Anyone use DotNetHelp?

[Bill Stevens]

I output my online manuals as WebHelp projects, which users install on to
their PCs/laptops. The latest IE security update now blocks scripting
languages (which are used to display the TOC, etc.) and users then have to
temporally disable the security feature. However, they can permanently
disable the security feature, but we do not recommend that they do this.

 

At the recent European online help conference (Manchester, UK), someone (I
refuse to name drop) suggested that a solution is to output my manuals as
DotNetHelp. MadCap Flare has this feature. I understand that DotNetHelp is a
new replacement for HTML Help, but does anyone use it? What features does it
provide? What features are missing? Anyone have any views and opinions about
DotNetHelp?

 

Checking the MadCap web site again, I discovered that context-sensitive IDs
are not supported. Is it that Flare compiled DotNetHelp doesn't support
these OR is it that DotNetHelp does not have this feature?

 

Bill Stevens

Technical Author

 

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