= From Page to Whole Help Set =

From wwp-users:

  {{{
I think I mentioned before that I had problems getting back to a
complete TOC (when multiple groups=true) from a direct link to a
topic. There is a TOC icon to get back to the navigation pane, but not
all the groups of the TOC are displayed in this case.
}}}

WebWorks Help works as follows:

  {{{
  Help

    Set1
      alpha.html

    Set2
      beta.html
}}}

Now, each help set contains a complete copy of the WWHelp run-time along with another copy at the top-level:

  {{{
  Help

    Set1
      alpha.html
      wwhelp

    Set2
      beta.html
      wwhelp

    wwhelp
}}}

Now, when a user opens a single file, such as "alpha.html", the page needs to know how to get to the WWHelp run-time.  The answer is available in the "towwhdir.js" file:

  {{{
  Help

    Set1
      alpha.html
      wwhdata
        common
          towwhdir.js
      wwhelp

    Set2
      beta.html
      wwhdata
        common
          towwhdir.js
      wwhelp

    wwhelp
}}}

Normally, this file looks like this:

  {{{
function WWHToWWHelpDirectory()
{
  return "";
}
}}}

which means "it's right beside you".

In this case, we want it to look up a level and see ALL the help sets.

  {{{
function WWHToWWHelpDirectory()
{
  return "../";
}
}}}

At this point, you can officially ditch the lower-level WWHelp runtimes:

  {{{
  Help

    Set1
      alpha.html
      wwhdata
        common
          towwhdir.js

    Set2
      beta.html
      wwhdata
        common
          towwhdir.js

    wwhelp
}}}

This doesn't have anything to do with FireFox 3, IE, etc.