Andre, a lot of developers don't have departments to write Help, but some us have to, whether we like it or not, and generally we don't like it. The big advantage a developer has in writing Help themselves, is that at the time they are writing Help they are actually testing their application at the same time.
I write Help for all of my applications, and hate it, but there have been many a time I have fixed a bug or come up changes. Also as a developer you are providing the user with help if they require it. You wrote the application, now it is time for you tell the user how to use it and not have them guess how to use it. Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andre van Zuydam Sent: Saturday, 10 December 2005 9:44 PM To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List Subject: Another Topic : Open to All to participate Topic : Providing Help in a Delphi Application My previous software applications I've written have never got so complicated as to need a help file for the user, but now since I want to package some of my newer software I want to implement help systems in the software. Traditionally this is done by creating hlp files or now the newer CHM files. Being a single developer I do not have a whole department to write the help files for the user. I have done help for previous applications but I find it terribly cumbersome. I had an idea based on websites I've seen to provide a simple help file for the user and then let the user expand on the help file when they get stuck with certain situations. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to tackle this issue of putting a help system in a programme? Yours sincerely Andre van Zuydam Spiceware Software __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
