Re: Need Advise for Converting to HTML Help

[Keith Arnett <Keith_Arnett -at- RESTON -dot- OMD -dot- STERLING -dot- COM>]

     One important consideration is the means by which your customers will
     view your HTML help files.  If you can make a valid assumption that
     **all** of your customers will have a resident browser, then you have
     no problems in that area.  Otherwise, there is a possibility that some
     of your customers will not be able to read  your help files without
     purchasing/obtaining/installing a third party application.  In this
     case, you would probably be obligated to license a commercial browser
     or find some freely distributable browser that will run on the
     platform(s) of interest, and distribute/install it with your own
     application.

     Keith Arnett
     Technical Writer/Reston Labs
     Sterling Software, Inc./Operations Management Division
     Reston VA USA


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Subject: Need Advise for Converting to HTML Help
Author:  Robyn Faulkner <rfaulkne -at- BTC -dot- ADAPTEC -dot- COM> at ~sydressmtp
Date:    2/2/98 11:18 AM


The Engineering group at our company is requesting that we convert our
existing Win Help Online Help (Windows 95 and NT platforms) to an HTML
Help format. Has anyone done this before? If so, what has been your
experience? What are the drawbacks? Benefits? Are there issues with any
particular browser an end user maybe using?

Words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Robyn Faulkner