Alias Files

An alias file is used to populate a header file with the information necessary for producing context-sensitive Help (CSH). After opening an alias file, you can use the Alias Editor to create and assign identifiers (IDs) for the header file. You can use a single alias file in a project for multiple header files, or you can create a separate alias file to go with each header file.

An alias file has an .flali extension and is stored in the Project Organizer under the Advanced folder.

  1. Adding Alias Files
  2. Opening Alias Files
  3. Creating and Assigning Identifiers
  4. Setting Identifier Options
  5. Associating an Alias File With a Target

Note If you are importing FrameMaker documents and you create topic alias markers in the source files, this file will be created automatically when you perform the import. See Creating Topic Alias Markers in FrameMaker for CSH.