Building Help
Microsoft Dynamics NAV uses HTML files to provide Help. To integrate with the Microsoft-provided Help, you must deliver your content as .html files and deploy it to Microsoft Dynamics NAV Help Server. To enable F1, you must make sure that topic naming is correct. For more information, see Help Topic File Names. The Microsoft Dynamics NAV Help Toolkit includes Help Builder, which automates the following tasks:
Replacing object tokens with the translated object name in the topic title, topic body, and table of contents.
Copying shared files, such as graphics, the .css file, and topic scripts, into a local folder.
Inserting the copyright statement at the bottom of each topic.
Inserting boilerplates.
Help Builder and Object Tokens
Help Builder requires an object string file, which lists the objects and their names that are referenced by object tokens in your content. Object tokens in your source HTML files are replaced by Help Builder with the actual translated object name that is exported from Microsoft Dynamics NAV. If an object name changes, then you do not need to change the object reference. Your topic will automatically use the new name. The tokens also ensure that an object is referenced uniformly throughout your Help. For more information, see Object IDs and Object Tokens. The following examples show object tokens.
($ R_5208 Employee - Relatives $)
($ N_45 Sales List $)
($ T_18 Customer $)
($ T_18_2 Name $)
Before building content with Help Builder, you must export the object string file from Microsoft Dynamics NAV. For more information, see How to: Create the Object String File.
In This Section
- How to: Create the Object String File
Describes how to create the Multilanguage file to use with Help Builder.
- How to: Change Language Settings for Local Content
Describes how to set the Help Toolkit up for building Help in a local language.
- How to: Edit the Feedback Script
Describes how to work with the feedback script that collects feedback from your users.
See Also
Tasks
Walkthrough: Creating and Building a New Help Topic
Walkthrough: Customizing an Existing Help Project