Htmlhelp - examples please

[Pauli Haukka]

Is there anywhere examples how to create application help system (htmlhelp)
with c++builder 2006. I have done help-file with html help workshop.

I have tried to find examples from internet, but all I found were for old
style hlp-files which are no longer in use in Vista. I do not want any third
party components but an simple example how to integrate html help to an
application using standard tools available in BDS ide. I suppose it is
possible ?

pauli

[Remy Lebeau (TeamB)]

Post by Pauli Haukka
Is there anywhere examples how to create application help system
(htmlhelp) with c++builder 2006. I have done help-file with html
help workshop.

Please go to http://www.deja.com and search the newsgroup archives. This
topic has been discussed many many times before.

Post by Pauli Haukka
I have tried to find examples from internet, but all I found were
for old style hlp-files which are no longer in use in Vista.

Microsoft has already released an update to Vista that re-enables HLP
support.


Gambit

[Pauli Haukka]

Thanks for the answer, I found part of the solution there.

However, I think this part of program development is especially badly
documented. It would be nice if Borland could maintain wikipedia- type pages
where people could add documentation and examples since it seems to me that
Borland has no results to develop C++Builder as it should. BSD 2006 help
system includes no examples at all (c++builder 6 was much better) and
documentation is not what expect from one of the leading compiler producer.

Wikipedia-type internet-based documentation would give users possibility to
develop this product. Nowadays it depends on luck if you are able to find
information from newsgroups and the information is spread and partly very
old.

best regards,
pauli

[Pauli Haukka]

There was a mistake in spelling

".... since it seems to me that Borland has no results... "
should be of course
".... since it seems to me that Borland has no recources..."

I hope that you got the idea
regards, Pauli

Post by Pauli Haukka
However, I think this part of program development is especially badly
documented. It would be nice if Borland could maintain wikipedia- type
pages where people could add documentation and examples since it seems to
me that Borland has no results to develop C++Builder as it should. BSD
2006 help system includes no examples at all (c++builder 6 was much
better) and documentation is not what expect from one of the leading
compiler producer.
Wikipedia-type internet-based documentation would give users possibility
to develop this product. Nowadays it depends on luck if you are able to
find information from newsgroups and the information is spread and partly
very old.
best regards,
pauli

[Remy Lebeau (TeamB)]

Post by Pauli Haukka
It would be nice if Borland could maintain wikipedia- type
pages where people could add documentation and examples

You could always start one yourself.

Post by Pauli Haukka
it seems to me that Borland has no results to develop C++Builder
as it should.

Borland is not developing C++Builder at all anymore. That is CodeGear's
responsibility now, and things have improved alot since that separation
occcured.

Post by Pauli Haukka
BSD 2006 help system includes no examples at all (c++builder 6
was much better)

Have you looked at RAD2007 yet? CodeGear has been implementing more help
with each new release.

Post by Pauli Haukka
documentation is not what expect from one of the leading compiler producer.

I'm not trying to bash Borland in any way, mind you, but it hasn't exactly
been a "leader" in C++ compilers for awhile now. Even before the BCB
product line was officially discontinued and then revived a few years later,
the compiler was already starting to fall behind its competitors. A lot of
third-party code doesn't even target the Borland compiler anymore.
Hopefully CodeGear will fix that in the coming years. It has already
implemented more standards compliance with each new release.


Gambit

[Pauli Haukka]

Post by Remy Lebeau (TeamB)

Post by Pauli Haukka
It would be nice if Borland could maintain wikipedia- type
pages where people could add documentation and examples

You could always start one yourself.

And the result would be one more place in the internet that is not up to
date.
In my opinion it is CodeGear's responsibity, and that is the place where
people
first look for the help if they have problems.

Post by Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Borland is not developing C++Builder at all anymore. That is CodeGear's
responsibility now, and things have improved alot since that separation
occcured.

I sure hope so, but there is a lot to do. Wiki-type pages which basic
structure is constructed
and maintened by CodeGear would decrease their own work finally, I suppose.

Post by Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Have you looked at RAD2007 yet? CodeGear has been implementing more help
with each new release.

Not yet, I guess 2008 is coming soon.

Pauli