We are attempting to create a help system for a C# WPF Visual Studio application. The help system should be available offline for users without internet access.
The help system should include a main-help section and context-sensitive topics produced by clicking on help buttons attached to individual dialogs.
Clicking F1 and/or selecting a main-help link should produce a default window containing the main help system.
Clicking on a specific help button on a dialog within the application should produce a context-sensitive help window that has been pre-defined by the tech author.
The context-sensitive help topics are separate and excluded from the main-help topics and are specific to each dialog that has a help button. The context-sensitive topic explains the individual components of that particular dialog.
The following context-sensitive window options should have the capability to be pre-defined by the tech author:
- Window size
- Number of panes
- Inclusion/exclusion of a table of contents
- Inclusion/exclusion of navigation buttons
- Inclusion/exclusion of a search bar
- Inclusion/exclusion of browse sequences/bread crumbs
We want to be able to apply a single .css file (stylesheet) to topics, including context-sensitive help topics.
We have followed the instructions in the Adobe Online Help documents and attempted to use various outputs with the sample code provided with the RoboHelp installation files.
So far have been unable to achieve this. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! 