Providing Help Files

 
 
 

You can provide an HTML page as part of your package or a web address (URL) that Net View will load when the user presses the help button:

To specify a help location for an on-the-fly Custom Property object:

oLayout.SetAttribute( siUIHelpFile, "http://www.softimage.com/support/" );

To specify a help location for a plug-in based (self-installing) Custom Property object

in_reg.Help = "http://www.softimage.com/support/";
  • Name your HTML file with the name of your plug-in and add it to the doc subfolder. Softimage will find your HTML page automatically. For example, this is a sample file structure for a typical self-installing plug-in containing a Custom Property:

C:\Public\Plugins\MyFabulousProperty.dll
C:\Public\Plugins\doc\MyFabulousProperty.html
  • If the self-installing property is in an Add-on directory, use the add-on help mechanism. See Add Help for the Add-on.