Command Options

-clean

Removes all files generated from any previous run of HelpTag for the given volume.

-shortnames

Causes the names of all generated files to be limited to a maximum of eight characters for the base name and three characters for the extension. This allows run-time help files to be moved to systems where longer names may not be supported.

-verbose

Displays the progress of the dthelptag command and displays any parser errors that occur. Parser errors are also saved in a file named volume.err.

-formal

Uses the formal parser to interpret help files tagged with SGML-compliant markup. If not specified, dthelptag assumes the input file contains shorthand markup.

Because there are two types of markup--shorthand and formal--it is recommended to distinguish the types by using a file extension. Use.htg for shorthand markup and use.ctg for formal markup.