Creating a Child Project

Child projects are tied together with the hub project (see Creating a Hub Project). There are no special mappings in child projects, just a few settings and other options that need to be handled. You can create as many child projects as needed.

Before creating your child projects, set up your file system for the entire modular system. See Modular Projects.

  1. Create your child project. The project name should contain no spaces.
  2. Build the output for the child project. This will generate the project's topics and allow you to create cross-project links.
  3. In Word, click the Target Properties button on the Target ribbon. The Help Targets dialog opens.

  4. On the left, choose the target (can be HTML Help, NetHelp, or Eclipse Help).

    Note The hub project, and all of the child projects, must use the same target.

  5. If you are using HTML Help, in the Advanced section, clear the Binary index and Binary table of contents check boxes.
  6. Build the output.

Note Cross-project links may be created between child projects. See Cross-Project Linking.

Note Child projects using automatic context ID creation need to have offsets added. See Modifying Context IDs in Modular Projects.

Note Glossaries may be used in Modular hub projects, but HTML Help targets require a few adjustments to avoid duplicate items. See Modular Output Glossaries.

Note One issue with modular HTML Help is that the child projects do not contain the entire table of contents (TOC). The Modular TOC Utility removes the TOC limitation by automatically adding the full TOC to each Help file in the modular project. See Modular TOC Utility.