A compiled help file can be created using these steps:
1. generate an EA HTML report into a clean directory. the only reason to create a clean directory is that the command-line used to generate a list of the help project files will include all the files in that directory and all sub-directories.
2. create a new file, with the name index.hhp and in the same directory used in step 1.
3. copy these lines into index.hhp:
[OPTIONS]
Compiled file=%title%.CHM
Compatibility=1.1
Full-text search=Yes
Default Window=main
Default topic=index.htm
Language=0x409 English (United States)
Title=%title%
[WINDOWS]
main="%title%",,,"index.htm","index.htm",,,,,0x3100,,0x387e,,,,,,,,0
[FILES]
4. replace %title% with the name of your project.
5. from within a DOS command prompt "cd" to the directory that contains the EA report.
6. execute the command "dir /a-d /b /s >> index.hhp", excluding the quotation marks, this will add a list of all the files in this directory and all sub-directories to the [FILES] section of the help project.
7. execute the command "hhc.exe index.hhp". this requires that the help compiler (hhc.exe) can be found along the DOS PATH environment variable.
The output should be %title%.CHM. It will not have an associated index nor a table of contents.
Please post any corrections, or enhancements you would like to share.
