Mindex class objects such as the Master Help Index and Glossary user objects display index entries that have been tagged with the global attribute (see :i1. and :i2. (Index)). These index entries can be placed in any .HLP file. The .HLP files available to a given Mindex class user object are identified in the object's Settings Notebook.

For example, the Master Help Index user object that is installed with the OS/2 operating system has a default "Files/Environment name(s)" setting of "HELP". This refers to the HELP environment variable identified in the CONFIG.SYS file. Therefore, if you wanted the global index entries in your .HLP files to appear in the Master Help Index user object, you could simply copy your .HLP files to directories or files specified by the HELP environment variable.

The default value of HELP is:

HELP=C:\OS2\HELP;C:\OS2\HELP\TUTORIAL;