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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!panix!os2man
- From: os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.)
- Subject: Re: I need assistance creating HELP for my app
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.145903.24238@panix.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:59:03 GMT
- References: <BzB4sw.1zq@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
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- In <BzB4sw.1zq@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cjs33278@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Carl+Chris Samos) writes:
-
- >I'm trying to get the helpfile finished for my application, but I'm running
- >into a little trouble. The only trouble I'm having is creating the .IPF file
- >that I compile with IPFC. Currently I'm using Describe (a very nice OS/2
- >word processor) to write the help text. I then save the file in RTF. My
- >coworker wrote a RTF to IPF converter, but it needs a little work.
-
- >So I was wondering if there was some other way to generate a .IPF file. I'd
- >rather not type it by hand, as my app currently has over 250 help pages, and
- >it grows daily.
-
- This might work. Try creating a printer using the IBMNULL driver and then
- print to a file. This should convert your Describe document to ASCII which
- can then be converted with a few macros or possibly a Rexx program.
-
- Cheers,
- Q
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