Creating context-sensitive help

Creating the hook file

Hook files are located in /usr/lib/scohelp/hooks. To create a hook file, gather all the widget sums you collected in a file called managerGUI.hk, where managerGUI is name given to the name of the executable file of your SCOadmin manager. For example, the hook file for the Account Manager is called accountGUI.hk.

NOTE: The hook file name must also be defined as the HELPBOOK within your SCOadmin manager.

Each line in the hook file should contain the following, with each column separated by tabs:

widgetsum helpfile comment

``SCOadmin Accounts Manager hook file'' is an excerpt from the hook file for the Accounts Manager.

A1796418650	/UG_admin/uaN.adminacct.html	Top level help
A996144131	/UG_admin/saT.scoadmin_host.html	Host>Open Host
A351074903	/UG_admin/saT.group_config.html	Host>Open Host Group
A1302634565	/UG_admin/uaN.addinguser.html	Users>Add New
A932326465	/UG_admin/uaT.chguid.html	Users>Add New>ID number

SCOadmin Accounts Manager hook file