Online Help for PowerCHM

How to Use PowerCHM - Step by Step Help for You to Create Your CHM File

Step 1: Active your PowerCHM

  • Click on "Register" button located on the right of every PowerCHM's Ribbon Category.Click on Register button
  • You will now see the Register screen. If you have not registered PowerCHM please click here.Register screen of PowerCHM
  • Copy and Paste your Serial Number into the registration textbox fields.
  • Ensure that all information is to the far left of the textbox fields and no blank spaces to the left before clicking the "Active" button.

Step 2: Adding Files

  • Click "Home" category tab on the top to show the main functions. The easiest way to add files is to import a prepared folder.
  • Click "Import Directory" button(Orange highlighted button in the below image) to show the Folder Select dialog(shown in Figure 1), then select a folder and click Select button. All the supported files will be added to the Content Tree(see Figure 2).PowerCHM - Import Directory Button
    • Figure 1: A folder which includes prepared directory content and supported files is being importedPowerCHM - Folder Select Dialog
    • Figure 2: Some supported files what you need has been importedPowerCHM - Import Supported Files

Step 3: Compile to CHM

  • After all files are added, you can execute CHM Compile command to create your chm file.
  • Click "CHM Compile" button(Orange highlighted button in the below image) to create your chm file.PowerCHM - CHM Compile Button
  • You will see a dialog to confirm some necessary settings about your CHM. Click the Compile button to get your final CHM file.PowerCHM - CHM Settings Dialog
  • Finally, you can see a compiling process dialog as below,
    PowerCHM - CHM Compiling Process Dialog
    and then the result CHM file will be opened.PowerCHM - CHM Compile Result