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- Below is a step-by-step guide to using MiniHelp Plus v3.2.
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- STEP 1: Create and save your MiniHelp Plus v3.2 source file. Be sure to
- save it with the file extension of ".src." This is mandatory, a must,
- for MiniHelp Plus v3.2. Any stubborness here will not pay off.
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- STEP 2: Click on the CONFIGURE... button. Enter the filename only, without
- a file extension. MiniHelp Plus v3.2 adds the appropriate file extensions
- for you. For example, if you have created the source file named "MYHELP.SRC",
- you would only enter MYHELP in the top edit control box of the Configure
- dialog box, dropping the file extension. MiniHelp Plus v3.2 takes care of
- the rest. Next, type in the FULL PATH AND FILENAME of your favorite
- ASCII text editor in the middle edit control box. If you choose not to specify
- one, Windows Notepad will be launched by default when you click the
- TEXT EDITOR button. Now type in the FILENAME ONLY of the version
- of the Help Compiler you want to use (default is HCP.EXE). Select which
- options you want active with MiniHelp Plus v3.2. Clicking on the OK button
- accepts your changes, while clicking on CANCEL clears the dialog box and
- changes nothing. The information MiniHelp Plus v3.2 needs is stored in its
- own private INI file in your Windows directory. NO CHANGES ARE MADE
- TO YOUR WIN.INI FILE! Heaven knows, this file is already bloated enough
- by too many third-party software vendors adding in their own sections.
- I prefer not to be counted among them.
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- STEP 3: Click on the OK button in the Configure dialog box to accept what
- you have typed into the edit control boxes. This will then cause MiniHelp
- Plus v3.1 to write or update the INI file (mhplus31.ini). If you choose not
- to accept what you have typed in, or want to get out of the dialog box
- without doing anything at all, click on the CANCEL button.
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- STEP 4: Click on the COMPILE RTF (may also be called COMPILE MINIHELP PLUS
- V3.1 SOURCE FILE) button to compile your MiniHelp Plus v3.2source file.
- When MiniHelp Plus v3.2 is finished compiling your source file into the RTF,
- Header, and HPJ files, a message box will appear to inform you of success
- or failure. Click on the ok button to clear the message box from the screen.
- The amount of time before the message box appears depends on the length
- of your source file and the processor speed of your computer. A short file
- may only take 5 seconds or less, while a lengthy one may take 30 seconds
- or more. MiniHelp Plus v3.2 is done when the message box appears.
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- STEP 5: Click on the HELP COMPILER button. Control will be passed to the
- Help Compiler while it is running, compiling your Help file. When it is
- finished, control will pass back to MiniHelp Plus v3.2. No message box
- appears to inform you of success or failure. Instead, I recommend you
- view the project error file (filename same as your source file with the file
- extension ".err") by clicking on the ERROR FILE button. This file is automatically
- generated by MiniHelp Plus v3.2 and contains all/any errors encountered
- by the Help Compiler during its build.
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- STEP 6: To view your newly completed Help file, simply click on the button,
- VIEW HELP.
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- That's all there is to it!
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- Also, in order to access the MiniHelp Plus v3.2 Help file (mhplus32.hlp) and
- MiniHelp Plus v3.2 ToolPad Help file (mhpshell.hlp), make sure they are either
- in the same directory as MiniHelp Plus v3.2 or in your Windows directory.
- Furthermore, the Help Compiler must be either in the same directory as MiniHelp
- Plus v3.2 or in your Windows directory. If it is not in either, the program cannot
- be located and ran.
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