eHelp's WebHelp technology makes it possible to deliver fully functional HTML Help and Web content across platforms and browsers. RoboHELP Office provides WebHelp functionality as a Help format. Once you're finished with a project, simply select WebHelp as the Help format and generate your files.
WebHelp is an uncompiled format that supports standard Help features including a table of contents, index and full-text search, as well as context-sensitive Help. WebHelp is flexible and reliable. It provides a solution for authors who design WinHelp, HTML Help and intranet/Internet content that needs to run on a variety of browsers (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) and a variety of platforms (e.g., UNIX, Macintosh, or Windows 3.1). Any combination of platform and browser can access the same information because WebHelp detects the required files to launch at run time.
WebHelp can be customized. When you generate WebHelp files you can select the elements to include in the navigation pane, design an in-topic navigation bar, and even use build tags.
Behind the scenes, WebHelp is a set of files used to run your online information. You generate the WebHelp files after authoring topics, a table of contents, and an index. All of the files you need to distribute are copied into a single folder named "WebHelp." (For more information, see Source files for WebHelp.)
When users start your WebHelp project, the key components auto-detect the end users' system (platform and browser) and launch the appropriate files for that particular system. This automatic process assures that your WebHelp project will look exactly the way you designed it, regardless of the browser and platform used to view it.
Note: WebHelp is only available with RoboHELP Office.