A basic HTML Help project consists of a project file (containing project options and a listing all the files to include in the HTML Help file) and optionally a table of contents file and an index file. This page allows you to choose which files Document! VB should generate for you and on which 'template file' to base them on. By default, Document! VB generates all files using the standard Document! VB templates.
You would normally want Document! VB to generate the HTML Help project files for you, but if you wish to include the pages generated by Document! VB in an existing help file, or wish to create your own project, contents or index files for some other reason, you can de-select creation of them here.
If you are an expert HTML Help author, you may want to customise the default templates used by Document! VB. To allow you to do this, you can select a specific location for the Project, Index and Contents file templates. Refer to customising the HTML Help project templates for details on how to do this.
Drop down menus
HTML provides 2 main mechanisms for implementing the 'drop down' menus produced by Document! VB. The first option uses something called 'ALinks'. The Alink marker mechanism involves placing named markers within HTML Help pages - these markers are then picked out by the HTML Help compiler and matched against similarly named drop down menus in order to produce the required menu content.
The advantage of using ALinks is that you can add additional pages to your HTML Help file and by simply adding an appropriately named Alink marker can add your pages to a Document! VB created menu.
The disadvantage of using Alinks (and the reason why this option exists) is that when the Document! VB pages are viewed through a standard browser the menus appear greyed out and empty - this is because the ALinks are only resolved at the point your HTML Help file is compiled. Clearing the 'Use Alinks for menus' box uses an alternative menu mechanism which includes the menu items for each menu within the HTML pages and consequently allows you to put your Document! VB produced pages on a web site for browsing using Internet Explorer 4.0.
In summary, if you wish to use your Document! VB generated pages on a website as well as in a compiled HTML Help file, leave this check box cleared. Otherwise, check this box.