HTML and HTML Help: Tips

In the process of developing HTML Help, as well as internet and intranet sites, we have found a few ways to ease the burden of some HTML and JavaScript code writing. We hope that you can get some value from these tips, but offer no guarantees that they will work with all versions of all browsers, all the time. Our HTML development environment is Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x and higher, and Firefox 1.x and higher.

• Create a PDF from a CHM
• Link to an external local file from a CHM
• Page breaks in HTML
• Set the browser window size using JavaScript
• Use styles to hide graphics online, but display in print
• Convert WinHelp to HTML Help