The topic is specified in the form: `name`, or `name1/name2`.

The file argument can be either the path to a Maple worksheet or flat text. Filenames should match the conventions for your platform. Note that filename characters that are special to Maple (such as the backslash character itself) must be preceded by a backslash when entering the string in Maple. (For example, "c:\\mydir\\myfile.txt".)

The library argument specifies the path to the help database where the specified file will be stored.

If the optional argument aliases=A is specified, where A is a list of strings and names, then these are added to the help database as aliases for the topic.

If the optional argument browser=B is specified, where B is a list of strings and names, then these are added to the help database as table-of-contents entries for the topic. To place a given help page inside of a folder in the help browser table-of-contents, use the folder name as the first entry in a list of strings, for example: $\left[''FolderName''\,''CommandName''\right]$.

Like the topic, an alias or a table-of-contents entry can be of the form `name` or `name1/name2`.

By default, the makehelp command displays the created help page using the help viewer. The option showhelp = false can be used to suppress showing the help page in the help viewer.

$\mathrm{makehelp}\left(\mathrm{`mypkg/myfunc`}\,''myfunc.txt''\,''mylib''\right)\:$

$\mathrm{makehelp}\left(\mathrm{`mypkg/myfunc`}\,''myfunc.mw''\,''mylib''\right)\:$

$\mathrm{makehelp}\left(\mathrm{`mypkg/myfunc`}\,''myfunc.mw''\,''mylib''\,\mathrm{showhelp}=\mathrm{false}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{makehelp}\left(\mathrm{diff}\,''newdiff.txt''\,\mathrm{libname}\left[1\right]\,\mathrm{aliases}=\left[''Diff''\,''differentiate''\,''differentiation''\,''derivative''\right]\,\mathrm{browser}=\left[''Mathematics/Calculus/Differential\; Calculus/Diff''\,''Mathematics/Calculus/Differential\; Calculus/diff''\,''Mathematics/Inert\; Functions/Diff''\right]\right)\:$