Dear Paul, I looked at your suggestion of using AurthorIT but it was a very expensive solution for me.
This morning I went back to my intuition about Borland tools and then found the solution. I fixed my problem by editing and saving App.rtf using Corel Word Perfect instead of MS word which gave me problems, then compiled it to theApp.Help.hlp file using the compiler supplied by Borland and distributed in Borland\Tools\Help\ HCW.exe (Microsoft's Help Compiler). Voila!! Thanks anyway Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Eggleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 4:10 PM Subject: RE: [DUG] Help, Creating Help File > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Monday, 14 June 2004 3:59 p.m.: > > Presuming the Application is called App, I have six files as follows > > :- AppHelp.rtf (125K) which I presume is the source, ultimately > > makes AppHelp.hlp (25K). > > > > I also suppose that AppHelp.hjp (1K) , AppHelp.gid (11K) , > > AppHelp.fts (42K) , and AppHelp.cnt (2K) were created along the way. > > The HPJ file is a help project file. This refers to the RTF file which > is indeed the source. You can edit this RTF file in Word, and then use > one the Microsoft Help Compiler (hc.exe) to compile it, or alternatively > you could go for one of the help authoring tools such as AuthorIT! > (which is what our technical writer uses, and is NZ made). > > The gid and fts files are for searching and user options and should not > be distributed. > > Cheers, > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
