Help defaults dialog

Module Help Defaults

The Help Defaults Dialog lets you specify defaults for use both in building the help system in X-Designer and in the finished application.

Default document: This field specifies the name of the default document for use if no other document is specified on an individual widget.

Default path: All help tag document names are assumed to be relative paths unless they begin with "/". This field specifies a default path to be added to the beginning of any relative path document names. The Default path is also used to find documents when you test your help in X-Designer.

Path resource: In the application, you can override the Default path setting by setting an application resource. This field specifies the name of the application resource.

Path environment variable: You can also override the resource setting by setting an environment variable. This field specifies the name of the environment variable.

Default translation: This field specifies an event to be added as a translation to every widget that has a marker specified for the Help callback. The translation calls the Help() action. This lets you designate a key combination as an application help key.

Preview Viewer: This option menu lets you specify which help viewer X-Designer should use when you ask to preview your help document(s). There are three options: X-Designer Help, a Web Browser, and FrameMaker.

Always own window: This toggle makes the FrameMaker integration callback display the document in its own window. If this toggle is off, an existing window is used to display the new page. You can designate the use of a new window for individual pages using the "Own window" toggle in the Help documents and markers dialog.

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