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Subject:RE: Embedded help with WebWorks From:"David Knopf" <david -at- knopf -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 7 Nov 2001 12:03:32 -0800
McCarter, Kim wrote:
| At my company, I am the tech writer responsible for making the
| first foray into
| embedded help. I've been given WebWorks Publisher Professional
| 7.0 as my tool
| (in conjunction with Frame and Chrystal Canterbury).
|
| WebWorks can create help in many different formats, but my
| choices have been
| narrowed to XML+CSS, XML+XSL, and WebWorks Help. The help will
| be embedded in
| applications written in Java. Does anyone have any insight as to
| which is the
| best option?
I don't think any of these is the best option. If you want to create
embedded Help for an application written in Java, I would strongly suggest
that you consider using JavaHelp since it is explicitly designed for that
purpose. WebWorks Help is an excellent format for browser-based user
assistance, but I do not think it would be an effective choice for embedded
Help in a Java application. I wouldn't even consider XML+CSS and, if you use
XML+XSL, your application developers will have a lot of heavy lifting to do
in order to implement the embedded Help.
RoboHelp MVP & Certified RoboHelp Instructor
WebWorks Publisher Certified Trainer
Member, Sun's JavaHelp 2.0 Expert Group
Member, eHelp's RoboHelp Community Advisory Board
Co-moderator, HATT & wwp-users
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