HLPDK - Help Development Kit - Version 11.5

HLPDK Sound & Vision Edition
More Power for Windows and OS/2 Users !

April 29, 1994 -- HLPDK is a shareware hypertext and hypermedia Help
Database Development Kit, that includes two royalty free help engines and
a help compiler with a built-in cross reference tool. Creates help files
for many target formats from one help source.

Version 11.5 Highlights:

** New Windows Activation program (available only with the registered
version) - run HLPDK under Windows using a GUI interface !

** New Native OS/2 hosted compiler (available only with the registered
version) can run directly from an OS/2 session. Supports access to 16MB
memory, and most of helpCX features. The fastest HLPDK compiler yet - no
need to switch back and forth between real and protected mode.

** The native memory help engine and the help compiler are limited by
available memory, or 130 Million topics.

** The HLPDK System Extension Library (HDKLIB) now supports the
undocumented winHelp macros ExtAbleItem, ExtInsertItem, FloatingMenu,
ResetMenu, JumpHash and PopupHash.

Companion Products News

WH2HDK - Windows winHelp help Projects (RTF) to HLPDK converter.
Facilitates the conversion of existing winHelp projects to HLPDK, and from
HLPDK to all the supported targets. A great way to generate cross-platform
help projects from old and new winHelp projects !

RC2HDK version 3.0 - generates help templates from Windows RC files, now
supports RC Dialogs !

Major 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.

Supported targets

Windows 3.0/3.1 winHelp .HPJ/.RTF
OS/2 .IPF (IPFC)
Microsoft Multimedia Viewer 2.0
THELP 3.0 .HL
DESQview/X .HLP (MDVXHELP)
TVHC 1.1 .TXT (TVHC)
QuickHelp 1.83 .SRC (HELPMAKE)
Native (Paradox 4.x & text)
POPHELP .TXT (MAKEHELP)
Native (Memory HDX & text)
Sony MM Player (Via MM Viewer)
Word Processors (via RTF)
Text documents with automatic table of contents, glossary & index
WWW HTML (Supporting Windows, Macintosh, UNIX - Motif, VMS and
          probably other platforms)

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), 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. Take existing texts (user manuals, technical
notes, etc.), add simple help commands, compile them and you have a
complete help system with hot-links, indexes and directories !

Download HLPDK from your favorite BBS or order it from shareware catalogs.
Get your registered copy from HyperAct, Inc. or from PsL (1-800-242-4PsL).
Registration fee is $50 (plus S&H). Help Engine TurboPascal sources may be
obtained for an additional $100 fee. RC2HDK and WH2HDK sold separately.
Higher Education discounts available. For a limited time, registering
HLPDK includes a $9.95 discount on the JCSM Shareware CD-ROM collection.

HyperAct, Inc.
P.O. Box 5517, Coralville IA 52241
Phone/Fax (319) 351-8413,   Compuserve 76350,333

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