Understanding context-sensitive help

The Information Console application links to its online help files using wwhelp.html located in <context root>\help. Typically, the links that activate this context-sensitive help are in the Information Console application, as shown in Figure 11-4.

Figure 11-4  Information Console help link for login page

These links in the Information Console emit a URL for the wwhelp.html file and append two parameters to that URL, context and topic. The URL looks like following example:

http://host:8700/iportal/help/wwhelp.htm#context=UserConsole&topic=Document_list

n	host is the name of the web server serving your online help.

n	8700 is the port number for the web and http service.

n	iportal/help/wwhelp.htm is the path to the help control file.

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context=UserConsole is the context parameter that specifies the document root for the required help collection. This parameter’s value is the context for Information Console help, UserConsole, and directs the request to the Information Console help collection. The context value is determined by the Information Console application.

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topic=Document_list is the topic parameter that locates the required help page. This parameter’s value is the topic for viewing and navigating the documents and folders page, Document_list, which is mapped to an anchor in the iPmanaging-reports.3.9.html file. The topic value is determined by the Information Console application.

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