The HxM editor is available from the H2 Utilities window (Merge Utility page) and the Batch Compile window. It allows you to create and edit .HxM files. The first page contains HxM file settings. The second page specifies the name of the HxF include file and the list of HxS files for the HxF include file. The name of the HxM file being edited is displayed in the window title bar. The window is sizable.
VSHIK utility "HxMerge.exe" is used to compile .HxM Project files, the output of which is either a .HxQ or .HxR file. These files provide large collections with a fast look up table for Full-text search queries (.HxQ file), and Attribute queries (.HxR file). You register these files at the same time as you register the .HxS help titles. Each .HxM file can reference a stopword file (containing a list of words to exclude from FTS), and a .HxF include file containing a list of HxS help files to gather query info from. Unlike the normal .HxF file which contains XML markup, this .HxF file contains just a simple list of HxS help files.
For further information please read the VSHIK documentation:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb164570(VS.80).aspx
New Create a new HxM project file. Open Open an existing HxM project file. Save Save the current HxM and its HxF include file to disk. Save As Save the current HxM project under a different name. View HxM Source View the current HxM project file in your text editor (as defined in the FAR Preference dialog). View HxF Source View the current HxF include file (specified on page 2) in your text editor.
Output File A single HxM project file can build either a FTS Query file (HxQ) or an Attribute Query file (HxR). Thus if you need both a HxQ and HxR output file, you will need two separate HxM files.
Select the radio button for either HxQ or HxR output.
In the edit field, enter the name of the output file EG: "Query.HxQ"File Settings Various file settings, most of which you don't need to touch. See the VSHIK documentation.
If you want to use a stopword file for FTS, enter the file path of the file in the StopWordFile edit cell.
HxF Include File Specify the name of the HxF file to save the list of hxS help files in. This can be a full or relative path. Notice that this is a drop down list control. The HxM can contain more than one HxF file. Although FAR does not allow you to add extra HxF files, it does however allow you to select the different files via the drop down list. If it is necessary to add multiple HxF Include files, you can manually add them by editing the HxM file in notepad.
Note: If you do have multiple HxF Include files, then make sure you select "save" to save changes before selecting another HxF file from the drop downlist. This way you can add/remove files from multiple HxF files.
HxS Help File List Using the Add and Remove buttons you can add/remove HxS help files to the specified HxF file. The HxS filenames are normally stored as a full path.
OK Button - When a OK is pressed, the HxM file is saved to disk along with the HxF file you have specified on page 2.
Cancel Button - Close the dialog without saving data to disk.
Help Button - Display this help.