Creating a New Map File and Assigning Numbers to Help Topics

Open the virtual Context-Sensitive Help folder and then open the Map Files folder (see Figure 8). You will see that BSSCDefault.h is the standard map file that comes with RoboHelp, although you could create your own or import one from a developer.

Figure 8. Map Files folder with the default BSSCDefault.h map file

Double-click All Map IDs to open the Edit Map IDs dialog box. The Map File pop-up menu showing <Project Map File> refers to the BSSCDefault.h map file.

Select topics in the right pane of the dialog box and click the Auto-Map button to assign a number and context ID to each topic required:

Play the demo: Using the Edit Map IDs Dialog Box