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Advanced Options

Related Settings

Encoding, HTML File Header, Help Project WinHelp, Help Project HTML, Borland, API-Options

There are more ways to change the generation process.

HTML Help Systems

Doc-O-Matic automatically generates content for the <head> tag of HTML files including a meta tag entry for the Western (ISO-8859-1) character set. You can omit or replace both the <head> content and the meta tag entry on the Files & FormatOutput OptionsHTML File Header and the Files & FormatOutput OptionsEncoding page.
For Web Help and Help 2 you can create Unicode encoded files. Make sure the Write UTF-8 byte order marker check box on the Files & FormatOutput OptionsEncoding page is selected when you generate Help 2.
Doc-O-Matic automatically generates Help project files to build HTML Help files. You can replace the project file for HTML Help 1.x with a customized HTML Help project file on the Files & FormatHTML HelpHelp Project page.
The generated HTML Help file can be customized on the Files & FormatHTML HelpProject Options page.
You can replace cascading style sheets used to generate HTML files on the Files & FormatFiles & FoldersTemplates page.
You can integrate your Web Help into your own website by adding a placeholder in your website and adding the layout template on the Files & FormatFiles & FoldersTemplates page.
You can fix the header in HTML using dynamic HTML (DHTML) on the Files & FormatLayout page.
You can show WebHelp and Help 2 in multiple frames on the Layout page. You can use frames and replace the framesets with your customized frameset templates on the Files & FormatFiles & FoldersTemplates page.
To create only one HTML file (for example a read me), you can embed used JavaScript functions and styles into the created HTML file on the Files & FormatOutput Options page.
Doc-O-Matic creates alias and map files and support files for dual Help systems. On the Files & FormatHTML HelpHTML Help API page, you can create a CHI file for the integration of the online Help into the Microsoft Developer Studio. A tool (c) by Codejock is included in the Doc-O-Matic installation that prepares your files for the integration into MSDN.
To change the location where HTML Help windows appear on the screen, set the windows position on the Files & FormatHTML HelpProject Options page.
You can plug your Help 2 into namespaces of IDE Help systems such as Visual Studio and RAD Studio using different tools on the Files & FormatHelp 2Registration page.
On the Files & FormatHelp 2RegistrationFilters page you can create filters for your Help 2. You can use flags to add filter attributes to your topics.

WinHelp Output

Doc-O-Matic automatically generates a Help project file to build a Windows Help file. You can replace the file with a customized Windows Help project file on the Files & FormatHelp Project page.
You can change the location where Windows Help windows appear on the screen on the Files & FormatHelp ProjectHelp Windows page.
On the Files & FormatHelp ProjectAPI Options page, you can create alias and map files and support files for dual Help systems.
On the Files & FormatHelp ProjectBorland page you can emit A-footnotes into the RTF file. They are necessary to integrate the Help system with a Delphi or C++Builder Help system.