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Creating Effective JavaHelp
book

Creating Effective JavaHelp

by Kevin Lewis
June 2000
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
192 pages
4h 53m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Index File

Example:

<index version="1.0">
  <indexitem text="forces">
    <indexitem target="drag" text="drag"/>
    <indexitem target="lift" text="lift"/>
  </indexitem>
</index>

Tag

Attribute

Required

Description

<index>

 

Yes

Top-level element, encompassing the entire index file. Nested within are <indexitem> elements, which define individual index entries.

 

version

No

Version of JavaHelp for which the index file is created.

<indexitem>

 

Yes

Specifies an individual index entry.

 

target

No

Map ID of a help topic. If you use this attribute, the index entry becomes a link to the specified help topic. You may want to omit this attribute for an index entry that has secondary entries nested within it.

 

text

Yes

Text of the index entry.

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 1565927192Supplemental ContentCatalog PageErrata