Windows Development Tools
 Windows, Windows 95 & Windows NT Development Tools

Product Information

Blue Sky Software Corporation provides Smart Development Tools for Windows and Windows NT:

RoboHELP	The Ultimate Help Authoring Tool for Windows and Windows NT.

WinMaker Pro	Award-Winning Prototyper and C/C++ Code Generator.

WinHelp Office 	The Complete Help Authoring Solution.

WinHelp Video Kit	Easily Integrate Video and Sound into Your Windows Help Systems.

WinHelp Tool Kit	Powerful Tools for the Windows Help Author.

WinHelp HyperViewer	Add Full-text Search and a HyperViewer to Your Windows Help Systems.

To speed up your Windows Development today, call your local dealer/distributor or call Blue Sky direct:

Blue Sky Software Corporation

7486 La Jolla Blvd., Suite 3

La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Sales:

Tel: 1-800-677-4946

Tel: (619) 459-6365

Fax: (619) 459-6366


RoboHELP
RoboHELP - Windows Help Systems the Easy Way!

Product Overview

RoboHELP Press

User Testimonials


Product Overview
RoboHELP Product Overview

RoboHELP, the ultimate Help Authoring Tool for Windows and Windows NT, automates all aspects of creating a Windows Help system. Creating a Windows Help system traditionally required the efforts of both a technical writer and a programmer to handle the complexities of the RTF file format required by the Help compiler. RoboHELP automates the process, enabling the user to design, test and create comprehensive, on-line, context-sensitive Help systems for Windows and Windows NT.  Supports both Word 2 and Word 6 for Windows, and supports International versions of Word.

With RoboHELP, you avoid the complexities of setting context strings, keywords, browse sequences and hypertext links.  RoboHELP generates the H, HPJ and RTF files. It also generates source code for context sensitive Help, cross references, indexes, topics, defined terms, pop-up definitions, displaying graphics, bitmap hot spot links, etc.  RoboHELP offers two-way conversion, automatically converting existing documents into Help systems or Help systems into documents.  Fully integrated environment gives you complete access to all the advanced features of the Windows Help Engine, such as macros, secondary windows, and multiple hotspot graphics.  Simulation mode allows you to simulate your design without needing to compile.  Error Wizard guides you to the exact location of a potential error before compiling, and gives a detailed explanation. RoboHELP will import any existing Help source code. Includes VBX and custom control Help buttons for adding context sensitive help to your application without programming. Includes support for International versions of Word.  Order today through Blue Sky Software's Sales Department - Call 1-800-677-4WIN.

BLUE SKY®  SOFTWARE

Sales Tel (619) 459-6365 · Fax (619) 459-6366

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RoboHELP Press

Windows Magazine

Dr. Dobb’s Journal

Infoworld

Windows Sources

Compute

Software Development

Computer Shopper

Windows Online

VB Events


User Testimonials
RoboHELP User Testimonials

Microsoft

Borland

PowerSoft

Symantec

AT&T

ZSoft

Consultant


  Windows Magazine

"If you want to construct elegant Help files, RoboHELP is the best tool for the job."

Windows Magazine, David Claiborne


Dr Dobb's Journal
  Dr. Dobb’s Journal

"RoboHELP is far and away the best tool for the job that I've seen."

Dr. Dobb's Journal, April 94, Al Stevens


  Infoworld

“RoboHELP...is a Help file author’s dream. If you have to create industrial strength Help files, ...this is the tool for you...”

Infoworld


  Windows Sources

"RoboHELP reduces all complex structural chores involved in building a Help system to a series of mouse maneuvers that let you concentrate on the contents of the Help system."

Windows Sources, Paul Bonner


  Compute

"If you are in the business of creating Windows Help files, RoboHELP from Blue Sky Software is the most advanced tool available."

COMPUTE, Clifton Karnes


  Computer Shopper

"With RoboHELP, Help-system text now can be readily converted from printable to online format and back."

Computer Shopper, March 94, Nancy Nicolaisen


  Software Development

"With a tool like RoboHELP, there is no reason for a Windows program to not come with a high-quality Help system."

Software Development, Thomas E. Murphy


  Windows OnLine

"I am very impressed with this product. Creating a Help file system for your project could not be made easier."

Windows OnLine, March 94, Randy Wong


  VB Events

"RoboHELP is an excellent tool for creating Windows help files. It's slick and refined. You can quickly get up to speed on it and produce a first-rate help file in an afternoon."

Frank Sommer, VB Events


David Thielan, Microsoft
 David Thielen, Microsoft

"With RoboHELP, you will spend 90 percent of your time on the HLP text and only 10 percent on the mechanics instead of vice versa."

David Thielen, Microsoft


 Donald Chan, AT&T

"Congratulations and thanks to Blue Sky Software for marketing RoboHELP. It has helped us transform the merged, formatted pages of our dictionary onto a Help file."

Donald Chan, AT&T


  Kathy Johnson, Borland

"RoboHELP makes it easy to build a Windows Help system. With this product, every Paradox for Windows custom application can include an on-line Help system. RoboHELP even includes a Paradox object that lets you create context sensitive help in custom Paradox applications without programming."

Kathy Johnson, Director of Paradox Product Marketing and Product Management, Borland International


  Doug Miller, Powersoft

"RoboHELP enables developers using PowerBuilder to easily create elegant and professional on-line Help systems for enterprise wide solutions. By using RoboHELP, sophisticated Help systems can be created very rapidly thereby offering increased user friendliness and lowering support and training costs on applications created with PowerBuilder."

Doug Miller, Director of Strategic Marketing, Powersoft, Corp.


  Gene Wang, Symantec

"Blue Sky Software is the Leader in Visual Programming Technology."

Gene Wang, Executive Vice-President of Applications and Development Tools, Symantec


  Beth Iliff, Zsoft

"I have been working with RoboHELP for about a month. It is great. The increased automation throughout the program, the topic feature and the enhanced hotspot editor are just a few things that make this a fantastic program for Windows Help authors. It is obvious that you talked to people who really create Windows Help files when you designed this program."

Beth Iliff, Documentation Manager, Zsoft


  Ellen M. Gibney, Consultant

"I began using RoboHELP one month ago in a contract writing project I am doing for The Coca-Cola Company. ... I am converting a 600+ page Script (mainframe) manual to online document format. ... Using your conversion feature, I was able to do the preliminary setup (breaking the files into topic titles, context strings, browse sequences, etc.) in less than two days. ... I compiled the 1.5 MB Help file with no errors! It would have taken us 6 months, not 4 weeks, to get to this point without RoboHELP."

Ellen M. Gibney, Coca-Cola Company Consultant


WinMaker Pro
WinMaker Pro - Award-Winning Prototyper and C/C++ Code Generator for Windows, Win32 and Windows NT

Product Overview

WinMaker Press

User Testimonials


WinMaker Product Overview
WinMaker Pro Product Overview

If you're serious about C or C++ Windows development, WinMaker Pro is the most powerful Prototyper and C/C++ Code Generator available for Windows, Win32 and Windows NT. WinMaker Pro addresses the needs of C and C++ Windows developers wanting to create professional Windows applications with minimum effort.

WinMaker Pro is as visual and easy to use as Visual Basic, but gives you industrial strength C/C++ code. With WinMaker, you can visually design your application on the screen much like a Paint program. Attach functionality to the interface components by visually connecting them - no need to write code. Add special effects such as fonts, colors, 3D buttons and patterns. Create toolbars and status bars for your application with just a few clicks.  Provides full MDI application support (Cascade, Tile and controls in MDI Child Windows). Easily integrate Multimedia into your designs using the Multimedia EFM. QuickRun brings your design to life instantly, allowing you to test run your application without needing to compile. To makes changes, it’s fast and easy; simply double click to edit, then continue test running the application. Switch-It Code Generation Modules (SIMs) generate ANSI C,  MFC C++, OWL C++ code and others.  Code Window lets you add code instantly behind any object. TrueCode technology ensures that user code is 100% preserved during code re-generation.  WinMaker Pro offers Visual Programming for all platforms. Order today through Blue Sky Software’s Sales Department - Call 1-800-677-4WIN.

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WinMaker Press

PC Magazine

Windows Magazine

Byte

PC Week

Computer Language

DBMS

Infoworld

Unisphere

Unisys World

Windows Watcher


User Testimonials

Bill Gates, Microsoft

Michael Hyman, Borland

Gene Wang, Symantec

Steve Canesso, Dedicated Technologies

Bill Ellis, Hill Arts & Entertainment

Mike Facer, Weworski & Associates

Larry Harris, Quick America

Peter Helgren, Value Added Software


  PC Magazine

"Windows programming is a tough nut to crack, but Blue Sky Software's WinMaker Professional is a capable nutcracker."

PC Magazine


  Windows Magazine

"A user interface that takes a couple of days to develop in WinMaker could easily take a couple of weeks to create on your own, and switching from ANSI C to C++ and MFC or OWL is about as easy as it could be."

Martin Heller, Windows Magazine, Feb 94


  Infoworld

"WinMaker comes closest to the rapid application development tool ideal."

Bob DelRossi, Director of IS at Liberty Real estate Group Inc., Infoworld, Feb 94


  PC Week

"WinMaker enables developers to create Windows user interfaces by simply clicking on menu selections with a mouse..."

PC Week


  DBMS

"...thousands of dollars can be cut from development costs."

DBMS


  Windows Watcher

"The WinMaker product is more flexible and has more features than the AppWizard in Visual C++."

Windows Watcher, Steve Murtha, Senior Editor


  Computer Language

"This product is highly recommended."

Computer Language


  Unisys World

"WinMaker Professional can regenerate the user interface code without losing application code. This is a big advantage over the AppWizard of Visual C++, which is more of a one-shot, get-you-started tool."

Unisys World, Michael Maddox


  Byte

"With the animation test mode, you can simulate your designs without wading through the traditional compile-link process..."

BYTE


 Unisphere

"While I have put other Windows application environments on the shelf, I am still using WinMaker."

Unisphere


 Bill Gates, Microsoft

"...a particularly noteworthy product."

Bill Gates, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Microsoft


 Michael Hyman, Borland

"Blue Sky Software is known in the industry for their products' solid stability and state-of-the-art technology..."

Michael Hyman, Languages Business Unit Manager, Borland International


 Gene Wang, Symantec

"Blue Sky Software provides the Leading Visual Programming Technology in the industry."

Gene Wang, Executive Vice-President of Applications and Development Tools, Symantec


 Larry Harris, Quick America

"I am a die-hard Microsoft person, and a lot of people I work with are die-hard Borland people, so I use WinMaker to constantly go back and forth between the MFC and OWL versions."

Larry Harris, Technical Manager, Quick America


 Peter Helgren, Value Added Software

"WinMaker has exceeded my expectations. Within just an hour of installing it on my PC, I was actually 'writing' my first native Windows application."

Peter Helgren, Value Added Software


 Mike Facer, Weworski & Associates

"This is the Prototyper and C/C++ Code Generator I have been waiting for, for years.  It's more visual and easier to use than Visual Basic and it generates both C and C++ Code."

Mike Facer, Weworski & Associates


Bill Ellis, Hill Arts & Entertainment
 Bill Ellis, Hill Arts and Entertainment

"Once we had tried WinMaker we stopped looking. The product works the way a product should in a GUI, intuitively....ln fact, WinMaker could be viewed as not only a prototyping/code generation aide, but as a learning tool for Windows programming, since it's so easy to use, and the code generated can give useful insight into approaches, proper usage and syntax."

Bill Ellis, Hill Arts and Entertainment


 Steve Canesso, Dedicated Technologies

"WinMaker Professional is now an essential element of our Windows development process. I would recommend WinMaker to anyone who wants to develop a Windows application. "

Steve Canesso, Dedicated Technologies


WinHelp Video Kit
WinHelp Video Kit - Easily Add Video and Sound to Your Windows Help System

WinHelp Video Kit incorporates all the tools needed for playing video (.AVI) and sound (.WAV) files in any Windows Help system. The WinHelp Video Kit enables Help authors to easily capture on-screen actions to create “live” product demonstrations and tutorials with the included Software Video Camera.  Help authors can easily integrate the resulting .AVI files into any Windows Help system.

Videos can be used in Help systems in many ways: to visually explain complex procedures, to teach applications and to demonstrate product features.  You can provide narration as well. This makes the WinHelp Video Kit ideal for creating training and tutorial files and demonstrations.

WinHelp Video Kit works with RoboHELP, the ultimate Help Authoring Tool for Windows and Windows NT and other Windows Help development tools. Order today through Blue Sky Software’s Sales Department - Call 1-800-677-4WIN.

BLUE SKY®  SOFTWARE

Sales Tel (619) 459-6365 · Fax (619) 459-6366

Sales 1-800-677-4946


WinHelp Office
WinHelp Office - the Complete Help Authoring Solution

WinHelp Office includes:

RoboHELP

The Ultimate Help Authoring Tool for Windows and Windows NT.

WinHelp Video Kit

Everything you need to integrate video and sound into Windows Help systems.

WinHelp Tool Kit

Powerful tools for the WinHelp Author.

WinHelp HyperViewer

The fastest way to search and explore Help systems.

Mastering WinHelp

The best way to become productive immediately.

Moving to WinHelp ‘95

Eases your transition to WinHelp ‘95.

Order today through Blue Sky Software’s Sales Department - Call 1-800-677-4WIN.

BLUE SKY®  SOFTWARE

Sales Tel (619) 459-6365 · Fax (619) 459-6366

Sales 1-800-677-4946


WinHelp Tool Kit
WinHelp Tool Kit - Powerful Tools for the Windows Help Author

The WinHelp Tool Kit is a powerful collection of productivity tools for the Windows Help Author.  The utilities included in the kit are:

Help-To-Word

Help-To-Word is a Windows program that decompiles a Windows Help (.HLP) file into a Microsoft Word document (.DOC) file that you can easily print, edit, or modify. Help-To-Word decompiles the entire contents of the Help file including: font types, sizes, formatting, and colors, tables, graphics and shed graphics.

WinHelp BugHunter

WinHelp BugHunter displays all calls to Windows Help made by a running application. You can use this information to quickly and easily resolve any broken or incorrect context sensitive Help links. WinHelp BugHunter will save a lot of time when a Windows project is nearing completion and the application is being integrated with the Help system.

WinHelp Inspector

WinHelp Inspector allows you to easily browse through the Help files on your system and display their statistics. WinHelp Inspector displays information such as the name, date, and size of the Help file, the search keywords, and the fonts used.

WinHelp Graphics Locator

This utility quickly searches your system for .BMP files and other files. A display window allows you to preview .BMP files, making it easy to find the one you are looking for. You can search multiple drives at the same time - a great time saver if you store Help projects on multiple network drives. And, you can select and copy bitmaps to a selected directory.

WinHelp Style Guide

The WinHelp Style Guide is a Help system providing tips and information that you can use to create Help systems that stand out.

WinHelp Graphics Library

The WinHelp Tool Kit includes a collection of graphics that you can use to add extra impact to your Help systems. Included in the library are bitmaps such as Bullets, Folders, Pages, and Books. The graphics are illustrated in a Help system, included in the Tool Kit. This Help system includes a special auto-extract capability - when you see a graphic you like, just click on it to extract it from baggage and copy it to your working directory.

Order today through Blue Sky Software’s Sales Department - Call 1-800-677-4WIN.

BLUE SKY®  SOFTWARE

Sales Tel (619) 459-6365 · Fax (619) 459-6366

Sales 1-800-677-4946


WinHelp HyperViewer

The WinHelp HyperViewer is the fastest way to search and explore Help systems. WinHelp HyperViewer automatically adds powerful full-text search, an expandable/collapsible hierarchical view, and provides the ability to print all topics or multiple topics at once.

Find+ Full Text Search

Adds a Find+ button or menu item to your Help system, which allows you to search for a word or phrase throughout the entire text of the Help file. Lists the topics the word or phrase appears in and how many times it occurs in each topic. Highlights the found word or phrase in the topic. The HyperViewer Wizard registers the necessary commands in the Help Project File (HPJ) for you. You just distribute the royalty free HYPRFIND.DLL.

HyperViewer

Adds a HyperView button or menu item to your Help system, which creates a true hierarchical view of your Help system: Books and pages which you can open and click on to navigate to topics. This view is built for you automatically and is a true representation of the links in your Help system. The HyperViewer searches through your Help system, finds all the topics, jumps and popups, then automatically creates the HyperView for you. During development, if you make a change in the hypertext links, the HyperViewer updates itself automatically. The HyperViewer Wizard registers the necessary commands in the Help Project File (HPJ) for you. You just distribute the royalty free HYPRVIEW.DLL.

Multiple Topic Printing

The HyperViewer allows you and your end-users to print all or multiple topics in the Help file without having to select and print each topic individually.

Order today through Blue Sky Software’s Sales Department - Call 1-800-677-4WIN.

BLUE SKY®  SOFTWARE

Sales Tel (619) 459-6365 · Fax (619) 459-6366

Sales 1-800-677-4946


Awards

Blue Sky Software's products have won numerous prestigious computer software awards such as:

Windows Magazine 1995 Win 100 Award

Visual Basic Programmer’s Journal Reader’s Choice Award 1995

Windows Magazine 1994 Win 100 Award

Software Development 1994 Productivity Award

Paradox Informant 1994 Reader’s Choice Award

SPA Best Programming Tool Finalist

Byte Users' Choice Award

Windows Tech Journal's Star Tech Award

Computer Language Productivity Award


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