RE: RoboHelp: Ready to Publish...how do I do that?

Subject: RE: RoboHelp: Ready to Publish...how do I do that?
From: Missy Smith <techpubsmistress -at- live -dot- com>
To: <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>, ASK TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:58:22 -0600


> The WebWorks documentation explains (more or less) how to distribute
> that with search, TOC, and index tabs, should you want to do that.





Do you know where I find that info?



I can't understand how only htm files alone could do that.





Natalie



> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:38:00 -0800
> Subject: Re: RoboHelp: Ready to Publish...how do I do that?
> From: robert -at- lauriston -dot- com
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
> Per the META tags in the HTML, that's being generated by WebWorks Pro.
> It's not standard Webhelp output, looks like somebody created a
> template to create javadoc-style API reference for some C functions.
> Typically such things are generated by pulling comments out of the
> source code.
>
> The WebWorks documentation explains (more or less) how to distribute
> that with search, TOC, and index tabs, should you want to do that.
>
> I don't think developers would expect or want to get an API reference
> like that in a .chm. Neither would I assume that those developers are
> running Windows.
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Missy Smith <techpubsmistress -at- live -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> > Here is a link to the webpage that displays the same "index.htm" as is in the zip file. http://www.rabbit.com/documentation/docs/manuals/DynCFunctionReference/index.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:09:32 -0800
> >> Subject: Re: RoboHelp: Ready to Publish...how do I do that?
> >> From: robert -at- lauriston -dot- com
> >> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >>
> >> A .chm generally has to be downloaded to the local hard drive. And it
> >> won't work on non-Windows platforms.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Missy Smith <techpubsmistress -at- live -dot- com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > The help system is actually a user manual. No software application.
> >> >
> >> > Currently they post three links per manual on the website: a pdf, a zip file that contains html and image files, and the html system.
> >> >
> >> > Do you have to save a chm to a specific place? Will it not run from anywhere?
> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >>
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> >> Try the latest Doc-To-Help 2009 v3 risk-free for 30-days at:
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RoboHelp: Ready to Publish...how do I do that?: From: Missy Smith
RE: RoboHelp: Ready to Publish...how do I do that?: From: Combs, Richard
RE: RoboHelp: Ready to Publish...how do I do that?: From: Missy Smith
RE: RoboHelp: Ready to Publish...how do I do that?: From: Missy Smith
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