Robohelp Server - URL Invoke with Topic Id/Map Id

Hi All,
A Webhelp Pro project is deployed to the Robohelp Server.
I would like to know. invoking the Robohelp server for contextive sensitive help using Topic Id or Map Id.
The reason being, the Robohelp is being created for an already existing application for which internal Page Indentifers exists. These page identifiers are used as Map Id/Topic Id in Robohelp. So it would be easy to invoke a CSH with Mapid.
Thanks,
sdesab.

Hi,
Thank you for looking into this.
Let me reframe my question,
If the Map File looks like this,
#define MainPage_H
2
#define PointMainPage_H
3
Instead of calling the CSH on Robohelp Server as below,
http://localhost:8080/robohelp/server?prj=HumanResources&area=general& wnd=CSHWindow&ctxid=2
I would like to call the CSH as below
http://localhost:8080/robohelp/server?prj=HumanResources&area=general& wnd=CSHWindow&ctxid=MainPage_H
The reason being the Alias name(MainPage_H)  is the Page Identifier in my existing application, the same being used as the Alias in Robohelp.
Please let me know if my approach is incorrect or cannot be done this way.
Please suggest me or point me the right way of doing it.
Thanks,
sdesab.

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