User Help File Modification (Windows CE 5.0)
Shell Help files are available for several user applications, including standard control panels, RDP, Windows Messenger, WordPad, and a variety of pocket viewers.
The source code for these help files are in the Public directories for each application type.
For example, help files for the available document viewers are in the %_WINCEROOT%\Public\Viewers\Oak\Files\INTLFILE\<language directory>\ directory. For more information, see Location of Shell Help Files.
The SYSGEN_HELP variable must be included in the build image to display help files.
If help files for user interface applications are included in the image without the appropriate Sysgen variable, a runtime message is displayed stating that the code routines necessary for displaying Help could not be found.
When creating or modifying shell help topics, you can use most of the HTML tags supported by Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer.
The use of scripting, Dynamic HTML (DHTML), and Extensible Markup Language (XML) are not supported in these files.
Some HTML tags are required to properly display help topics using the Windows CE Help viewer. For example, to set each help topic apart from the rest of the content, the following code must be added to the end of each topic:
<BR><!-- PegHelp --><HR>
<!-- ************************Topic Break************************* -->
If this code is not used to separate individual topics, all help topics in the file are displayed contiguously. For more information, see Shell Help Topic Template.
Note To understand the rights that you have to a specific source code file, review the copyright header of each file or review the Shared Source License Agreement at this Microsoft Web site.
See Also
How to Include User Help | Location of Shell Help Files | User Help Topic Template
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