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RTFGEN
Version 2.01
RTFGEN is for you people who are trying to avoid getting involved with
a Rich Text Format (RTF) word processor ($$ and nuisance) just because the
help compiler requires an RTF input file. You can now use your favorite
ASCII editor to produce a file which RTFGEN will then convert to the
proper help compiler format.
Version 2.0 is now a Windows program. In addition to coverting your ASCII
topic file(s) to RTF, it builds the help project file (.HPJ), runs the
Microsoft help compiler, and displays the resulting help file all with one
keystroke.
Files supplied:
RTFGEN.EXE The main program.
HEADING Required by RTFGEN.EXE to produce RTF files.
RTFGEN.HLP Help files and documentation for RTFGEN.
SIMPLE.HLP
RTFGEN.TPC ASCII topic file used to build RTFGEN.HLP.
MISC.TPC
RTFGEN.MAC Macro include file for above.
*.BMP Bitmap files used in RTFGEN.HLP.
*.SHG Hotspot bitmap files used in RTFGEN.HLP.
SIMPLE.TPC Simple topic file used to build SIMPLE.HLP.
README This one.
Installation:
I recommend you copy these files to a directory of their own. RTFGEN will not
pollute your Window's directory or your WIN.INI file.
The Window's help compiler(s) should be somewhere on your path. When run from
within RTFGEN, the help compiler may run full screen or in a window depending
on the _DEFAULT.PIF settings. Since running in a window is somewhat more
aesthetic, you may want to set up a .PIF file for the help compiler with the
"Run in window" option checked.
Documentation:
RTFGEN.HLP and SIMPLE.HLP provide the documentation. If you've never written
a help file before or you want to get an easy start on the doc's, start with
SIMPLE.HLP. You'll find all you need to know to write a simple (but often
adequate) help file.
You can use the topic files supplied to practice with. If you do, make sure
you name your project file something other than RTFGEN.HPS or SIMPLE.HPS to
avoid overwriting the supplied help files.
The use of RTFGEN is free. However, if you find it useful, have suggestions,
or find bugs, I'd like to hear from you. Future support, changes will
probably depend on how useful it turns out to be.
Source code (Borland Pascal 7.0) is available for $10.
BUG FIXES AND CHANGES
Vers. 2.01
'New' now properly resets the map file options.
Allow '\:' to be used if a colon is required in Jump/Popup text.
Looking at a help file in another directory changed the default directory so
that later help files were output to the wrong directory. This has been fixed.
If you wish to supply your own context sensitive help identifier file, you can
now do it by editing the [MAP] section of the .HPS file. Any entry you make here
will get transfered to the .HPJ file.
Dave Baldwin
Compuserve ID 76327,53
22 Fox Den Rd.,
Hollis, NH 03049 (May 15 to Oct 15)
(603) 465-7857
144 13th St. East,
Tierra Verde, FL 33715 (Oct 15 to May 15)
(813) 867-3030