Using Help
The Act! online Help documentation
displays Help topics from the table of contents, index, and full-text
search so that you can find information relevant to your development interests.
The following links explain
how to use Help:
- Using the table of contents
The table of contents (TOC) is an expandable and collapsible list of
all topics.
To use the table of contents
- Click the Contents
tab on the Help navigation pane.
- Expand a node by clicking the plus sign (+) to
the left of the node, and then select one of the topics to view the document
contents.
- Collapse a node by clicking the minus sign (-)
to the left of the node.
- Click the name of the topic you want to display.
Note:
If you opened a topic using the index or full-text search features,
you can determine where this topic is in the TOC by synchronizing the
TOC with the document window.
To synchronize the
TOC with the document window
- Click the Locate button in the Help toolbar.
The Contents window
opens and displays the topic's location in the TOC.
- Using the keyword index
The index is a list of keywords that are organized alphabetically. To
find information in the index, you can search for a specific term or phrase,
or scroll through the list.
To use the Index
- Click the Index
tab on the Help navigation pane.
- In the field at the top of the display, type the
word or phrase you want to find, and then press ENTER or Display.
–or–
- Select a word or phrase from
the list, and then press ENTER or double-click the word or phrase.
- Using the full-text search
A full-text search can be used to locate every occurrence of a word
or phrase. With the help of filters, you can narrow your search to a specific
part of the Help documentation.
To use full-text search
- Click the Search
tab on the Help navigation pane.
- In the field at the top of the display, type the
word or phrase you want to find. If this is your first time using the
Search tab, click List Topics
to display a complete list of topics.
- (Optional) To refine your search, select or clear
the following check boxes. These options are only available in the Act! Code Reference online Help.
- Search previous
results - Searches only the list of topics returned in the previous
search for the specified criterion.
- Match similar
words - Returns minor grammatical variations of search criteria
in addition to the normal search results. For example, if you entered
"collection" and selected this check box, the search would return
both "collection" and "collections."
- Search titles
only - Indicates that only topic titles should be searched for
specified criterion.
Note: The Match
related words option is independent of other options or syntax.
If you search titles only, then variations in titles are matched. If you
use a query operator, then any variation of the word can appear. For example,
"stemmed search" also matches "stemming search."
- (Optional) The search can be sorted by topic title,
file location, or rank by clicking the Title,
Location, or Rank
title bars.
- Double-click the word or phrase in the list.
- (Optional) To display each instance of the
word or phrase in the topic, click Display.
When using the full-text search
feature in online Help, you can use wildcard
expressions and boolean
operators to help you narrow your searches for more precise results.
You can also save Help topics
to your Help system's Favorites folder, display glossary terms, and print
Help topics.
- Saving topics to the Favorites
tab
You can save your most often viewed topics in the Favorites tab.
To save topics to the Favorites tab
- Select a topic
to view in the Help document window.
- Click the Favorites tab on the Help navigation
pane.
- Click the Add button at the bottom of the
pane.
To retrieve a topic
- Double-click a topic in the Favorites
tab list.
- Using the glossary
To use the
Glossary
- Click the Glossary
tab on the Help navigation pane.
- Select a term in the list. The definition displays
in the bottom pane.
- Printing Help topics
To
print the current topic
- Select the topic you want to print, and
then click the Print
button.
- In the Print dialog box, select the appropriate
print option(s), and then click Print.
To print several topics
under one heading
- Select the book
in the Table of Contents that you want to print, and then click the Print button.
- In the Print Topics dialog box, select
the appropriate option for the data you want to print.
- In the Print dialog box, select the appropriate
print option(s), and then click Print.
Note:The
Act! SDK Help is distributed as a standalone Help system. To use
some of its components, such as the glossary and dynamic hyperlinks, the
HHActiveX.dll and ActiveX controls must be installed and registered on
your computer. If the HHActiveX.dll is not registered on your computer,
you can manually register it.
To manually
register the HHActiveX.dll
- Click
this link: HHActiveX.dll and save it to
the following directory:
- Windows
95, 98, ME: Windows\system
- Windows
NT 4.0, 2000, XP: Winnt\system32
- Click
the Windows Start button, and
then select Run.
- In the
Open field, type the following:
regsvr32
<path>\hhactivex.dll
For example:
regsvr32 c:\WINNT\System32\hhactivex.dll