The Help systems > INI-file configuration

The INI-file and the chosen Help system

By default the PdxEditor uses the online locations for calling the Local SQL and Application Help collections.
Using the online help systems ensures always calling the help including the most recent updates.

You may however chose being independent of internet connection and may thus configure how and from where PdxEditor call the two help collections.

Either of them (Local SQL and Application Help) may independently be configured to using local vs. internet located help and may for local calls be configured to call either plain html/WebHelp or compiled "HTML Help".

Local vs. internet (non-local)

In the aspect of computing the word "local" means either on the computer's physical local harddrive or on a local area network.

The INI-file settings

The parameters under the sections [AppHelp] and [LocalSQL] controls the selection of either local or internet located help for the Application Help and the Local SQL manual respectively. Set UseLocalHelp = 1 to use help from local location.

For each help collection there are the equivalent sections
[AppHelpLocal] vs [AppHelpOnWeb]
and
[LocalSQLLocal] vs [LocalSQLOnWeb].

The names of each parameter should be self explanatory.
For Yes/No parameters the setting values are 1 and 0 respectively.

For local locations .\subfolder means a folder originating at first level from the same folder as the application

and .\subfolder\subfolder means a folder two levels below the one of the application.
..\folder and ..\..\folder means a folder origination form one or two level(s) up (closer to root) respectively relative to the application folder, the ..\folder in reality being parallel to the application folder.

Choosing to call WebHelp files from a local location will launch the default browser translating the location into URL syntax as
file:///drive:/location/target

On some older Windows systems or browser however the "file" prefix conflicts with the browser calling local files.
For this purpose you may solve this by setting the parameter
OmitHtmlFilePrefix = 1

by the INI section and key

[WebHelpLocal]

OmitHtmlFilePrefix = 0

Please confer Installation & INI-file. and HTML Help vs. WebHelp.