Using Custom Help Books in a NewtApp-based Application

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Using Custom Help Books in a NewtApp-based Application (12/2/96)

Q: I have created a help book for my NewtApp-based application. Can I make my application open the help book when the user chooses "Help" from the info button?

A: Yes, there is a newtApplication slot called helpManual. You should store a reference to your help book in this slot.

There is also a slot called viewHelpTopic which you can use to dynamically change the location the help book is opened to. This slot should store the name of the topic to open to.

See the DTS Sample Code project "Beyond Help" for an example of a help book.