helpMATIC Pro V1.22 Shareware
Copyright (c) 1994 - 1998, HSG Software Solutions


Program Description :
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helpMATIC Pro is a Windows 95/98/NT4 help authoring tool that 
allows you to create Windows help files without all the 
low level programming required by conventional methods.

Major Features include :

* What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editing
* Support for upto 255 Windows
* Options to size and position help file windows
* Text, Picture, and Picture and text links
* User Definable links
* Inner Links
* Contents Designer for creating contents files
* Text styles
* WinHelp macro support
* Multimedia Support with Video and Sound commands
* Creation of push buttons
* Export and Import features including HTML
* Context sensitivity
* Browse buttons
* No Scroll Regions
* One click compilation and viewing of help files
* Error debugging
* Easy to use User interface
* Full on-line help
* Tutorial file


Requirements :
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 1) PC capable of running Windows 95/98/NT4.

 2) Microsoft Help Compiler 32bit, version 4 or greater.
    helpMATIC Pro needs the Windows Help Compiler to compile
    the help files. If you don't have the help compiler you can
    download it from the Microsoft WWW site :

    http://support.microsoft.com/support/downloads/dp2677.asp


 3) Visual Basic 5 SP3 run time DLL, MSVBVM50.DLL
    To keep the size of the helpMATIC Pro file set down it was
    decided not to distribute the Visual Basic 5 run time dll
    with the program files. The main reason for this was to 
    shorten download times as the file is nearly 1.5Mb in size.
    There is a good chance that you may already have this file
    on your system because it is distributed with a large number of
    applications and shareware programs. Follow these simple steps to
    check whether or not you have a copy of the file on your computer :

    If you have got 'Microsoft Visual Basic 5 with Service Pack 3' 
    installed on your computer then you have the file, and you don't  
    need to download it.    

    otherwise:

    1) Click on the Windows 'Start' button and select 'Find', 
       'Files or Folders...'
    2) Type 'msvbvm50.dll' and click on 'Find Now'
    3) If the file is found it will be listed, if not then 
       you will need to download a copy. 

    4) If the file is found, right click on it and select
       'Properties', next click on the 'Version' tab and note the
       version number. If the version number is less than 
       '05.00.4319 (SP2)' then you will need to download the file.


    You can download the DLL file from :
                               
                   http://users.aol.com/harbsg/vbdll.html


Installation :
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helpMATIC Pro comes with a setup program that will install and setup
helpMATIC Pro on your computer. To begin the setup program :

 1) Select 'Run' from the Windows Start menu.
 2) If you received helpMATIC Pro on disk, then :

    Type the drive letter of the disk containing the helpMATIC Pro
    files, followed by ':setup.exe', and press enter.    

    or, if you downloaded helpMATIC Pro from the Internet, then :

    Type the full path to the unzipped helpMATIC Pro files
    and type \setup.exe. 


List of files :
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helpMATIC Pro shareware has the following set of files :

Filename         Description                 Destination

ASYCFILT.DLL     OLE                         Windows\System
BOOKS.BMP        Sample graphic file         Prog dir
COMCAT.DLL       VB5                         Windows\System
COMCTL32.OCX     VB5                         Windows\System
COMDLG32.OCX     VB5                         Windows\System
CTL3D32.DLL      For Windows NT3.51 users    Windows\System
EXAMPLE.HMP      Sample project file         Prog dir
HELPMTIC.EXE     helpMATIC Pro executable    Prog dir
HELPMTIC.CNT     Help contents file          Prog dir
HELPMTIC.HLP     helpMATIC Pro help file     Prog dir
LICENSE.TXT      License and disclaimer text Prog dir
LIGHT.BMP        Sample graphic file         Prog dir
OLEPRO32.DLL     OLE                         Windows\System
OLEAUT32.DLL     OLE                         Windows\System
ORDER.TXT        Ordering information text   Prog dir
README.TXT       This text file              Prog dir
RICHED32.DLL     VB5                         Windows\System
RICHTX32.OCX     VB5                         Windows\System
SETUP.EXE        Main setup program
SETUP.LST        Setup
SETUP1.EXE       Setup
STDOLE2.TBL      OLE                         Windows\System
ST5UNST.EXE      Uninstall program           Windows\
VB5STKIT.DLL     VB5                         Windows\System
WHATSNEW.TXT	 Whats new in this ver text  Prog dir 

The file CTL3D32.DLL is only copied to your system if you are
using Windows NT 3.51. It is not needed for Windows 95/98/NT4.

Key :

VB5 = Standard run time files required by Visual Basic 5 programs.

Setup = Files required by the setup program only.

Prog dir = Directory where helpMATIC Pro is installed.

OLE = Windows files required for OLE.

Files without destination entries are not installed on your
system.


If you did not receive all of the above files then please contact
the author (see below).


Uninstalling :
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helpMATIC Pro comes with an uninstall program that will
remove all files installed during helpMATIC Pro setup.

 1) Goto the control panel and select 'Add/Remove programs'
 2) Click on the helpMATIC Pro entry in the application list
 3) Click on 'Add/Remove'


Contact information :
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If you have any problems or questions then please email the 
author, Harbinder Ghag at harbsg@aol.com

