I got this note from the developers. This is the first time they have worked with a DotNet help. Any suggestions?
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"How can we call this .mchelp from our .aspx page in HTML tag?
This is the actual calling code for your reference.
<a href="http://ohbetswebsys.oh.kp.org/BETS.Help ... ntracts</a>"
Developers need help calling help from ASPX page
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Re: Developers need help calling help from ASPX page
DotNetHelp requires the DotNetHelp Viewer, which is a desktop application. While it is possible to start desktop apps from the browser it typically is not a good idea. Since APSX pages are browser bound I recommend using WebHelp output instead of DotNetHelp. Calling WebHelp is trivial and well documented in the Flare manual.
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Re: Developers need help calling help from ASPX page
Thank you. I will recommend using WebHelp for this release.
Re: Developers need help calling help from ASPX page
There is an option in the WebHelp target to specify that your pages end with .aspx if you want, but you need to associate it with a server since .aspx pages won't load from a normal user computer (i.e., one that isn't running IIS).
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