Chaps, I loved making chm files back in the 90s with RoboHelp and HDK, then in the 00s I used NDoc a lot. Now I use Sandcastle to generate help sites, and it's the only output option I've used, never chm. I guess it's so easy to publish and update a help web site these days that it's the natural way people are drifting. I haven't packaged a chm file in an installer for years, I now put a Help>Content menu (or equivalent) in the app which is a hyperlink -- *Greg (K)*
On 22 April 2016 at 09:27, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com> wrote: > Greg - Yes, you reinforce my impressions (online doco). > > Actually, I had two superceded help formats mixed – winhlp32.exe is for > the older .HLP format. > > I do see a number of authoring products that support .CHM (including > Microsoft, and Sandcastle) but some have alternative output in PDF. > > > > Ian Thomas > > Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Low (??????) > *Sent:* Friday, 22 April 2016 7:59 AM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Subject:* RE: [OT] WinHlp32.exe and .CHM help file format > > > > The current trend is towards online doco only, I’m guessing mostly because > it’s so easy to keep up to date. > > > > The SQL Server team begrudgingly supplies offline doco but it’s not a > patch (no pun intended) on the online versions. They use their HelpViewer 2 > mostly. Nothing is really coming in CHM any more. > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Dr Greg Low > > > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 > fax > > SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Ian Thomas > *Sent:* Thursday, 21 April 2016 10:33 PM > *To:* ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com > *Subject:* [OT] WinHlp32.exe and .CHM help file format > > > > I know that the .CHM file format has been deprecated / not recommended / > not supported for 5 or more years, but I found that there is an installer > for Windows 8/8.1 for its “reader”, Winhlp32.exe – but not for Windows 10. > > MSDN Magazine abandoned the format in 2009 or 2010. > > I don’t know if anyone writes help documentation for their Windows > applications any more – unless it’s PDF or some form of HTML. > > What’s the experience and recommendsations of you folks on the ozdotnet > list? > > There is a way to coerce the Windows 7 install package for Winhp32.exe to > work for an install on Windows 10 64-bit (which is quite clever), but I’m > intrigued to know if Microsoft has any replacement for its various > generations of help file formats. For a decade or more (15+ years perhaps) > it spawned an entire industry of third-party help authoring applications., > including a couple of Australian ones > > > > Ian Thomas > > Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia > > >
