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Subject:R: AVI Video and WinHelp From:Alessandro Bottoni <albo -at- CADLAB -dot- IT> Date:Fri, 20 Jun 1997 09:43:20 +0200
Matt wrote:
"Using AVI Video in WinHelp?
I am immensely curious to learn why anyone would want to do that!
What type of *real-world* project would require you to imbed AVIs in
WinHelp? And not use a specialized presentation tool instead?
My perspective has been that it is technically feasible but entirely
unpractical to imbed multimedia into WinHelp. Am I wrong?"
I had the same feeling about AVI in Winhelp or HTML - Help documents. The fact is that we have to document a complex CAD program. It is unpractical to describe every single step needed to reach a particular results. It is far easier to show the entire sequence to the user by using a small AVI.
Just to have an example, try to see this one:
UGUIDE.EXE
It is an addiction to the standard Windows 95 on-line-help and uses AVI.
You can find it (by using some search engine) at several Windows 95 related sites (www.32bit.com, for example).
Sandro
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