RE: OT: online help with automatic updates

2011-04-15 Thread Jeff Coatsworth
Can Flare do AIR Help? It has something similar with its locally installed help. From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 4:25 PM To: Frame Users Subject: OT: onli

Re: OT: online help with automatic updates

2011-04-15 Thread Scott Prentice
Other than developing this system yourself, the only off-the-shelf system I know of that does this is Adobe's AIR Help. Flare does offer a "WebHelp AIR" output option .. not sure if they have hooked up the auto-update functionality though (I'm thinking not .. but it might be possible to hack it

Re: OT: online help with automatic updates

2011-04-15 Thread Bill Swallow
You'd need a phone home script installed with the Help. Many companies block this type of unauthorized communication. Of course you could add a "check for updates" prompt or link that would go out and compare version numbers between installed Help and the latest available Help. Your product install