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Re: Field-level context-sensitive help for web-based applications
Subject:Re: Field-level context-sensitive help for web-based applications From:bcliver -at- manu -dot- com To:"Karen Casemier" <karen -dot- casemier -at- provia -dot- com> Date:Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:09:58 -0500
>Are any of you providing field-level help for a web-based application? If
so, how are you doing it?
Hi Karen,
Yes, we are using field-level context-sensitive help for web-based
application. We used a properties file to map each field to a topic alias
(anchor). The prop file lives on the web server and clients do not see
it. When the user clicks help for the app, the code reads the prop file
to find the specific anchor. Assuming the fields change little from
release to release, the maintenance is small. Write back offline if you
need more details.
Barry Cliver
Lead Technical Writer
Manugistics, Inc.
