The global properties include:
Property | Example value | Explanation |
FrameName | left | This is used where the topics should open in a specific HTML frame. |
WindowName | main | This is used where the topics should open in a specific window. |
Font | Times New Roman,8,0 | Font name, font size, character set. |
The information types are also stored in the global properties and occur before the properties above.
The order is as follows:
((SaveType|SaveHidden|SaveExclusive)
SaveTypeDesc)...
[(Category
CategoryDesc
((Type|TypeHidden|TypeExclusive)
TypeDesc)...)...]
Property | Example value | Explanation |
SaveType | Manager | Declares an information type as Inclusive. |
SaveHidden | Code monkey | Declares an information type as Hidden. |
SaveExclusive | Engineer | Declares an information type as Exclusive. |
SaveTypeDesc | A professional of the engineering discipline. | Describes the previously declared information type. |
Category | Experience level | Declares a category. |
CategoryDesc | How knowledgeable you are. | Describes the previously declared category. |
Type | Luser | Denotes an information type that belongs to the previously declared category as an Inclusive type. |
TypeHidden | Hacker | Denotes an information type that belongs to the previously declared category as a Hidden type. |
TypeExclusive | Guru | Denotes an information type that belongs to the previously declared category as an Exclusive type. |
TypeDesc | One who knows everything. | Describes the previously denoted information type. |
The item properties include:
The order is as follows:
Name ( Name Type... [ Local [URL] | See Also ] )... FrameName WindowName Comment
Property | Example value | Explanation |
Name | ITSF format | The first instance is the keyword string to be displayed in the index. |
Type | Experience Level::Luser | Category::Type |
Local | itsf.html | The file to load when the user selects the index item. |
URL | Should not be present unless Local also is. In the HHW GUI it is an "Alternate URL". Not sure what it does though. | |
See Also | ITSF internal file formats | When the user double-clicks the index item the Index control will jump to the Index entry whose keyword is the value of this param. Mutually exclusive with the Local [URL] pair. |
FrameName | left | The frame to open the topic in. |
WindowName | main | The window to open the topic in. |
Comment | Dunno what this does. |