Product Help Files

ETS supports displaying product-specific help (in the form of a CHM file) from the parameter dialog.

To provide basic help support

·Enter the name of the help file (as a path relative to the baggage root directory [CommonFiles]EIBA sc\Baggage) into the HelpFile property of the application program

·The HelpFile name is a translatable property, so a different help file can be entered for each supported language

·To distribute the help file, you may add it as Baggage to the product data

To provide context sensitive help support

·Perform the basic steps above

·In each ParameterBlock element, enter a HelpTopic ID. This is a numeric identifier that serves as target in the help file. This IDs have to be co-ordinated between the HelpSystem author and the user of the KNX Manufacturer Tool.

·If the HelpContext IDs are created within the KNX Manufacturer Tool, they can be exported using the Export Help Contexts command for use in the Help Authoring environment.

·To verify that all context IDs defined in the product data are in fact present in a help file (*.chm), use the Check Help Contexts command.

From ETS 5.6 on, it is also possible to show short help texts directly in the parameter window, see Provide Help