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I am trying to implemented F1 help for my WinForm application. I have read this thread:

How to create F1 help in windows forms using c#

My question is how do I find the topic id of my topic in the CHM file? I am using HTML Help Workshop, and I have looked over every HTML file and option and could not find it. Thanks.

Help.ShowHelp(this, "helpfile.chm", HelpNavigator.TopicId, "1234");
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You can define topic IDs for your help file as follows:

  1. Open your help project (.hhp) in a text editor.

  2. Add the [ALIAS] section and define IDs for the topics:

    [ALIAS]
Foo=MyTopic.htm
Bar=SomeFolder\AnotherTopic.htm

  3. Add the [MAP] section and specify the ID values:

    [MAP]
#define Foo 7
#define Bar 42

  4. Re-compile your help file.

More info here: HTML Help - Context Help Ids.

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  • .NET still did not pick up on the alias, however I managed to hook the topic by hardcoding the .htm file. – Serge Aug 10 '10 at 00:17
  • @Serge: Sorry, my original answer was incorrect. Please see the updated answer. – Helen Aug 10 '10 at 08:49
  • Thanks Helen, good to know that, I was looking for this. There are some of us out there who still uses HHW :) – LuckyLuke82 Sep 05 '17 at 19:24