Changing the index
The index displays keywords for help topics from individual content files. The index.js file located in the <document root>\wwhdata\js directory contains the index entries. The help system merges the index.js files for every book in a collection. The index.js file controls the following items:
The index hierarchy
The text that makes up the index entries
The content to which the index entries link
For example, in the using-ip document root, the index entry for "changing", starting at the letter C, looks like the following code:
A=P.fA("C",null,null,"002");
B=A.fA("calendar gadgets",new Array("91#758834"));
B=A.fA("calendars",new Array("87#808008"));
B=A.fA("cancelling scheduled jobs",new Array("130"));
B=A.fA("Categories view",new Array("8#249139","8#214378","42#405845"));
B=A.fA("changing");
C=B.fA("dashboards",new Array("71#783190","72#786017","83#774197","88#775563"));
C=B.fA("data",new Array("94#752260"));
C=B.fA("data sources",new Array("5#191220"));
This code establishes the following structure:
The top-level entry, A=P.fA, is the label "C". This entry links to the "002" frame, which is the navigation frame.
The first entry below "C" is the "calendar gadgets" entry. This entry is one level down in the hierarchy, B=A.fA, of the index for "C". This entry has one link to an anchor in file "91".
The entry for "changing" is merely a label and does not link to anything.
On the next level down in the hierarchy, C=B.fA, has many entries, one for each of the sub-topics of changing. Each entry has a label and an array of links to topics that the user can choose.
Figure 10‑10 shows the hierarchy produced by this code.
Figure 10‑10 The index hierarchy for using-ip
