So What Now with Help Formats ???
well... launch of vista , death of winhelp has shafted us... , i'm sure lot of others too. current situation understand :
1) winhelp dead.
2) html supported functionally inferior in following ways :
- window position cannot specified percentage of screen (pixels only) awkward secondary windows need support 1024x768 1920x1280.
- context sensitive support dreadful compared winhelp - no formatted text, bullets, graphics, hyperlinks, etc...
- microsoft refuse allow chm files launched on network server install out (without naughty registry hack).
3) webhelp supported rumoured on way out in terms of robohelp support. true ? extremely clunky ship software due number of files and, afaics, offers no context sensitive functionality. guess round former using .mht files reasonable support context sensitive must.
4) windows vista directory seems use 'h1s' files. on earth ? sure vista has nicely formatted context sensitive how ? new, publicised ms format ?
basically, need sensible single file system app , context sensitive hyperlinks & formatting. have suggestions on trend here - there single format solution must common applications requirement ?
are adobe planning own winhelp support ms have ditched ?
are ms planning new system ?
thanks,
iain.
1) winhelp dead.
2) html supported functionally inferior in following ways :
- window position cannot specified percentage of screen (pixels only) awkward secondary windows need support 1024x768 1920x1280.
- context sensitive support dreadful compared winhelp - no formatted text, bullets, graphics, hyperlinks, etc...
- microsoft refuse allow chm files launched on network server install out (without naughty registry hack).
3) webhelp supported rumoured on way out in terms of robohelp support. true ? extremely clunky ship software due number of files and, afaics, offers no context sensitive functionality. guess round former using .mht files reasonable support context sensitive must.
4) windows vista directory seems use 'h1s' files. on earth ? sure vista has nicely formatted context sensitive how ? new, publicised ms format ?
basically, need sensible single file system app , context sensitive hyperlinks & formatting. have suggestions on trend here - there single format solution must common applications requirement ?
are adobe planning own winhelp support ms have ditched ?
are ms planning new system ?
thanks,
iain.
welcome forum.
1] winhelp dying not yet dead. microsoft doing making viewer end user has download. doing in bid strangle death , die, not right now. viewer not available right though.
2] csh dreadful? think referring what's not quite same. developers can call ordinary topics provide csh usual formatting. it's not microsoft refuse allow chms run across network cannot because of security risks. send them thank if allowed chm destroy pc?
3] webhelp on way out in terms of robohelp support? don't think adobe have released new version few weeks if case. each topic can called provide csh described in topic on calling webhelp. not same what's seems less , less popular now.
4] vista methods have not been made available wide world. there have been posts on in forum , on hatt if want find out more.
flare offers own single file system believe requires .net framework, customers willing install that? cannot imagine hat vendor create own winhelp may work on own system flare has. when , if unknowns, not adobe. ms, see above.
1] winhelp dying not yet dead. microsoft doing making viewer end user has download. doing in bid strangle death , die, not right now. viewer not available right though.
2] csh dreadful? think referring what's not quite same. developers can call ordinary topics provide csh usual formatting. it's not microsoft refuse allow chms run across network cannot because of security risks. send them thank if allowed chm destroy pc?
3] webhelp on way out in terms of robohelp support? don't think adobe have released new version few weeks if case. each topic can called provide csh described in topic on calling webhelp. not same what's seems less , less popular now.
4] vista methods have not been made available wide world. there have been posts on in forum , on hatt if want find out more.
flare offers own single file system believe requires .net framework, customers willing install that? cannot imagine hat vendor create own winhelp may work on own system flare has. when , if unknowns, not adobe. ms, see above.
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