I know I'm coming into this thread late after a lot has been discussed already (mostly about generating PDF bookmarks), but I just wanted to add my own responses...
Brendan Murphy wrote: > If anyone out there knows of an easy way to create PDF bookmarks > based of a table of contents that works in a reliable way, please > let me know. HelpLogic generates PDF files with PDF bookmarks based on the Table of Contents in your HelpLogic project. So for example, if you created HTML help pages and a TOC within HelpLogic for use with UniHelp 2, then you could also use HelpLogic (the full version) to publish those same HTML help pages as a PDF file with TOC-based PDF bookmarks: http://www.ebutterfly.com/helplogic/ In fact, if you download the latest UniHelp 2.1 for REALbasic, you'll notice that the included "UniHelp Guide.pdf" was created with HelpLogic and includes PDF bookmarks of the Table of Contents. Obviously, InDesign (as mentioned previously in this thread) is a GREAT tool that can also generate PDF bookmarks. If you do a lot of page layout work as a designer, then the hefty price is worthwhile, but if you only need a tool for generating help files, then you may want to check out the much more affordable HelpLogic (which is also available for both Mac and Windows). A new improved version of HelpLogic is coming soon (which will be a free update for all HelpLogic customers)... Brendan Murphy also wrote: > When I started looking at help systems, my main goal was to have > a maintenance free cross platform system. That's a pretty tall > order. I looked at (and bought) UniHelp and it is a fine product > for what it does and is well suited for cross platform usage, but > fails miserably when it comes to creating maintenance free help > files. I tried it on a couple of products, but gave up on it. It > is not a productive system. What I think Brendan means by this (based on feedback he has sent us in the past) is he is looking for a help system that he does not have to reconfigure settings every time a new version is released that he wants to integrate into his apps. He wants a component that he can replace in his app with the latest version without having to constantly tweak the configuration code for. While that used to be the problem with the old 1.x versions of UniHelp, we actually listened to his feedback awhile back and radically changed the architecture of UniHelp 2 last year to utilize a more modular class-based framework, so that upgrading to the next release of UniHelp does not require any code tweaking. For example, we just released UniHelp 2.1 and replacing it in your apps requires only swapping out the old classes for the new classes -- no code has to be updated. But it sounds like Brendan stopped using UniHelp before the new UniHelp 2 system was introduced. Of course, his UniHelp license still works with UniHelp 2 if he ever wanted to revisit using it in his apps. ;-) Hopefully, none of the above sounded like a shameless plug... Just trying to set the record straight for anyone out there who is reading this thread and not familiar with UniHelp or HelpLogic. :-) Regards, Dave Wooldridge Electric Butterfly http://www.ebutterfly.com ---------------------------------------- RB Garage - http://www.RBGarage.com The largest independent online resource For REALbasic software developers! ---------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
