Web Help API can be called via command line.  The Web Help System will be opened by the browser installed on the client computer.  Currently it supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 to 10, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari  and Opera.

You can open the URL via command line or ShellExecute of WinAPI.

The URL:

·         http://www.sample.com/webhelp/index.html

·         http://www.sample.com/webhelp/index.html#!parameters

The parameters:

·         Open a specify topic via file name

/index.html#!url=topic1.htm or

/index.html#!topic2.htm

·         Open a specify topic via HelpId (mapid)

/index.html#!id=1000 or

/index.html#!1001

·         Open a specify topic via Alias

/index.html#!id=topic1 or

/index.html#!topic2

·         Open Search tab

/index.html#!search=keyword1 or

/index.html#!search=keyword2#!display=0

·         Open Index tab

/index.html#!-index or

/index.html#!index=0

·         Open a specify topic for special action

/index.html#!xxxx#!-alone or

/index.html#!xxxx#!-print or

/index.html#!xxxx#!-close or

/index.html#!xxxx#!-alone#!-print#!-close

·         Open a specify topic without HelpId and Alias

/index.html#!i=0 or

/index.htlm#!1

·          Open a specify topic with anchor

/index.html#!xxxx#anchor1