I agree about the HLP search (see my post from the 27th) but if we switch to a limited number of pages with anchors instead of multiple pages with links then at least we'll have the benefit of the regular MSIE text search, which doesn't have the character limitation. You still can't search the whole CHM but at least you have a better chance of getting a hit since the page will be quite large.
I don't know what you mean by "I just wish the chm version was ... html compatible."What's more HTML-compatible than CHM? Drop an HTML file on a CHM and see. Help 2000 has most of the CHM features but my objection to HLP is not so much useability as development times, proprietary formats, and the need for pricey development software. HLP authoring usually requires the use of MS Word, whose RTF output (like its HTML output) is so damn messy you can never edit it in an ASCII editor if something screws up, which it invariably does. I always have to open the RTF in a help authoring app and re-export it in order to make it editable. If you stick with HLP then you are forced to have separate HTML and HLP authoring workflows. There is software than can output both HTML and HLP but not only is it expensive, it's not what a web developer would prefer to use. As for useability, the advantages of javascript and Flash are not negligible. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:44 PM ...and the .hlp has a better search function in it IMO. Ever tried searching for characters (> or @). Chm also doesn't have the search-as-you-type capabilities. Which is quite useful sometimes. I just wish the chm version, was the hlp style...but enhanced, and html compatible. Seems like hlp and chm...has a little good of two different parts. No one good version. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/JV_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
