Re: Has anyone ever hear of an .shg file?

[Richard Rogers <rogers_r -at- WIZTEC-USA -dot- COM>]

Jeff,

The .shg file is called a SHED graphic and contains hot links to other
topics. These are created with a graphics program designed specifically
for help files. I use RoboHelp which uses Microsoft Hotspot Editor. As
stated in the
manual once the bitmap has been converted to a hotspot graphic the image
can no longer be viewed or manipulated as a metafile or bitmap.

BUT, you can convert the .shg graphic back to a .bmp. If this helps,
page 317 of
the RoboHelp Windows 95/NT development manual describes the procedure
for converting back.

FWIW, I have not used this procedure.

Richard

p.s. I find it interesting that I received Bill Sulivan's reply a few
hours before Jeff's
original posting.

p.p.s OBTW, Jeff, it was not a dumb question.
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Jeff Hooker [SMTP:hooker -at- T-III -dot- COM]
>Sent:  Thursday, July 10, 1997 6:36 PM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Has anyone ever hear of an .shg file?
>
>Delurking for what might be a dumb, but very practical, question.
>
>I've inherited a large on-line help system chock full of .shg files
>(some variation of bitmap, it appears) that I'd like to pull into an
>image-editing program and update. The hitch: none of my graphics
>programs have ever heard of a .shg file and neither have I.
>
>Comments?
>
>Jeff Hooker.
>
>

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