HyperAct Inc. is proud to announce the availability of HLPDK V11.5.

HLPDK is a Multi-Platform and Multi-Target Hypertext, Hypermedia, On-line
Help and Printed documentation Development Kit.

HLPDK Includes : 

4 Help Compilers         (Dos, DPMI, Windows, OS/2)
4 Help Engines (Readers) (Memory, Paradox on Dos, DPMI)
Built-In Cross Reference Tool.

Supports creation of DOS help databases, popular source files,  Windows
(WinHelp & Multimedia Viewer), OS/2 (IPF), World Wide Web and DESQview/X
help source files!. 

Creates text and word processors documents with automatic table  of
contents, glossary and index from the same source. 

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, trigger actions and more.

Library : (Expanded HDKLIB is included)

HDKLIB is an extention library to HLPDK that adds functionality to the
HLPDK package, by including special "User Link Templates" that  add
support for special links, special graphics, enhanced text  attributes,
graphic links, normal text links, 256 color bitmap  support, video,
CDAudio, Multimedia MCI interface etc .. WINHELP users have access to the
complete macro API, using !xxx  user links. The library contains a short
video sample! *Now with UN-DOCUMENTED WinHelp macros Support!*

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), Sony MM Player (Via MM Viewer), World Wide Web
HTML supported readers (Windows, Macintosh, Unix-Motif,  VMS and more).
(And all from *ONE* source!)

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 !  

Releated tools you might be interested in include :

IL2HDK   Ralf Brown's Interrupt List -> HLPDK converter.
NG2HDK   Norton Guides -> HLPDK converter.
POPHDK   POPHELP -> HLPDK converter (Yaniv Golan).
HPCHDK   HelpPC -> HLPDK converter  (Y. Golan).
TPFHDK   Convert Timo Salmi's Pascal FAQ -> HLPDK.
CPFHDK   Convert The C++ FAQ to HLPDK (Y. Golan).
RC2HDK   Help template generator from windows resource files.
NEWSDB   Usenet News hypertext generator :
         The Tool that will allow you to store and 
         navigate through "Other People's Wisdom".
JARG2HDK Convert the Jargon File -> HLPDK
         (Slren Pingel Dalsgaard)
SCANHELP Document Pascal Programs. (Duncan Murdoch).
CVTOPHLP OPRO Help -> HLPDK convert program.

and coming soon ... Windows Help -> HLPDK.

HyperAct Inc.
PO Box 5517
Coralville, IA 52241
319-351-8413
CIS:76350,333 or CIS:100274,162

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