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Subject:RE: WinHelp on Vista - a useful link From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:04:46 -0400
And for everyone who was *so* eager to recommend that everyone switch to
HTML Help, how about *this* gem:
"HTML Help will ship in Windows Vista. However, only critical updates to
the engine will be made. No new features or feature improvements will be
added to the HTML Help engine for Windows Vista or future Windows
releases."
Wow. Let the flames fly.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sbuckley
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:23 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: WinHelp on Vista - a useful link
>
> Apologies for resurrecting this e-mail thread for those who
> have already moved on, but I thought a good link to
> information on the subject would be helpful. Also, my last
> understanding was that WinHelp would be supported for
> Vista, but in a lower priority. I thought that meant no bug
> fixes, but it seems to be mean more (i.e., a download will
> be needed).
>
> I prefer this MSDN link for information on Vista...
>
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