attempted this, I'm hoping that some of you might have some
experience in this area that you would be willing to share.</div>
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<div>We obviously prefer a method in which the initial setup is
done once and then only minor maintenance is required whenever
topics are added or changed. Ideally the xml files would contain
all of the CSH info, but I don't know if that is possible.</div>
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<div>Since we are not opposed to looking outside of TCS4, if you
have experience with Context-Sensitive Help using other tools,
I'd be happy to hear about those too.</div>
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<div>Thank you,</div>
<div>Heather</div>
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<div>PS - Although this is my first post, I've been reading this
forum for many months and appreciate everything I have learned
here. This is a fantastic group!</div>
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