Well, to be more specific: If you are comfortable writing HTML, then a third-party HTML editor like GoLive or Dreamweaver is NOT required since you can use HelpLogic's built-in HTML Editor.
But if you would rather use only a WYSIWYG editor (which the current version of HelpLogic does not include), then yes, you are correct, you would need to use a third-party WYSIWYG tool like GoLive or Dreamweaver. ;-) Regards, Dave Wooldridge Electric Butterfly http://www.ebutterfly.com ------------------------------------ > Dave Wooldridge wrote: >> 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. ;-) > > What I meant by UniHelp/HelpLogic not being a productive system is > that I as a developer want to spend my time efficiently. I don't > want to be writing html code, I want to write "content". This is > the Achilles heal of UniHelp/HelpLogic in that it is not a turnkey > system that lets you form start to finish complete the > documentation without having to write a single line of html code. > In order to do that with UniHelp/HelpLogic, you need to buy GoLive > or Dreamweaver and there is another $400 added to the price. On > top of that, since the UniHelp/HelpLogic and GoLive are made > by separate companies, there is no guarantee that the output by > GoLive will be properly rendered by UniHelp. So you are walking on > eggshells between the two tools. > > A long time ago I specifically suggested to Dave that they need a > built in a WYSIWIG editor in HelpLogic that can guarantee output > that will work in UniHelp. Then you would have something special > in HelpLogic. As it stands now, it is a lot more work than it is > worth to use UniHelp/HelpLogic. If you enjoy writing html code, > then go for UniHelp/HelpLogic. If productivity is your main goal, > then you must consider other solutions. > > Apple's Pages word processor is about the best solution for > creating documentation except for the fact that it cannot create > PDF bookmarks. It makes "you" the documentation writer efficient > since it is a word processor and it works better than Microsoft > Word! I have used MS Word for years and it has become a confused > mess because of feature bloat and poor GUI implementation. So I > have decided to live with the limitation of the lack of PDF > bookmarks in exchange of being happy as a documentation writer. So > if there is any Apple employee out there reading this, PLEASE add > the ability to make PDF bookmarks based on the TOC. > _______________________________________________ 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>
