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Be sure to start each paragraph with - the HTML code for a new paragraph. For the title, write "Main Menu", and click "OK".

In the HTML Help Compiler, select "File | New".

Under "existing files", leave everything blank we didn't create the required files yet.

Under "Specify the name of your project file, and where you would like it to be created", specify a folder and a project name: c:\MyHelpFolder\MyHelp.

Leave the checkbox "Convert WinHelp project" blank (we want to create a new project for now), and click on "Next".

In Windows Explorer, create a folder c:\MyHelpFolder.

You can find it in folder HTMLHELP, on your Visual FoxPro CD. First, we must create an empty help project: Let's start by building a small help system. The - undoubtedly important - issues of planning your help system, good writing style, etc., are not treated here. This article describes technical aspects only. The steps required to create the help file include creating HTML files, creating or obtaining images, creating a table of contents, including your individual help files into the help system, compiling, and testing. It can also be downloaded for free from Microsoft.

The program required to convert the HTML files to a CHM file is included on the Visual FoxPro 6 CD.

Its main disadvantage is that support for this format has to be installed separately - support for the old HLP format came included with Windows, even before Windows 95. The main advantage of this new help format, in my opinion, is that it is much easier to create than the old HLP help files. New Microsoft products, for instance newer versions of MS-Office, use this help format. The new help format, recommended by Microsoft, is based on HTML files. This article is introductory and assumes no prior knowledge of the Help Compiler, or of HTML coding. In this article, I will give an overview over creating help files in the new help format (CHM), for Visual FoxPro 6 and later. This article is introductory and assumes no prior knowledge of the Help Compiler, or of HTML cod.A help file can be used either for interactive help, or as an online manual. Hilmar Zonneveld, November 1, 2002A help file can be used either for interactive help, or as an online manual.