Reference > Project Structure & Templates > Help Windows

In Winhelp the help window defines the header and topic background colors as well as the buttons and other features of the help viewer.

Hyperlinks to topics specifying a secondary window in the hyperlink definition always open the target topic in an external window in Winhelp. If the window definition includes different background colors they will be used when the topic is displayed.

About help windows in Winhelp:

Level of control:

The definition of the Main help window controls the entire appearance of the Winhelp viewer and the buttons and controls it contains. It also controls the background colors of the header and topic.

If the defined background colors are different from the background colors of the Default HTML page template the colors will not be displayed in the Help & Manual editor, which always displays the HTML page template colors.

Secondary windows:

Hyperlinks to topics specifying secondary windows in the hyperlink definition always display the target topic in an external window in Winhelp, using the background colors defined for the secondary window.

Popups:

Help window settings are irrelevant for popup topics. Popup topic files are defined by selecting "Popup" as the Topic Class, either when defining the topic or in the tab.