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Subject:Re: HTML Help From:Bill Burns <BillDB -at- ILE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:12:45 -0700
Jeroen writes:
> But, correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't RoboHelp have a way around this? As
> I
> understood (not from real life experience though) RoboHelp makes use of
> Java and is therefore supported by all Browsers that can handle Java. So,
> real cross-platform online help.
>
RoboHelp's WebHelp uses Java applets to mimic some of the features available
in HTMLHelp. It seems to work reasonably well. It seems to work well in both
browsers on Windows, not so well in one of the browsers (I think it was IE)
on Macintosh. One annoying issue is that you have to manually sort the index
(that, or write or find a tool that can sort it for you). This seems to be
the case with HTMLHelp as well. The HTMLHelp workshop has a tool for
sorting, or you can open the HHK file and do it in Notepad (although it
doesn't gain you anything to do it this way).
Bill Burns
ILE Communications/Eccentric Technology Consultant
billdb -at- ile -dot- com
> Call me fish meal.
>
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