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- WELCOME TO Help Edit V1.8 FOR WINDOWS
- -------------------------------------
-
- This README file contains important, and last minute information about
- Help Edit V1.8
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
- 1. What is Help Edit
- 2. How to Get Help
- 3. Installation
- 4. Important Notes
- 5. Files on the Disk(s)
- 6. Why Register?
- 7. Supporting Programs.
- 8. Other Products from Aciran Software
-
- 1. What is Help Edit
- ---------------------
-
- Help Edit is a Windows Text Editor that you can use to produce Windows
- Help files. Help Edit accepts simple ASCII files, allows you to create
- Windows Help Topics, and finally produce an RTF (Rich Text Format) file for
- input to the Microsoft Help Compiler. You can create Hypertext links, pop up
- definitions, browse sequences, and include Bitmaps in your help file. Help
- Edit supports the inclusion of various Fonts and Colours.
-
- Help Edit manages all aspects of automatically generating jump labels, and
- it even creates the HPJ project file required by the Help Compiler.
-
- Once you have created your RTF files, Help Edit can call the Help compiler
- from within itself, to produce an HLP help file. Finally Help Edit can test
- the new Help file for you.
-
- The Help file for Help Edit was written using itself, and so was the Tutorial.
- All the Help material for a Demo help file is included so that you may study
- it. In the registered version all the material for Helpedit Help and the
- Tutorial Help are included.
-
-
- 2. HOW TO GET HELP
- -------------------
-
- If you have any problems, please read this file, and if you still have a
- question and need assistance, help is available from the following source:
-
- Write to me at the following address:
-
- James Herron
- 29 Duncryne Place,
- Bishopbriggs
- Glasgow G64 2DP
- Scotland
- UK.
-
- Alternatively call me on 041 762 0967 between 6pm and 9pm Mon - Fri, or any
- time at Weekends (within reason!). Answering machine available.
-
- If you have a modem you can leave me a message on the ShareWare Support BBS
- in the UK on (0442) 891109 (3 lines). This BBS has a link to the Runway BBS
- in the US on 215-623-6203.
-
- Alternatively log on to a local BBS that echos FIDO or ILINK and leave me
- a message in one of the following conferences:
-
- FIDO
- ----
- Shareware (fido)
- Windows (fido)
- Windows Programming (fido)
-
- ILINK
- -----
- Shareware (Ilink)
- Windows Application Development (Ilink)
-
-
- If you are on Compuserve or CIX you can Email me at
-
- herron@comms.eee.strathclyde.ac.uk
-
- This is on the JANET network but can be accessed via internet and
- Compuserve.
-
- To access internet you may have to make modifications such as:
-
- >INTERNET:herron@comms.eee.strathclyde.ac.uk
-
- which I BELIEVE is the correct format from Compuserve.
-
- 3. INSTALLATION
- ----------------
- There are two options for installation:
-
- 1. Hard Disk - This option allows you to copy all the files without
- worrying about disk space. It allows faster program operation and is
- recommended if you have a hard disk.
-
- 2. Single Floppy - It is perfectly feasible to run Help Edit from a single
- floppy drive. In this case it is recommended that only the essential
- files that you need are copied onto this disk.
-
-
- You should read the rest of this README file to get further
- information about this release before you do the installation.
-
-
- To perform the installation insert the floppy in drive A or B and run
- INSTALL from Windows.
-
- This completes installation, you should now put your original disk(s) in a
- save place. Start Windows and either run Help Edit from the Program Manager by
- opening the File menu and selecting Run, or better still if you installed a
- new group for Help Edit during install select it's icon for the application.
-
-
- Please refer to the section in the online help on how to set up HC.BAT to
- run with your version of the Help Compiler.
-
- If you have the spell checker DLL Spelmate, either install it in the same
- directory as Help Edit, or in a directory on your Path. Help Edit will look
- for Spelmate on start up, and if it is found it will be available. Note that
- Spelmate is a separate product, and it is not essential in order to run
- Help Edit.
-
- The current version of spelmate is V1.1, and is available on all good BBS's
- and Compuserve as SPMATE11.zip.
-
-
- 4. IMPORTANT NOTES
- -------------------
- o The Executable, Help and a few Document files in this package are
- compressed. If you don't use the installation program or you need to
- copy one of the original files onto your hard disk, use the UNPACK.EXE
- file located on the distribution disk. This is a Windows application.
-
- o As mentioned in the installation section,if you are running from a single
- drive then you should only copy the essential files required to run Help
- Edit. This means leaving off any *.doc files, and once you have run the
- examples you could remove them also.
-
- o At the time of writing the MicroSoft Help Compiler is available for
- download from Compuserve, and as a free download from the MicroSoft
- download service. It has been placed in the Public Domain.
-
- o To make help files for the widest range of users, the help complier for
- Windows 3.0 should be used as it is compatible with Windows 3.1. The
- 3.1 complier will not work under Windows 3.0. Therefore a v3.0 help
- compiler is included. The Batch file HC.BAT calls this compiler, HC30.exe
- and also redirects output messages to a file Helpedit.err.
-
- o If you have a Windows 3.1 Help compiler you can set the Windows 3.1
- checkbox when making a help file. You may have to edit HC.BAT to tell it
- the name of your help compiler. HC.BAT has been set up to work with the
- Help compilers HC30.EXE and HC31.EXE as supplied by Borland compilers.
-
- o IMPORTANT refer to the online Help information about HC.BAT.
-
-
- 5. FILES ON THE DISK(S).(Registered Version)
- ---------------------------------------------
- Note: File names that end in a $ indicate a compressed file.
-
- Disk 1
-
- INSTALL EXE - Windows Install Program
- INSTALL INF - Windows Install Script file
- UNPACK EXE - Unpack Utility.
- README DOC - This file
- HELPEDIT EX$ - Registered version of Help Edit program for Windows
- without unregistered copy notices.
- HELPEDIT HL$ - Help File for and written by Help Edit.
- TUTORIAL HL$ - Help File for Tutorial written by Help Edit.
- DEMO * - All the files needed to make the Demo
- HC BAT - Batch file to call help compiler
- HC PIF - Windows Pif File for Help Compiler
-
-
- Disk 2
-
- HC30 EX$ - Microsoft Help Compiler for Windows 3.0
- HC31 EX$ - Microsoft Help Compiler for Windows 3.1
- HC31 ER$ - Error messages for HC31.EXE.
- TUTORIAL * - All the files needed to make the Tutorial
- HELPEDIT * - All the files needed to make the Helpedit Help.
-
- *.BMP - Sample Bitmaps
- *.DOC - Sample Help Document files
- *.HLP - Sample Help Files
- *.HPJ - Sample Help compiler Project files
- *.PRJ - Sample Help Edit Project files
- *.SHG - Sample Segmented Bitmap
- *.TXT - Sample Help Text Files.
-
- Professional Version.
- ---------------------
-
- If you order the professional version which includes the Spell checker
- Spelmate DLL then you will have the additional files Spelmate.dl$ and either
- MainUK.di$ or MainUS.di$ depending on whether you requested the British or
- American version.
-
- The above listing is for 5.25 (360K) disks only. If you request 5.25 (1.2M)
- or 3.5 (720K) you will only get one disk containing all the files.
-
- NOTE: The Microsoft Help Compiler is copyright by Microsoft but has been
- placed in the Public Domain. It is supplied for completeness, but no charge
- is made or implied for it's use. The registration fee is only for Help Edit.
-
-
- 6. Why Register?
- ----------------
-
- Registering brings with it a number of advantages.
-
- First of all the Unregistered Copy notice will no longer appear.
-
- Second, The Unregistered Message will not be place in the Contents Page
- of your Help file, nor in the About box of the Help System.
-
- Third you will have technical support should you have any problems.
-
- And Finally, your support will encourage me to continue to improve Help Edit.
-
- And Finally, as a registered user you will be entitled to FREE updates for
- 6 months or TWO updates (which ever comes first), and to favourable price
- reductions on future versions after that period. So make sure you complete
- the registration form (INVOICE.DOC) as completely as possible.
-
-
- 7. Supporting Programs.
- -----------------------
-
- SPELMATE.
- .........
- The spell checker DLL Spelmate is now at version 1.1. It now has sample
- programs in C and Visual Basic as well as Pascal. Spelmate is included in
- the professional version of Help Edit. The Shareware file is now SPMATE11.ZIP.
-
- Index-It.
- .........
- Index-It Version 1.0 can be used to create keyword lists that can be used by
- Help Edit, as well as other programs, eg. DTP. The Shareware file is
- INDXIT11.ZIP. This program is included FREE with the proffesional version of
- Help Edit.
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 8. Aciran Software Products Line as of Nov 1993
- ............................................
-
- Aciran Version 3.6
- ------------------
- Aciran is a Linear AC Circuit Analysis program to ease the design of
- electronic circuits. Aciran can handle resistors, capacitors, inductors,
- transformers (ideal), transmission lines, VCCS, fets, transistors, and
- Opamps.
-
- For compatibility with PSpice it will accept voltage and current sources.
-
- Aciran performs calculations of gain, phase, time delay, impedance, return
- loss, and vswr. Results can be printed in tabular or graphical form. Aciran
- supports CGA, EGA, VGA and Hercules graphics adapters.
-
- Aciran can also perform tolerance analysis using monte-carlo methods and
- supports Epson, LaserJet, and Postscript printers.
-
- << Registration ú45. >>
-
-
- Aciran for Windows Version 1.4
- ------------------------------
- Aciran for windows is a Windows version of Aciran, and is able to perform
- all the above and more.
-
- Aciran for Windows can show multiple graphs and tables simultaneously and
- users can manually scale the graphs.
-
- << Registration ú65, upgrade from Aciran for DOS, ú20. >>
-
-
- LMJ Version 1.21
- ----------------
- LMJ - Le Mot Juste is a game based on the TV series Blockbusters, and is
- used in the teaching of French. The program is mainly for use by teachers
- to assist students in learning grammar and phrases.
-
- The Shareware version comes with a number of topics pre-defined. Registered
- users receive an extra program called the Topic Generator, which allows them
- to add new games. LMJ supports CGA, EGA, VGA, and Hercules.
-
- << Registration ú12. >>
-
-
- Scat Version 2.0
- ----------------
- Scat is a program used for designing high frequency RF amplifiers using
- Transistor Scattering Parameters and a Smith Chart. Calculates Gain,
- Stability , Noise and Matching impedance's. Supports EGA and VGA only.
-
- << Registration ú45. >>
-
-
- Turf Version 1.1
- -----------------
- Turf is a program for the would be amateur Bookie who wants to run the
- office sweepstakes. Keeps a record of all bets and payoffs, and lets you
- see if you are likely to be in profit at the end of the day.
-
- << Registration ú12. >>
-
-
- Picture Calendar for Windows V2.0
- ---------------------------------
- Picture Calendar is as the name suggests a calendar program for Windows
- that displays a different picture for each month. Versions are available
- for Landscapes, Wildlife, Pot-Pourri and Pinups.
-
- << Registration ú10. >>
-
-
- Help Edit V1.8
- --------------
- Help Edit is a Utility to generate Windows Help Files. Instead of having
- to have access to an RTF word processor like Word for Windows, Help Edit
- can work with simple ASCII files. Help Edit handles Help Topics,
- Definitions, Browse sequences, Bitmaps, Fonts, and Colour. Automatic
- generation of Topic and Definition labels, and the HPJ file. Requires the
- Microsoft Help compiler, which is now Public Domain.
-
- << Registration ú25 >>
-
-
- Spelmate V1.2
- -------------
- Spelmate is a Windows DLL that allows developers to add spell checking to
- their applications. Spelmate is available in both British and American
- versions. Sample programs along with their source code (in C++, Pascal and
- Visual Basic) are provided.
- If Spelmate is on your path it will automatically be recognised by
- HelpEdit.
-
- << Registration ú25. >>
-
-
- Index-It V1.0
- -------------
- Index-It is a Windows Utility used to create index lists or keyword list
- for use in DeskTop Publishing or Hypertext systems such as Windows Help.
- When writting a document or journal an Index list is often needed at the
- back of the document which contains keywords that describe parts of the
- document, and page references based on these keywords. In Hypertext and
- Help systems users can often perform a search based on keywords entered
- by the user. Index-It is used to scan the text of your document(s) and
- assist in generating a unique list of index words for just such a purpose.
- The index list produced is in the format of ASCII file containing a single
- word to a line. in alphabetical order. This file is automatically
- recognised by HelpEdit.
-
- << Registration ú15 >>
-
- James Herron
- November 1993