For information on winhelp,
see WorkWrite's homepage
Last update:
Help University, Inc. added (2 Jul. '99)
Webmonkey & Microsoft sitebuilder added (29 Mar. '99)
The original list was created and published by Ruth T. Glaser rglaser@nxtrend.com by means of the TECHWR-L mailing list.
It is further edited by Peter Ring, PRC , and first time published here on 29 May 1997 with permission from Ruth T. Glaser.
Java and JavaScript ressources plus CCS (Cascating Style Sheets) tutorials : http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/.
CCS (Cascating Style Sheets) properties http://webreview.com/wr/pub/guides/style/safegrid.html .
Help University, Inc. is a group of training, consulting, and management professionals dedicated to furthering the interests and growth of the community of WinHelp and HTML-based Help developers while serving the individual needs of their clients. They run a website on http://www.helpuniversity.com/ISV/htmlhelp.htm with a comment service, where you can submit suggestions, etc. to e.g. Microsoft for improvements. The comments can be viewed at http://www.helpuniversity.com/ISV/99Q2summary.htm (this year) and http://www.helpuniversity.com/ISV/wishgripe.htm (complete list).
Javascript tutorials, see http://www.htmlgoodies.com
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A lot of javascript source files, see http://www.javascripts.com .
The Java Management API Online
Help Developers Guide:
http://java.sun.com/products/JavaManagement/documents/help_guide/html/help_devguide_title.html
"The JMAPI Help System is a Java- and HTML-based help system that provides
global and context-sensitive help for applications built from the Java Management
API classes. The JMAPI Help System consists of a dedicated browser for viewing
help pages and an authoring environment for creating the help pages."
jHelp homepage:
http://w3.nai.net/~rvdi/jhelp/jhelp.html
"jHelp is essentially a parser and formatter that displays help files coded
in HTML2. It can be displayed as a pop- up frame, or embedded as a panel
within a container object. It is very easy to use."
Microsoft's HTML, JavaScript, etc. page for assisting HTML designers incl. Q&A service: http://www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder/workshop/
Microsoft's introduction
to HTML Help:
http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/home.htm
"Microsoft HTML Help is designed for displaying online documentation. Its
audience is authors who create online Help for a software program, or who
are creating a multimedia title or a site on the World Wide Web."
Microsoft's HTMLhelp and the free(!) MS HTML Help Workshop 1.2 downloadable from Microsoft's website ( http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/download.asp ). MS HTML Help Workshop 1.2 can e.g. make a single HTML-help file out of
Netscape's introduction to
NetHelp: http://home.netscape.com/eng/help/
Netscape's HTML-based help solution. "NetHelp is an open standards-based platform
for creating and viewing HTML-based online help. Using Netscape Navigator
3.0 or later, NetHelp provides a context-sensitive online help solution for
any web-based application or native Macintosh, Unix, or Windows program."
Ben Weisner & Associate's
Help Author's Resource Kit (TM):
http://www.weisner.com/harkontheweb/index.html
Contains information about HTML-based help. Volume 2 is coming soon. Also
lists and describes resources. http://www.workwrite.com/msintr.htm The WorkWrite
site, including an interview on HTML Help with Microsoft's Ralph Walden.
This site contains many, many links to other resources.
Java resources:
http://www.infospheres.caltech.edu/resources/java.html
Many links to find more information about Java in general. I would love to
continue the conversation about documenting platform and browser independent
java systems.
WorkWrite's homepage:
http://www.workwrite.com/content1.htm
includes a lot of information on HTML helpfiles and WinHelp: References,
lists of programmes, interviews on the subject, etc.
If you have more relevant links to this list, please write PRC .
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