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Using the Helpset Authoring Wizard

The Helpset Authoring Wizard generates certain control files used by Oracle Help. The functionality of the authoring wizard is limited: it is primarily intended to be used to convert help systems created using other formats, not to be a full-featured help authoring tool. For example, you can use the helpset wizard to create an Oracle Help system from files generated by an old release of eHelp's RoboHTML which did not yet support Oracle Help.

The current version of the wizard can generate a helpset file, a search index file, and a map file. It also converts certain JavaScript pop-up links to the Oracle Help format. However, the wizard does not currently convert RoboHTML associative links to their Oracle Help equivalents (despite the UI being present).

Starting the Wizard

When you install OHJ on Windows, a batch file and an initialization file for starting the wizard are generated, using the path into which you installed OHJ. A shortcut for starting the wizard is also installed on the Windows Start menu. Select this shortcut to start the wizard. Alternatively, you can issue the following command at the command prompt:

OHJ_path\launcher.exe OHJ_path\bin\authoringWizard.ini

Follow the prompts in the wizard.