
                             EXTRA INFORMATION



INSTALLING THE HELP COMPILER

In order to compile Help files, HelpBuilder requires the Microsoft Windows
Help Compiler (HC31.EXE). This has now been placed in the Public Domain
by Microsoft and is supplied with HelpBuilder, however you are not being
charged for this in your registration fee.
HC31.EXE is supplied with both the Microsoft and Borland C++ compilers,
Visual Basic and probably many other software development tools, so you
will probably already have a copy of it. HelpBuilder can create projects
without HC31.EXE but you will not be able to compile them without it.

The HelpBuilder Setup program assumes that you wish to use the copy of
HC31.EXE supplied and will place it in the same directory as the
HelpBuilder executeables but you can change this to point to your own copy
of HC31.
To configure HelpBuilder, you can either edit HELPBLDR.INI (Not with
HelpBuilder itself) or create a help project and select the Project/Settings
menu option, then select the 'Compiler Installation' section. From here you
can install the compilers of your choice. This is the recommended method.
Note that each help project will contain the name of the compiler
required to compile it to assist in portability.

If you wish to use a help compiler other than HC31.EXE you can use this same
technique to configure HelpBuilder as above. Note however, that your
alternative compiler must be HC31 compatible (HelpBuilder does not produce
input files compatible with HC30.EXE at present).
Please note that HC31.EXE also requires the file 'HC31.ERR'. If this is
missing HC31.EXE will fail to run.

HelpBuilder uses a Windows .PIF file to enable it to run the Help Compiler.
This is placed in your \WINDOWS directory. If you have installed Windows
on any other drive other than C: you will need to use PIF Editor to
edit HECOMP.PIF and change the drive letter of the 'Program File Name' to
the drive on which Windows has been installed.


If you have downloaded this software from Compuserve and wish to continue
using it after the evaluation period, you can now pay for it using the
automated payment service provided by SWREG. This is a very easy method for
payment and means you don't have to worry about international postage and
currency etc. You can use SWREG to pay for any shareware which has been
registered within it. To reach this facility: 'GO SWREG'.

If you require any further information, I can now be contacted on
Compuserve ID: 100105,536



NEW FEATURES TO VERSION 1.05

     -     3d Dialogs and controls
     -     Redesign/improved ease of use to all dialogs
     -     Norton Guides Help project import
     -     Topic locator for fast access to topics
     -     Automated maintenence of topic header file
     -     Improved interpretation/Handling of Help Compiler error messages
     -     Compiler installation and selection now performed in Project
           Settings dialog instead of .INI file
     -     Topic Text macros for date, time, copyright, title etc

NEW FEATURES TO VERSION 1.06

     -     Internal bug fixes



NEW FEATURES PLANNED FOR FUTURE RELEASES

     -     WYSIWYG editor for topic text (fonts, colours, bold, italic etc)
