Getting started with Hi HelpIndex

Last modified: 5 August 2002.

Page Contents Copyright and Licence Download the Hi HelpIndex Evaluation Development kit Run Hi Lab Upload to your server Pay for a full licence after 30 days Further options

See also Hi Lab guide Getting Started using MakeHelpIndex

Page Contents	Copyright and Licence Download the Hi HelpIndex Evaluation Development kit Run Hi Lab Upload to your server Pay for a full licence after 30 days Further options
See also	Hi Lab guide Getting Started using MakeHelpIndex

This page gives instructions on how to start using PHD's Hi HelpIndex applet. Please consult the main documentation for full instructions.

These instructions are solely PC users using Hi Lab. If you have not got the Windows version of Hi HelpIndex (ie including Hi Lab) then consult the getting started using MakeHelpIndex instructions.

Hi Lab works best if you have Internet Explorer installed and more than 16MB of RAM.

Copyright and Licence

By downloading the software, you are accepting a licence to evaluate Hi HelpIndex for 30 days. Paying for the full software gives a further licence to use unlimited Hi HelpIndex.

Note that the evaluation Hi HelpIndex is deliberately limited to displaying a maximum of 500 keywords and a maximum of 100 URLs. This will in fact be big enough for a lot of sites. The full version has no limits.

Download the Hi HelpIndex Evaluation Development kit

Go to the evaluation download page and download hi230win.exe. Please email Chris Cant if you have problems.
Run hi230win.exe and follow its instructions.

You should now have a desktop folder called "Hi HelpIndex" with three entries. Select "Hi Lab" to run Hi Lab, or "Hi HelpIndex" to view the main documentation. "Hi Lab Help" has the web pages that make up the Hi Lab context sensitive help.

Run Hi Lab

Hi Lab has full instructions available in its Getting started guide.

You work in Hi Lab to develop your help index file.

It is best to run Hi Lab once your web site is complete.
Let Hi Lab scan your existing site to build its initial index data file.
Tailor the Contents and Index with the visual editor.
Build a new web page which calls Hi HelpIndex.
Test your work from within Hi Lab.
Print out full or summary copies of your work.
Copy your work to your web server or CD-ROM.
Configure Hi HelpIndex to use different languages.

Upload to your server

Simply upload all your web directory to your server (especially hi230.jar, hi210.zip, hi210.cab, *.class *.gif, your index file and the web page that calls Hi HelpIndex).

Check it works.

Call a friend and ask them to check it out on-line too.

Pay for a full licence after 30 days

If you are still using Hi HelpIndex after 30 days, please purchase a full licence.

Further options

See the main documentation for further applet parameters, eg how to use Hi HelpIndex in frames.

Remember to keep your help index file up to date with your pages, and upload the new site.hi to your server.

Keep checking these pages for any Hi HelpIndex updates.

Hi HelpIndex PHD