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We currently use CHM (becoming somewhat 'creaky' as a format) and PDF (no issues), so the new ebooks are a welcome addition/replacement and easy to output. My questions are:- 1. How do we integrate this new format into Visual Objects? 2. Since ebooks automatically expire 07/31/2014 with the BETA, wh...

Just to close this out on my end and because I haven't seen windows 7 yet, have you tinkered with Windows 7? Is CHM still the dominant help format for MS help files?

Thanks.

Thanks for the prompt reply. Do you know if Microsoft/Windows 7 has locked out CHM files completely or just from network access (yes I mean local network)? We're trying to evaluate options moving/looking forward. On a separate note, do you have something more recent than http://msdn.microsoft.com/en...

Hello, Is it possible to integrate an Ebook output into an application and have calsl to the index, contents or topics? For example, ebook_help.exe - Contents http://www.ec-software.com/support_tutorials.html looks to only pertain to Winhelp (dead right?) and HTML Help. We have had to eliminate HTML...

Appreciate the recommendations - cheers.

I have the third edition of the Microsoft publication and it has been very helpful. Are there any other texts worthwhile reviewing?

Hello, I am running into issues with spellcheck. For example, the text "GET_VALCD - returns the value code amount for a given value code." returns:- Not found: eturns Replace With: returns Or the text "ALLTRIM(c) - remove leading and trailing blanks." returns:- Not found: emove R...

Thanks Pete, I followed this as well as some directions elsewhere on this forum (topic is "Link to executable" in H&M 5 - it won't let me post the direct link) and created the following:- -a redirect HTML page template with your code (modified for the web site). -a topic named redirect...

I have two questions about jump1 & jump2 in the HTML Help output:- 1) One target (which doesn't work) is to a h t t p s website. So the first question is whether this is possible or not? Based on my results, I'm guessing not. 2) The second target works but generates a script error when loading t...