This is a very practical idea - especially if you have not already created your Ezhelp data file.
If you use TipLink Reporter to identify and correct any missing tooltips from your application BEFORE you export to Ezhelp, then everything will be synchronized.
To export your TipLink data and create a new Ezhelp file, follow these steps:
Click the EZExport button from the Ezhelp menu:
Next you will see this screen:
A note about file safety...
We know that people make mistakes. Because of this we have built automatic safeguards into the TipLink Reporter. Before any export or synchronization process the TipLink Reporter will make a copy of your current Ezhelp data file for this application.
These copies are in the same folder as the original and have a numeric extension such as 001, 002, 003 added to the filename. This number is auto-incrementing and the copies stay around until YOU decide to delete them in Windows Explorer.
You can elect not to have the backup copy made, but do so at your own risk!
If you have made customizations to the data using the Ezhelp editor and the file is exported the changes are lost. If you accidentally do this (with the backup enabled) you can just delete the new export file and rename the original.
Note:
If you decide to delete the backup copies at some point in the future and want to reset the numbering scheme, it is stored in a local TipLink.INI file (in the same folder) in the Export section under LastSaveNumber:
To reset the numbering, just delete the LastSaveNumber entry.
After the export is completed you will see a screen similar to this:
After the export, the contents of the new export file are displayed in TipLink (since both sets of data are the same at this point in time):
