Help Files (HTML Help)

The following files are created when you add the HTML Help type of Help support to your application by selecting the Context-sensitive help check box and then selecting HTML Help format in the Advanced Features page of the MFC Application Wizard.

File name

Directory location

Solution Explorer location

Description

Projname.hhp

Projname\hlp

HTML Help files

The help project file. It contains the data needed to compile the help files into an .hxs file or a .chm file.

Projname.hhk

Projname\hlp

HTML Help files

Contains an index of the help topics.

Projname.hhc

Projname\hlp

HTML Help files

The contents of the help project.

Makehtmlhelp.bat

Projname

Source Files

Used by the system to build the Help project when the project is compiled.

Afxcore.htm

Projname\hlp

HTML Help Topics

Contains the standard help topics for standard MFC commands and screen objects. Add your own help topics to this file.

Afxprint.htm

Projname\hlp

HTML Help Topics

Contains the help topics for the printing commands.

*.jpg; *.gif

Projname\hlp\Images

Resource Files

Contain images for the different generated help file topics.

See Also

Concepts

File Types Created for Visual C++ Projects