Source Code File for MiniHelp Plus
Depersn2.src

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Depersn2.src

This source file, for use by MiniHelp Plus, is the second of two source files. It is used in building the final portion of the .rtf topic file for the Daniel phone book.

This source file contains the individual topics for each of the entries of the phone book. This makes it easy to assign search keywords to each phone book entry. Multiple search keywords for a topic are separated by a semi-colon (;) character.

For example, topic "P.REY02", dedicated to the phone book entry for Larry Reynolds, has these three search keyword phrases: "Larry Reynolds;Reynolds, Larry;Technical Publications. This makes it possible to search the WinHelp file for Larry's phone book entry by his first name (Larry Reynolds), last name (Reynolds, Larry), or the department's name in which he works (Technical Publications).

Note, too, that each topic has a "browse" sequence number. I have let the database assign that number, and later in this tutorial, I'll show how.


Depersn2.src

.topic P.REY01
.title Reynolds
.browse 0001
\par\pard
\sb150
\li000
.fontsize 12
.keyword Documentation Group;Publications Group;Technical Publications;John Reynolds;Reynolds, John
.bold John Reynolds
\par\pard
.fontsize 11
\li300
Work phone: 999-999-9999
\par\pard
\li300
FAX phone: 999-999-9999
\par\pard
\li300
\par\pard
\li300
Address:
\par\pard
\li1200
Technical Publications
\par\pard
\li1200
      
\par\pard
\par\pard
\li300
-------- NOTES --------
\par\pard
\li300
Technical Writer, specializing in Daniel gas chromatograph products, WinHelp files, and Web pages.
\par\pard
\par\pard
\qc
.fontsize 10
.bold Daniel Industries
, 20 November 1997
.topic P.REY02
.title Reynolds
.browse 0002
\par\pard
\sb150
\li000
.fontsize 12
.keyword Larry Reynolds;Reynolds, Larry;Technical Publications
.bold Larry Reynolds
\par\pard
.fontsize 11
\li300
Work phone: 999-999-9999
\par\pard
\li300
\par\pard
\li300
Address:
\par\pard
\li1200
Technical Publications
\par\pard
\li1200
      
\par\pard
\par\pard
\li300
-------- NOTES --------
\par\pard
\li300
Graphic illustrations specialist.
\par\pard
\par\pard
\qc
.fontsize 10
.bold Daniel Industries
, 20 November 1997
.topic P.REY03
.title Reynolds
.browse 0003
\par\pard
\sb150
\li000
.fontsize 12
.keyword Reynolds, Linda;Linda Reynolds
.bold Linda Reynolds
\par\pard
.fontsize 11
\li300
Work phone: 999-999-9999
\par\pard
\li300
\par\pard
\li300
Address:
\par\pard
\li1200
Technical Publications
\par\pard
\li1200
      
\par\pard
\par\pard
\li300
-------- NOTES --------
\par\pard
\li300
Editor-in-chief
\par\pard
\par\pard
\qc
.fontsize 10
.bold Daniel Industries
, 20 November 1997

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