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What was the version of this DLL? (Right-click it in the Windows explorer and then choose "Properties" from the context menu).

The internal text format is RTF with a few enhancements in binary format. Even if they were text only, the database structure (all topics in a single file) still makes it problematic to integrate an external version control system.

Unintentional page breaks could also be caused by a "topic text placeholder" that is too large. Take a look at the manual template - at the Topics section. How large is the topic text placeholder on the topic band? The height of this object determines the minimum height of the topic, that ...

Help & Manual creates standard Windows help files, that can be used with Progress as well as with many other development tools. So the "interface" is actually a matter of the development tool, not the help authoring tool. This site seems to be a good resource for Progress 4GL: http://w...

John, the build-options cannot be extened in a simple way. There's a small reserve for future options but no chance to freely add new build options. The options are saved as one 4 byte integervalue, not as a list. So, what seems like a snap, a little improvement, requires in fact a substantial chang...

I could imagine a *very* short delay when you preview an SHG file the first time. Because the SHG preview involves the DLL ecshg3.dll which is only loaded when required. Bitmaps and even IPP images should display quickly, as there is no conversion overhead to display the preview. JPEG and PNG may al...

Michael,
could you please send me the project file with one impict image to test it?
Please send it to support AT ec-software.com.

Update last night: version 3.31 build 856 is available and fixes this problem.

Thanks for the detailed report! It is not related to XP, it's a bug in Help & Manual. We'll correct it a.s.a.p.! Meanwhile, some background and a workaround: Help & Manual does not recognize the change of the focus in this procedure. When you are editing text before or after that table, it t...

Do you mean that Help & Manual (or the source files) should be protected or are you referring to the output files? If the latter, use either PDF or the MultiMedia help output format. Both have a password option and offer a fairly good protection. HTML Help, Winhelp and browser based help are sta...

ALL of the lines starting from and including "IF CHM" to end of the topic had disappeared on EVERY topic including the page breaks. I recompiled into CHM and sure enough, there were none of the related topic items appearing. What are the include options that you use to export the CHM? The...

The project report (from the tools) menu is pretty flexible... You can select which topics to report and how much of the topic (small/medium/max details) and sort them the way you want. It reports links to other topics, macros, broken links, images and image hot spots, keywords and help context numb...

Is it possible to print a list of topics with special settings?

Yes. The project report (from the tools menu) does this.

Provide more text variables such as one which will refer to the current topic's title. What do you want to use it for? The topic header is visible anyway, when the topic is displayed in the browser. The topic title is the short caption of the corresponding TOC entry. You can use the variable <%TOPI...

I cannot duplicate this - works fine for me with one drawback: not all WordArt effects are visible in the PDF. The skewed text, for instance, doesn't have a surface. Looks funny but not as intended. The problem here is the Windows metafile. If you paste it in the manual designer (or H&M), you ge...