I would to know if will be released a help engine to replace winhelp and htmlhelp.
Vista's help engine is closed and they said that with sp1 probably new help engine will be out but now sp1 is shipped and developers haven't yet a way to create help for consumer application.
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tazzo
ldevelop
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evildictaitor
strcpy(malloc(4), "Oh noes!");
Most companies are opting for "online help" where the clicking of the help button launches a browser to the respective page on their website.
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TommyCarlier
Widen your gaze
Our company also uses "online help". It's easy to maintain and you can dynamically add content, like tutorials and screencasts, or add the ability for users to provide feedback (forums, ...).evildictaitor said:Most companies are opting for "online help" where the clicking of the help button launches a browser to the respective page on their website.
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harumscarum
out of memory
what happens if you work disconnected?TommyCarlier said:
Our company also uses "online help". It's easy to maintain and you can dynamically add content, like tutorials and screencasts, or add the ability for users to provide feedback (forums, ...).evildictaitor said:*snip*
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TommyCarlier
Widen your gaze
harumscarum said:
what happens if you work disconnected?TommyCarlier said:*snip*Well, our application is a communication application (à la e-mail), so you have to be connected to properly use it
But I get your point, the necessity to be online (and our web server has to be up and responsive) can be a disadvantage.
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W3bbo
Work hard; increase production; prevent accidents, and be happy.
What's wrong with *.chm and HtmlHelpWorkshop?
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CannotResolveSymbol
Microsoft: Who do you want to execute today?
Mainly just that Microsoft has abandoned *.chm and won't be doing any more development on it. Meanwhile, Microsoft has two new help systems that are superior to the older systems (HTML Help 2 that's used in Visual Studio and Office and the MAML-based help that's used in Vista), but they haven't released any tools for generating help files in the new formats.W3bbo said:What's wrong with *.chm and HtmlHelpWorkshop?
HTML Help 2 doesn't offer much beyond what you can do with *.chm, but Vista's MAML help would be a very useful tool for third parties. It provides a more context-based, structural language for content (similar to DocBook) and can be translated into a number of formats, like HTML, RTF, or XAML.
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