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JohnB posted on Saturday, January 12, 2008
Really off topic for Csla but I really value the input from the community we have here. I am working on a windows application and beginning the evaluation of tools to aid in the building of a help system. I know that Microsoft has a free one but I have yet to play with it. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
JohnB replied on Friday, February 01, 2008
anyone????ajj3085 replied on Friday, February 01, 2008
Well, the free version won't help you, but if you purchase HelpStudio, I like it. It even has source integration now as well.
praevsky replied on Saturday, February 02, 2008
There is a guy named Robert Chandler, in Australia, who has a website helpware.net. One of his programs is called FAR (Find and Replace), which is kind of mis-named. It's shareware, with a modest purchase price. With a couple of clicks, you can convert a whole website into a .chm file. He also supports MS Help 2.x. I used to convert the JavaDocs and Java Tutorial with it to get full text search capability. Very useful.
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