Re: MS HTML Help vs. WebHelp

["Kevin Amery" <kevindamery -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On 5/30/07, Keith Hansen <KRH -at- weiland-wfg -dot- com> wrote:
> For the project I'm currently working on, I could use either MS HTML
> Help or WebHelp. Here's my questions:
> * Are there any compelling reasons any more to use MS HTML Help instead
> of WebHelp?
> * Is MS HTML Help now considered dated and passe?
>
> I'm more familiar with WebHelp. I'm aware of its advantages:
> * Browser independent
> * No problem accessing over network (I know MS HTML Help/.CHM files may
> not open over a network, due to a MS security patch, or something like
> that.)
> * More modern-looking appearance (The interface in MS HTML Help looks
> dated to me.)
>
> I've heard people say it's easier to implement context-sensitivie help
> using MS HTML Help. However, when I used WebHelp in conjunction with one
> of our applications, I successfully assigned Map IDs to field-level
> topics and called them up (by pressing F1 when the cursor was in a field
> of the application). So why is MS HTML Help supposedly better for CSH?
>
> Comments, please, on any of this! Thanks.
>
> Keith
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Browser based help can pop up errors on Windows systems if the files
are stored locally. So one situation where going with MS HTML Help
would make sense is if your product is Windows specific *and* internet
access is likely to be problematic.

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Until next time...

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