Omni Systems, Inc. Mif2Go User's Guide, Version 55
> 8 Generating WinHelp > 8.13 Configuring contents for WinHelp > 8.13.2 Specifying heading formats and levels for contents > 8.13.2.2 Listing topics for contents with and without subheadings
Suppose you use the same format for topics with subheadings and for topics without subheadings. The possibilities include:
Mixed “book” and “page” entries
No subheadings? You get “page” entries
To list all such topics as “books”
in the contents file, assign to the format a B
(“both”) level: one of [HelpCntStyles]
properties B1
through B9
.
Mif2Go creates a “book” contents entry
and a subordinate “page” entry for each.
To list all such topics as “pages”
in the contents file, assign to the format a T
(“topic”)
level: one of [HelpCntStyles]
properties T1
through T9
. Mif2Go creates a “page” contents entry
for each.
Mixed “book” and “page” entries
To list topics without subheadings as “pages”,
and topics with subheadings as “books”, assign to the format
a V
(“variable”) level: one of
[HelpCntStyles]
properties V1
through V9
. You can adjust the level numbers
to fit the way you use your headings; this might take a bit of experimenting
to get the effect you want.
No subheadings? You get “page” entries
When you assign V1
through V9
, Mif2Go determines whether the format should be a heading
or a topic, based on the existence of subheadings. However, a defect
in WinHelp causes V
entries without subheadings
to be treated as though they were T
. For example,
a chapter heading for a single-topic chapter would appear as a “page”
entry under the preceding chapter.
To list topics without subheadings as “books”
(for example, if you have a single-topic chapter), you must assign a
B
level to the heading format instead of V
.