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Subject:Re: Troubleshooting Documentation From:"David M. Brown" <dmbrown -at- BROWN-INC -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 5 Aug 1998 15:19:19 -0700
David Knopf wrote:
>
> Actually, "WebHelp" from Blue Sky Software, included in the last two
> versions of RoboHELP, enables the familiar TOC-Index-Search mechanism
> for HTML-based help. And because WebHelp is a Java applet, not an
> ActiveX control, it does not depend on the user having Internet
> Explorer installed. It's been tested successfully on many platforms
> in both major browsers.
As I understood Blue Sky's marketing materials, WebHelp works only
for folks with Java-enabled browsers. My goal was to create a nicely
formatted "back of the book"-style index that is accessible to all
people using all browsers.
--David
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