1.4.5 Obtain third-party tools for Help systems

If you plan to generate any of the Help formats, you will need additional tools to compile or complete your Help project.

MS HTML Help

Tools, including HTML Help Workshop, are in the Microsoft Library:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms669985.aspx

OmniHelp

OmniHelp control files, available from Omni Systems:

http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm

Oracle Help

Oracle Help for Java, available from Oracle:

http://otn.oracle.com/software/tech/java/help/content.html

JavaHelp

JavaHelp, available from Sun Microsystems:

http://java.sun.com/products/javahelp/index.html

Eclipse Help

Eclipse SDK or Infocenter, available from Eclipse:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

WinHelp

Microsoft Help Workshop; you can download Help Workshop from Josef Becker's wonderful HelpMaster Web site:

http://www.helpmaster.info/hlp-musthave.htm

Install Microsoft Help Workshop in a folder separate from Mif2Go. Keep in mind that to use WinHelp, users with systems running Microsoft Vista will have to download a new WinHelp engine from Microsoft; this engine cannot be distributed by third parties.

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