- !!Help hints
- - Adding another tab to Winhelp 4.0.
I was wondering how to add a tab to the main winhelp window that has a logo on the tab (as well as text) and that links directly to a PDF document when you click on it.
If you don't have a convenient programmer in your back pocket, Paul is the
person to contact (I could do it too, but I don't have the time right now).
If you have a programmer you can impose upon, and who knows a bit about
DLLs, there is a shell DLL on my site. Go to www.smountain.com and click
Programming. Then download the "Extra Tab for WinHelp 4.0 Help Topics
Dialog." If the programmer is using Visual Studio, it shouldn't be too hard
for hime to take the example and convert it.
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- !!Help links
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- Astrohelp
- Word 6/7 based help editor. Freeware.
http://www10.pair.com/vsap/
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http://www.helpmaster.de/hlp-wordbased-astrohelp.htm
- Autodoc
- Winhelp generation tool.
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http://www.simtel.net/pub/win95/txtutl/
- Cheetah 9 , 900kb , Rating: 4
- Create RTF files to make HLP files.
This works much better than previous versions. I would recommend it. You can even highlight a word and click a button to make that word an index keyword for that topic. Supports tables, bullet lists, numbered lists, font formatting, and more. You can include RTF commands, which means you can implement raw RTF commands if you know them. You can also have text blocks saved, called "tips". Double click on a tip and it is inserted into the current topic.
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http://jansfreeware.com/jfprogramming.htm#cheetah
- dHelp
- Makes HLP, CHM, RTF, TXT, HTML help files using Delphi Sourcecode. Does not make standalone help files.
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http://www.dream-com.com/
- DotHlp , 4,900kb
- Download a free trial version. Claims to be very easy to use and supports both HLP and CHM and decompiling. Features: add/remove buttons with one click, spell checker, compile only subsets of your project, save as a website of HTML pages, import/export RTF, TXT.
I found this difficult to use. You cannot import existing HTML files. I found the multi-level index keywords did not work right.
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http://www.auricvisions.com/download.htm
- Easyhelp
- Makes HTML and HLP windows help files.
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http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/index.htm
- Eclipse Help 95 , eh95.exe, Rating: 4
- WIn95. Fairly good, easy to use help editor. Has a few bugs which can be worked around. Freeware. Supports only 3 fonts. Also supports internet links, images.
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www.greeneclipsesoftware.com
- F1 Help
- Help authoring tool. Generates help documentation for Delphi components. I think you can also manually add help topics using this. BETA version.
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http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/5524/f1help.
html
- FAR , 1,500kb
- Great help editor. You must create your HTML files first, then drag and drop them into FAR, which will help you make TOC and index files. Makes CHM files, also decompiles. Shareware. Supports the Find tab and Index entries and Index tab. Difficult to add multiple index entries for one topic.
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http://www.helpware.net/FAR/aboutfar/aboutfar.htm
- Hellp! , 960kb
- Help authoring for Winword 97/2000. I think this supports only a HLP file.
Supports almost any language that uses the Roman alphabet. Generate browse sequences automatically. Built-in support for the EWDLL.DLL for 256 colour pictures (EWDLL.DLL is readily available from the Free Software Foundation). Generation of additional menus and menu items on the Winhelp menu bar. Even omission of the whole menu bar.
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http://www.guysoftware.com/helllp.html
- Help Aid
- Uses a text file with special codes to generate the required RTF files to feed to the help compiler.
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http://zamora.home.mindspring.com/
- Help Burger
- Shareware help builder. Designed to be simple to use. Has Back and Forward buttons, like a browser, to move through previously visited topics. Trial version limited to 20 topics.
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http://www.langdaledesigns.co.uk/index.htm
- Help card
- Make Winhelp files by creating help cards.
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http://www.helpmaster.com/zip/helpcard.zip
- Help Decompiler
- Decompiles HLP files.
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http://www.helpmaster.com/hlp-musthave.htm
- Help file format
- Describes the help file format.
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http://www.helpmaster.com/hlp-developmentaids-helpfile.htm
- Help pos
- Changes the window position for precompiled help files.
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http://www.helpmaster.com/hlp-developmentaids-helppos.htm
- Help tree
- With HelpTree you can create problem solving Helptrees. Ideal for help desks, material selection, structured decision taking.
Search in tree, modify color and background, record decision taking steps, labels to jump to any node in the tree. Combo's for
quick selection of : labels, helptree files and history records. The integral editor can also function as a notepad replacement for
large files.
Password: 1207pm.
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www.jansfreeware.com/jftools.htm
- Help Workshop , HelpWS.exe, 1,559kb
- Help Workshop for Win 95/98. Requires MS help compiler.
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- HelpScribble , helpscr, Rating: 5, Editor's Pick
- Win 9x. FREE. Win help editor with spell checker. Shareware but fully functional. Many features. Supports editing window size, browsing order, image maps, spell checker, many fonts, user-defined font styles, images, more.
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www.jgsoft.com
- HelpWriter Pro v5 , 6,400kb
- Windows help file writer. Supports HLP files.
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http://www.cyotek.com
- Helpy , helpy.zip, 357kb
- Win95. Help file generator using Word 97. Freeware. http://xteq.com/products/. Also http://www.helpmaster.de/zip/helpy10.zip.
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http://www.nonags.com/nonags/prog32.html
- Hlp2Rtf
- Converts HLP files to RTF for editing and recompiling. Shareware version has limit on the number of keywords (for the index) it will convert.
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- HTML 2 HLP 2 RTF
- Converts from HTML to HLP or RTF.
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http://www.confluent.fr/javadoc/indexe.html
- HTML 2 PDF (Htmldoc)
- Freeware
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http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/
- HtmlHelp ePublisher , Htmlhelp, 1,200kb , Rating: 4
- Free for personal use. For win 9x. Makes MS HTML Help CHM format along with HLP format. Add special effects like transitions, buttons, more. Interface looks pretty simple and easy to use. This looks very good. The topic list shows for each topic: Title, filename, icon, background image, bg color, keywords, related topics. What this does is uses a WYSIWIG HTML editor, like Frontpage, to make CHM files and compile them. Has: Popup Text - Expandable Sections - Shortcut Buttons - Page Transitions -
Secondary Windows - Typing Text - Disable Right-Click Menu - Customize Help buttons in Help toolbar. Enables use of several undocumented HTMLHelp features not available in
Microsoft HTMLHelp Workshop V1.3.
Supports footers, but not sub keywords (like "color, blue"). This uses HTML code with extra markup codes, so your final HTML files will not be valid HTML. Also, sample help file seemed buggy. Cannot use existing HTML files.
Also: Dave Central
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http://www.htmlhelp-epublisher.co.uk/
- Keytools
- Decompiles CHM or ITS files and recreates the HHP project file. Also finds all HTML and Winhelp components so you can check their versions.
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http://www.keyworks.net/keytools.htm
- MS HTML Help , hhupd.exe
- Win 9x. Microsoft HTML help compiler makes .CHM files. Requires Win 98 or IE 4.0 installed.
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/
tools/htmlhelp/chm/hh1start.htm
- Oasis SE , 200kb
- Freeware version of a Help authoring program. A little buggy.
stephanf@adept.co.za
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http://www.adept.co.za/~oasisdev
- RTF2HELP
- RTF2HLP is a freeware tool that converts directly a Microsoft® Word RTF document to a Windows Help file.
The main advantage of RTF2HLP is that it converts documents without the need of any extra project files.
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http://www.ariacom.com/rtf2hlp/
- RTFGen , 112kb
- Freeware. Make CHM and HLP help files for Windows using a text file with specially marked text.
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http://www.luhsd.k12.ca.us/lhs/general_information/rtfgen/
rtfgen.html
- Shalom Help Maker
- Shalom Help Maker (SHM) is an easy to use Windows help file editor that supports images, popup windows, links to other pages, web pages and E-mail addresses, and has automatic updating of links when pages are rearranged, listing of unused bitmaps and popup pages, listing of links to the present page... and lots more. SHM makes HLP files, not CHM files. Unlike other help file creators Shalom Help Maker works like any ordinary editor and therefore has practically no learning curve. BETA
Topics are organized on numbered tabs, which makes it hard to keep track of them.
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http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/shelpm/