** HLPDK Sound & Vision Edition **
   Picture!   Music!    Action!

Version 10.0 is a major release and a major step forward.  It brings many
enhancements and improvements and brings  HLPDK to the Multimedia world.
The highlights are:

 - Microsoft Multimedia Viewer support.
 - Native Graphic support for winHelp, MM VIEWER and OS/2.
 - Native Sound support in winHelp and MM VIEWER.
 - Native Application Launch links for winHelp, MM VIEWER 
   and OS/2. Just a click of a mouse can Launch another 
   application !
 - Multiple file target databases support in winHelp, 
   MM VIEWER and OS/2. Create links to external databases, 
   and huge projects with no size limit !
 - User Defined Links. Expand the HDF language without source 
   code changes ! Create extension libraries to the HLPDK 
   language and compiler !

HLPDK100 - Help Development Kit - Sound & Vision Edition. A HYPERTEXT and
HYPERMEDIA help database development kit  that includes 2 royality free
help ENGINES, and a help  COMPILER with a built in cross reference tool,
supports  creation of DOS help databases (several targets),  Windows
(winHelp), OS/2 (IPF) and DESQview/X sources! Creates text and word
processors documents with automatic  table of contents, glossary and index
from the same  source.  Now with MS Multimedia Viewer support!

HLPDK - *Write once, help many!*

Features :

Topics, PopUps, Links, Keywords, Text Formats,  Navigational and Structural
facilities, Target Code  insertion, Multiple module files, Automatic
Pascal/C/C++  reference generation, Exception handling, Multiple file 
target databases, Graphics, Sound, Groups, Application Launch, Automatic
exports creation, User defined link  templates and more.

Targets :

Native(PX), Native(MEM), WinHelp 3.0, WinHelp 3.1,  Multimedia Viewer,
THELP, QUICKHELP, TVHC, POPHELP,  DESQview/X, OS/2, Text,  Word Processors
Documentation  (Via RTF).

Developing help text is an important but often neglected  part of
application development. Developers often run out  of time and/or money
long before they even start it.  Not a easy task to begin with (it
requires skills in both  application design and technical writing skills),
today's  help systems also require programming expertise and a good 
measure of time. As a result many applications have  inadequate help
systems that do not really fulfill their  objective - HELP THE USER. 

The problem is even more complex when an application has  more than one
target environment, each one using different  formats and programming
techniques to generate help text. HLPDK cannot solve all the problems
involved in help text  generation, but it helps A LOT !. It allows you to
write  one help text source and compile it to many different  targets !  

You can take existing text like user manuals, technical  notes, etc., add
simple help commands, compile it and you  have a complete help system !  

HLPDK supports the following target formats :

 winHelp 3.0/3.1 .HPJ/.RTF   
 THELP 3.0 .HL (HL 6.0 & 6.10).  
 QuickHelp 1.83 .SRC (HELPMAKE).  
 POPHELP .TXT (MAKEHELP)          
 Native (Memory HDX & text).  
 Text Documents (Table of contents, Glossary + Index).
 MS Multimedia Viewer 2.0 .MVP/.RTF
 OS/2 .IPF (IPFC)
 DESQview/X .HLP (MDVXHELP)
 TVHC 1.1 .TXT (TVHC).
 Native (Paradox 4.x & text).
 Word Processors documents (via RTF)

For a limited time, HLPDK includes a $9.95 discount,  on the JCSM Shareware
CD-ROM collection.

Releated tools you might be interested in include :

IL2HDK Ralf Brown's interrupt list 2 hlpdk converter
NG2HDK Norton Guides 2 hlpdk converter
POPHDK POPHELP 2 hlpdk converter
HPCHDK HelpPC 2 hlpdk converter
NEWSDB Usenet News hypertext generator :
       The Tool that will allow you to store and 
       navigate through "Other People's Wisdom".

You can download an evaluation copy from the following places :

CIS: WINSDK / WINHELP
     IBMPRO / Tools/Debuggers
     OS2DF1 / Dev. Tools.
     WUGNET / Elec. Publishing (Lib 9).

Internet:
    garbo:     /pc/programming
    simtel:    hypertext
    cica:      /pub/pc/win3/programr
    cdrom.com: os2/all/program

The files are available as 

HDK100A.ZIP (Compiler, docmentation)
HDK100B.ZIP (dos engines, samples, extention libraries).   

From: Ron Loewy, ISoft D&M

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