Understanding context-sensitive help
The Information Console application links to help files using wwhelp.html located in <context root>\help. Typically, links that activate this context-sensitive help are in the Information Console application, as shown in
Figure 10‑4.
Figure 10‑4 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=Dashboard
host is the name of the web server serving online help.
8700 is the port number for the web and http service.
iportal/help/wwhelp.htm is the path to the help control file.
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.
topic=Dashboard is the topic parameter that locates the required help page. This parameter’s value is the topic for viewing and navigating the dashboard, Dashboard, which is mapped to an anchor in the about-ipreports.html file. The topic value is determined by the Information Console application.
