With the 3.2 Clipper app, it is easy. Just build PQA using some simplied
HTML based help system and supply it. You can even launch it
programmatically. Unfortunately it will work on Palm VII only.
We are hoping that the Clipper app will be released for OS 3.0 and above
minus the Web linking (wireless support) capability.
Sandeep Shah
K2 Consultants, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jens Rupp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 3:15 PM
Subject: Help System?
>Hi
>
>I am currently writing on the help of one of my programs and i noticed that
>there is currently no easy way to display it, especially if it gets a bit
>longer. FrmHelp(....) can display a long text but uses a bold font (not
good
>to read) and there is nearly no formating option.
>
>The only alternative is to write your own form (maybe using a field to
>display the text) but that takes time and every author has to reinvent the
>wheel.
>
>So what could be the solution?
>How about a small "Help-System" shared library? Just give it a string and
it
>does all the things:
>- Different sections of the text
>- Links to different pages
>- Forward/Back buttons
>- Simple formatting (like a list for TOC, or normal and bold font)
>- Caption of section in large font
>- Scrolling with a scollbar and/or larger buttons
>- maybe even (simple) compression
>
>So now to the questions:
>Who would be intersted in such a thing?
>What would it need to do to be useful?
>Would you be interested to work on it?
>
>This sounds nearly like some special doc reader so maybe its a bit too
much
>i am thinking of....
>
>
>Jens
>www.gacel.de
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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