Re: Help authoring

2010-01-25 Thread Jeff Johnson
I'm with Rick on this one. I have been using Rick Strahl's HTML Builder for a long time. Since it is FoxPro tables, I have automated it to create an empty project for new customers. I create .CHM files for all kinds of things and then convert them to .DOC files for customer documentation. J

Re: Help authoring

2010-01-25 Thread kamcginnis
We use Help & Manual. We use html for an online manual and with no changes to the source, we get a PDF in case they want to print it. - Original Message - From: "Tracy Pearson" To: Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:40 PM Subject: RE: Help authoring Maybe I was c

RE: Help authoring

2010-01-25 Thread Tracy Pearson
Maybe I was confused with a technical difference of the thread. Though the same tools can be used. -Original Message- From: Paul Hill Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 4:38 PM On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Tracy Pearson wrote: > Didn't I see this thread last week? My apologies, I though

RE: Help authoring

2010-01-25 Thread Rick Schummer
>> I need to write some html help .(chm) files. Can anyone reccomend a good tool?<< I use Rick Strahl's West Wind HTML Builder. Not only to help build end-user doco, but to create technical documentation for databases, VFP classes, and .NET stuff if you are doing that these days. You can even aut

Re: Help authoring

2010-01-25 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Tracy Pearson wrote: > Didn't I see this thread last week? My apologies, I thought that was more about printed documents. > We use Help and Manual here. I've automated the build process to create both > the CHM and a PDF for a couple of our products from the same

Re: Help authoring

2010-01-25 Thread Grigore Dolghin
I 100% agree with Tracy. Help and Manual is a very good tool and worth every penny. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Tracy Pearson wrote: > Didn't I see this thread last week? > > We use Help and Manual here. I've automated the build process to create both > the CHM and a PDF for a couple of our

RE: Help authoring

2010-01-25 Thread Tracy Pearson
Didn't I see this thread last week? We use Help and Manual here. I've automated the build process to create both the CHM and a PDF for a couple of our products from the same source. Also, the same source is used to create our printed manuals. Tracy -Original Message- From: Paul Hill Sent

Help authoring

2010-01-25 Thread Paul Hill
Hi All, I need to write some html help .(chm) files. Can anyone reccomend a good tool? -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/ma