You can provide an HTML page as part of your package
or a web address (URL) that Net View will load when the user presses
the help button:
To specify a help location for an on-the-fly Custom Property object:
- Use the PPGLayout.SetAttribute method with the siUIHelpFile enum. For example:
oLayout.SetAttribute( siUIHelpFile, "http://www.softimage.com/support/" );
To specify a help location for a plug-in based (self-installing) Custom Property object
• Do one of the following:
- Use the SIObject.Help property in the XSILoadPlugin callback:
in_reg.Help = "http://www.softimage.com/support/";
- Name your HTML file with the name of your plug-in and add it to the doc subfolder. XSI will find your HTML page automatically. For example, this is a sample file structure for a typical self-installing plug-in containing a Custom Property:
C:\Public\Plugins\MyFabulousProperty.dll C:\Public\Plugins\doc\MyFabulousProperty.html
- If the self-installing property is in an Add-on directory, use the add-on help mechanism. See Add Help for the Add-on.
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