JackDinn Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I spent ages building a handful of apps a couple of which are used by a good few people. Now it comes to the time for me to get around to the dreaded building of the help. I really dont know where to start, I would have thought it was not so hard to build a .hlp file (would have thought the would be a program included in windows for this.) anyhow i can find anything i have search the web, downloaded a few apps and got more confused. A lot of the little free apps say they dont work on windows 7 (missing or changed the help file method !) so i dont know. Im looking to make a single file that can be read on all window OS's (well xp, vista, window 7) which has hot links, pics & maybe a tree. i could prob use html but i like the normal help GUI used on most programs. anyone know where i go from here? Thx all. Thx all,Jack Dinn. JD's Auto Internet Speed Tester JD's Clip Catch (With Screen Shot Helper) Projects :- AutoIt - My projects My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted October 30, 2009 Moderators Share Posted October 30, 2009 JackDinn,I use Helpmaker from http://www.vizacc.com. Freeware and very good. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEOSoft Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Or you can just use the Microsoft HTML help workshop http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=00535334-c8a6-452f-9aa0-d597d16580cc&displaylang=en George Question about decompiling code? Read the decompiling FAQ and don't bother posting the question in the forums.Be sure to read and follow the forum rules. -AKA the AutoIt Reading and Comprehension Skills test.*** The PCRE (Regular Expression) ToolKit for AutoIT - (Updated Oct 20, 2011 ver:3.0.1.13) - Please update your current version before filing any bug reports. The installer now includes both 32 and 64 bit versions. No change in version number. Visit my Blog .. currently not active but it will soon be resplendent with news and views. Also please remove any links you may have to my website. it is soon to be closed and replaced with something else. "Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackDinn Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 KK many thx to you both, i shall go have a look at both suggestions. Thx all,Jack Dinn. JD's Auto Internet Speed Tester JD's Clip Catch (With Screen Shot Helper) Projects :- AutoIt - My projects My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackDinn Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 many thx Melba23 im using Helpmaker and it's just the job great stuff. cheers to you both. Thx all,Jack Dinn. JD's Auto Internet Speed Tester JD's Clip Catch (With Screen Shot Helper) Projects :- AutoIt - My projects My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowmore Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 JackDinn,I use Helpmaker from http://www.vizacc.com. Freeware and very good. M23Thanks for posting this link Melba23. I've been looking for an easy to use help file creation system for a while and had not noticed this one. I particularly like the fact that it uses rtf for it's source docs as I have been using rtf documents as simple user instructions, that can be opened with write.exe, for my AutoIt apps. "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning."- Rick Cook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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