Adding Help Files to a Windows Installer Package
All Help files that are to be installed on an end user's machine must first be added to your installer (.MSI).
The final configuration of Help on the target computer will determine the Help files you need to add to your installer. For example, to install a single compiled Help (.HxS) file, no additional files are necessary. To install and register a collection of multiple .HxS files, you need to include a collection definition (.HxC) file, as well as such other files as a compiled Help index.
Installation
The following table shows the Help files you need to add to your .MSI file, depending on the selected Help configuration. For more information about registration and configurations, see Help File Registration.
To install ... |
Add these files ... |
|---|---|
Single .HxS file |
One .HxS file |
Multiple .HxS files |
One .HxC file Two or more .HxS files One compiled Help index (.HxI) file One merged query (.HxQ) file |
Plug-in namespaces |
One collection-level table of contents (.HxT) file for the child namespace One collection-level attribute definition (.HxA) file for the child namespace One .HxT file for the parent namespace For more information, see Collection-Level File Overview. |