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Can you suggest some software to create a help file for my application?

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    Can you suggest some software to create a help file for my application? I need my help file to have a look as in the VC++ Help such as Content, Index, Search. This help file should allow me to embed graphics/screen shots. I have looked into htmlhelp, but i am not sure this is the best tool. Elizabeth

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      Can you suggest some software to create a help file for my application? I need my help file to have a look as in the VC++ Help such as Content, Index, Search. This help file should allow me to embed graphics/screen shots. I have looked into htmlhelp, but i am not sure this is the best tool. Elizabeth

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      help workshop hhc.exe from microsoft includeh10

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        help workshop hhc.exe from microsoft includeh10

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        Do you have any preference over the two products WinHelp and HTMLHelp? Elizabeth

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          Do you have any preference over the two products WinHelp and HTMLHelp? Elizabeth

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          WinHelp uses RTF or plain-text documents as it's contents. HTMLHelp, in the other hand, is entirely constructed of web pages. Each page on the help guide is an independent web page. You can use things like Internet-links, style sheets, Java etc etc to aid in your help file creation.. I, for myself, prefer HTML Help for these reasons. -Antti Keskinen ---------------------------------------------- The definition of impossible is strictly dependant on what we think is possible.

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            WinHelp uses RTF or plain-text documents as it's contents. HTMLHelp, in the other hand, is entirely constructed of web pages. Each page on the help guide is an independent web page. You can use things like Internet-links, style sheets, Java etc etc to aid in your help file creation.. I, for myself, prefer HTML Help for these reasons. -Antti Keskinen ---------------------------------------------- The definition of impossible is strictly dependant on what we think is possible.

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            html help seems to need to input index one by one, but old help can generate all indexes automatically. includeh10

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              html help seems to need to input index one by one, but old help can generate all indexes automatically. includeh10

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              Thank you all. HTMLHelp fixs better for us since the files can be used cross platform. We are sharing the help files with both Windows and Web applications. Elizabeth

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