Including commas in index keywords using HTML Help ActiveX control

HTML Help Workshop can build indexes from keywords automatically if the HTML Help ActiveX object and keywords tags are included in the topic documents. However, commas in the keyword tags create a new index sub-level when the file is compiled.

To include commas in index keywords without being parsed as a new sub-level, you can include the HTML special character code for comma (&#44) in the keyword name. You must include a space after the special character code.

Example:

Will produce index entries:

   including commas in keywords
   keywords, including commas in

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