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Microsoft Certified Solution Developer |
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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional |
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Contributing Editor, FoxPro Advisor |
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Author, Hacker’s Guide to Visual FoxPro 3.0 and
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Why HTML Help? |
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What are the Components? |
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How to View HTML Help |
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How to Create HTML Help |
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Demo |
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Future Features |
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Familiar HTML language |
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Supports local & Web links |
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VBScript and JScript support |
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TOC, Index and Full-Text Search |
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Viewable as local file or Web Site |
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ActiveX or Java |
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It’s a Microsoft Standard! |
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HTML Help Workshop (free) from Microsoft |
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Your content: HTML, GIF, JPG, scripts |
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.HHP: Project file - INI format |
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tracks file usage, window definitions, etc. |
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.HHC: Table of Contents: SiteMap |
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.HHK: Index - also SiteMap |
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Alias and .H files for context-sensitivity |
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Distribution |
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.CHM: Compiled Help File |
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ActiveX control HHCtrl.OCX |
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HH.EXE - standalone executable |
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Java Applet |
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Get Updated Setup Wizard from msft web |
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As standalone app using HH.EXE |
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Called from within applications |
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As a window/frame within application |
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As a web site |
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HTML Help Authoring Tool
free from Microsoft: |
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http://www.microsoft.com
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Many Third Party Tools available |
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RoboHTML |
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ForeHelp |
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Doc-To-Help |
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Match HelpContextIDs |
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Consider a Builder |
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Use the new Project objects |
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(These ideas work for “legacy” WinHelp as well!) |
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Help tables can be merged |
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Additional README - type help can be added
afterwards |
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Add links to help pages to your web site for
updates |
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Version 1.2 ships 4 November! Features: |
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Favorites tab, search stop list, better docs |
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also new bugs, anomalies and issues |
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Rumors of versions 2.0 and beyond: |
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Client-side recompilation |
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GUI interface for HTML design |
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HTML Help: standards based |
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Industry Standard HTML |
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Extensible with Add-Ons, ActiveX, Scripts |
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SiteMap format |
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Accessible through code or the web |
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Updateable |
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Notes