| Re: Calling Help Files [message #10739] |
Wed, 21 January 1998 00:00  |
David Foster
Messages: 341
Registered: January 1996
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David Fanning wrote:
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> Kerstin Voigt (voigt@dlr.de) writes:
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>> does anybody know, how I can call a self created help file from within IDL
>> 5.0?
>> They have the standard Microsoft *.hlp-format (PC environment).
>
> To create an "authentic" IDL help file requires that you have
> a particular help file compiler, I believe. But since I always
> have a WWW browser open anyway, I've found it convenient
> to use HTML help for my IDL procedures. I simply use the
> template.pro file to create a template for my programs.
> (It uses the ";+" and ";-" convention to delineate a section
> of code used for comments.)
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> Then I just use the MK_HTML_HELP routine from the IDL library
> to construct an HTML file from my IDL procedures and functions.
> It is all done in one step. This, for example, is what I use
> to build the help files for the program files on my web page.
>
I guess I am just plain primitive, but my help files are plain
ascii files, with a .doc extension. They are placed in the directories
where the .pro files live, and I use my program LHELP.PRO to display
them (easy interface, search capability, and can view .pro files as
well). No snazzy hypertext links or fancy fonts, but works quite well.
If you're interested you can download LHELP.PRO and supporting routines
via anonymous ftp:
bial8.ucsd.edu pub/software/idl/share/Lhelp/lhelp.tar.gz
Dave
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