NetHelp Local Installation

NetHelp installed locally can be given the Mark of the Web (MOTW). This means that anyone viewing your NetHelp locally will not receive a browser security warning first. (This ActiveX security warning is dependent on the security settings of the machine.) MOTW adds commentary text to every HTML file in the NetHelp target. It is turned on using the Mark of the Web check box in the Help Targets dialog. See Editing Target Settings.

There are some issues with the MOTW. For example, links to PDF will not open from NetHelp files using the MOTW. To learn more see:

  1. Build the NetHelp target.
  2. Copy the contents of the NetHelp folder to the desired directory.
  3. To view the output, open the index.htm file.  

You can rename the NetHelp destination folder using the Folder field of the Help Targets dialog (from the Home ribbon, click ). The default file name can be renamed using the Default file field.

Note NetHelp installed locally will not open in Chrome, IE Edge, or Opera because of limitations with those browsers, but it will display in all other browsers. NetHelp deployed on a web server will open in Chrome, IE Edge, and Opera.