ASPHelp - Features

The ASPHelp system possesses a large number of features designed to assist web application development staff in the production of professional quality HTMLHelp documenting the web application. This documentation can then be used to reduce the number of defects present in the system by ensuring the interface contracts defined are followed.

Documentation items include the ability to:

Document functions and subroutines in the script
Link to documentation produced by SQLHelp
Fully define the default behavior for HTML elements and redirections.
Optionally include the contents of the Subroutines and Functions that are part of the ASP file
Describe cookie keys and their purpose.
Describe input form parameters.
Describe input Query String parameters.
Describe generic input request parameters. Generic parameters allow the developer to read the value of a parameter from either the Forms, QueryString, or Cookies collections without specifying which collection. Bugs can often surface when the a page can be accessed both by GET and POST, but the page developer has not taken appropriate action to guard against duplicate parameters.
Describe session variables.
Describe project specific session object names.
Describe project specific default property names for the custom session object.
Describe application variables.
Describe redirections in the output.
Describe anchors.
Describe anchor variables
Describe forms, and their destination.
Describe HTML form variables.
Optionally include the source for a page.
Optionally recurse into include files, and optionally include their source
Specify the physical location of virtual include folders
Describe image map areas and associated query string variables
Describe frames and inline frames (IFrames)
Describe image maps
Document static HTML and SHTML files in addition to ASP files
Describe project specific copyright notices.
Describe project specific project file descriptions.
Describe the purpose of the web page.
Optionally launch the compiled help file
Optionally include only the tags defined in the file. This option allows the information architect the ability to define the interface to the page without having the code present.
Determine which of the interface elements (e.g. cookies, forms, QueryStrings, etc) are to be included in the compiled help.
Provide hyper links in the redirections, anchors, and forms listings to allow the user the ability to navigate a potential path of execution. The option is designed to facilitate the work of the QA professional in determining appropriate test cases for the web application.