Re: Printed/online doc from FrameMaker [Was: Cross-platform help fromFrameMaker Docs, display sizes]

[Craig Sanders <csanders -at- BEST -dot- COM>]

Hi, Gerry!

Although FrameMaker does have an HTML conversion capability, it is not
particularly robust. WebWorks Publisher, on the other hand, is definitely
industrial strength. Publisher can generate online output from Frame in HTML,
HTMLHelp, WinHelp, and JavaHelp. It is not particularly easy to learn, but has
the best tool suite available on the market today.

Hope this helps,
Craig Sanders

Gerry Bourguignon wrote:

> Mark Dempsey wrote:
> > I've submitted the link to my article about cross-platform help
> > previously (http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/1059/help.html)
> ...
>
> The above-referenced article states: ..."getting FrameMaker documents into a
> form RoboHELP can work with is as problematic as it is for ForeHelp.
> Luckily, you can transform FrameMaker to HTML relatively easily using
> WebWorks, then manipulate those files with RoboHELP."...
>
> I need to investigate producing both printed documents and HTML Help from
> FrameMaker, and was wondering why you would use (and therefore have to
> purchase) WebWorks instead of using FrameMaker's Save As HTML facility. I am
> currently using RoboHELP HTML Edition 7 to document a suite of web-based
> products, and use FrameMaker+SGML 5.5 primarily to maintain printed
> documentation (and generate PDF) for legacy products.
>
> Any feedback would be appreciated. I apologize if this topic has been
> discussed at length in the past.  I was unable to search the TECHWR-L
> archives when I tried this morning.
>
> Regards,
> Gerry Bourguignon
> LAVA Systems Inc.
> Toronto, ON, Canada.
>
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