Re: Which Help format to use
From: Bob Butler (tiredofit_at_nospam.com)
Date: 06/08/04
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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 16:39:30 -0700
"MikeD" <nobody@nowhere.edu> wrote in message
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> In my opinion, you can write a great help file using the old WinHelp
> format and you can write a great help file using HTML Help.
> Likewise, you can also write a lousy help file using either format.
No argument there; the content is the most important thing.
> I personally prefer HTML Help because I find it's easier to write the
> help and it provides more features (not that I frequently use
> features that WinHelp doesn't provide).
On the other hand I find using HTML help to be less intuitive and since the
user experience is more important than the hoops the developer has to go
through I find it inferior.
HTML help just seems to me to be a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
The RTF source for winhelp is a pain but nothing says that a different
winhelp compiler couldn't take some other format and produce a usable help
file.
> Something else to consider is
> how much longer is MS going to support the old WinHelp format. As
> soon as MS decides not to include winhlp32.exe in Windows,
I'll put together my own help system with my own data format, probably
makign it look like winhelp! <g>
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