To develop a help system using Windows Help, a developer or technical writer must perform the following:

1.Write help topics using standard HTML control codes. A standard HTML editing tool will assist this process.

2.Create a help project file to set general attributes for the help file.

3.If your help IDs are integers, a map header file to link the integer help IDs to help context strings.

4.Compile these files using the HTML Help Compiler. This produces a separate file, called a Compiled HTML Help file, whose name you specify in your ESL source file.

In general, the help library should have a separate help topic for each region, dialog box, control, and pull-down item.