If you've already got MIF2Go generating EclipseHelp, how your docs are structured is of no concern. Adding a second or third output format in MIF2Go is a very minor task compared with the first.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Fei Min Lorente <feimin.lore...@onsemi.com> wrote: > Not DITA. It's our own DTD. > > Fei Min > > -----Original Message----- > From: Writer [mailto:generic...@yahoo.ca] > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:51 PM > To: Fei Min Lorente; framers@lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Choosing a Help Format > > By "structured", do you mean DITA or some other type of structured content? > > Nadine > >> >>I’ve got documentation in structured FrameMaker 10 and Mif2Go. I’ve produced >>Eclipse Help routinely in the past, but for the first time, we’re creating a >>user interface in Visual Studio. We want to integrate the Help so that a >>button or menu item in the UI will open a Help window, complete with a table >>of contents and search facility. An index would be nice, and >>context-sensitive links to the documentation would be nice, but are lower >>priority. >> >>The software is intended for Windows operating systems only, and it’s >>supposed to be a standalone installation—no internet or network required. >> >>We are considering Microsoft HTML Help, but have a few concerns because it >>seems somewhat dated and lacking in active development on Microsoft’s part. >>We are also considering standalone Eclipse Help because it’s being maintained >>and we can leverage our previous experience, but we are somewhat daunted by >>its size and the fact that we couldn’t find anyone using it when they aren’t >>producing an Eclipse-based product. WebHelp requires us to buy RoboHelp, >>which isn’t out of the question, but I’m not sure we can justify the cost >>because we don’t need it to run cross-platform nor from a server, and our >>developer is a bit concerned about the uncompiled set of output files being >>too easy for customers to mess with. Could anyone suggest any other Help >>formats we should look at? Can anyone endorse a Help format or tell us which >>ones we should avoid? Can anyone (besides Jeremy J) tell me about their >>experience with OmniHelp? >> >>Fei Min Lorente >>Senior Technical Communicator >>Medical and Wireless Division >>feimin.lore...@onsemi.com >>+1 519-884-9696 ext. 2229 | Waterloo office >>+1 519-831-4931 | mobile >>+1 905-631-5724 | fax >>www.onsemi.com > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as rob...@lauriston.com. > > Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/robert%40lauriston.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
