Contents

 AnetHelpTool
 WYSIWYG  help authoring system

AnetHelpTool

Who are we?

Introduction

What's new

Working space

Creating Help file: step-by-step

Menu Commands

Accelerator keys

FAQ

 How To...

Add Topic Window

Make or Remove Link

Launch Program

Insert Image

Change Font Attributes

Edit Topic Attributes

Format  Paragraph

Remove Topic

Test Help Project

Making Help File

Making Context Sensitive Calls

Export to HTML files

System Information

System Requirements

Installation and Distribution Notes

How to Order


Introduction

AnetHelpTool is a software tool for the creation of Help systems for MS WINDOWS-based applications.  It supports two types of output format: WinHelp and HTML Help. It provides an easy and pleasant development process which saves time and increases your help-writing efficiency.  It also greatly simplifies design since the program is almost fully WYSIWYG and looks like an actual help file.

AnetHelpTool uses two input file formats: .RTF format for data and .HPJ format for project  files to create an output file in  WinHelp format (.HLP file) the.  Both these files are generated by AnetHelpTool.  AnetHelpTool also creates an include file in .H format to support linking of the created Help file with user's programs,

 AnetHelpTool generates and uses the following files formats: help project (.hhp) file, data HTML  to combine topic (.html, .htm), image (.jpeg, .gif, .png), index (.hhk), and contents (.hhc) to create an output file in HTMLHelp format (.CHM file).

AnetHelpTool has its own internal word processor based on multifont and multicolor text box control (ALLText control), which provides WYSIWYG on-line presentation.  It's engine provides easy creation of all necessary files you may need to make a professional help file.


Help file creation
Creation of a Help File

A Help file provides users with information about an application.  Using AnetHelpTool, the creation of a Help file for a Windows application is accomplished by the following major tasks:

Gathering information for the Help topics and planning the Help file.

Writing the text for the Help topics.

Making all required reference links.

Building the Help file.

Testing and debugging the Help file.

Programming the application so that it can access Windows Help.


Font Attributes
How to Include Fonts and Colors

First select the text you wish to have in a different font or color.  Then select "Font" from the Format  menu.  A dialog box will appear, offering a choice of Fonts, character sizes, and attributes such as Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic, Underline, Strikethrough and colors.  After you have made your choice, select OK or select Cancel to quit.

You can also use the Format Bar to change font attributes.

TIP!  To save existing fonts quickly and assign these stored font attributes to selected text:

  To save font locate cursor on text with this font and press Ctrl-[0...9], for example Ctrl-1 or Ctrl-2.  In this way you can save attributes of ten fonts in the computer memory.

  To assign stored font attributes to selected text, block this text and  press Alt-[0...9].  Digit should correspond to previously stored font.  For example if you store a font by pressing Ctrl-5, you can assign these font attributes by pressing Alt-5.


Make and Delete Link
Making and Removing Links

Before you can create reference links you must create at least two help topics.  In order to make a reference link, block the text or graphic that you wish to designate as the Activator by dragging the cursor over it with the left button pressed.  Then  choose "To Topic" from the Link menu or click on [image] to load the Create New Link dialog box , this allows you to link the selected phrase with your desired topic.

If you select "To Program" in the Link menu,  AnetHelpTool will call the Link To Program dialog box to link the selected text with any external executable file (which has .BAT, .COM, .EXE or .PIF extension).

In order to remove an existing link, put cursor on the hotspot and choose "Remove" from the Link menu.

You may check the validity of the link created both in Design and Runtime modes.  In Design mode, put the cursor on the hotspot and choose "Jump" from the Link menu,  press Ctrl-J or press right mouse button and choose "Jump" from the popup menu.   This will cause a jump to the destination topic.

Runtime mode is convenient for quick Testing of a Help Project prior to compiling it.  In Runtime mode, double clicking the hotspot will cause a jump to the destination topic.


Image inserting
Inserting Graphical Objects

AnetHelpTool supports the following graphical formats:

bitmap	(with .bmp extension)

metafile	(.wmf)

hypergraphic	(.shg)

multiple resolution bitmap	(.mrb)

You can include graphical images in your help file using "Insert Object" from the Edit menu.   In order to insert graphical object, place the cursor where you want the graphic to appear and select "Insert Object" or click on [image] from the toolbar.  In the Insert Object dialog box enter the graphic's file name, select  the method for including graphic and press "OK".

There are two methods for including graphics in a Help file:

  Imbed bitmap or metafile directly in the topic text as an OLE object.

In this case you can see the graphic in the topic text, but you cannot wrap text around the graphic (it is treated the same as a character).

  Create graphic reference in topic text.

In this case, in the resulting .rtf file, the inserted picture will be replaced with a string of type:

{command filename}

where command can be one of the following values:

bmc  - Aligns graphic as a character.

bml   - Aligns the graphic at the left margin of text; text wraps along the graphic's right edge.

bmr  - Aligns the graphic at the right margin of text; text wraps along the graphic's left edge.

The filename should include only file name, not the file's full path.

When you use referenced graphics you have the widest range of options for displaying text and pictures.  You can treat graphic as a character or wrap text around the graphic's left or right edge.  You can include hypergraphics (created with the Hotspot Editor) only by reference.  Including the same graphic by reference in several places in your topic file adds only one copy of graphic in the compiled Help file.  For correct compilation of referenced graphics you should enter location of graphics files in Project Option dialog box.

Note:

AnetHelpTool allows user to insert referenced bitmaps and metafiles as graphics, but it cannot display text wrapping around picture if you insert it as bml or bmr reference.

Hypergraphics and multiple resolution bitmap are inserted as reference string.

This the single non- WYSIWYG  AnetHelpTool feature.


Edit Topic Attributes
How to Edit Topic Attributes

Any topic is described by its title, context string, a set of keywords.  Author can choose to include nonscrolling area. Any of these attributes can be edited in two ways:

1. Express editing.

  Double click mouse button on Title of topic in Topics List to edit topic title. Press ENTER after finish editing.

  To edit topic keywords click [image]  button in bottom toolbar. Pop-up Keyword dialog box  allows user to edit keywords.

  To create nonscrolling area in the current topic click [image] button in toolbar. To remove nonscrolling area click [image] button.

2. Editing in dialog box

You can edit any topic attributes using  Topic Attributes dialog box.

To call this dialog box select Attributes... command from the Topic menu.


Paragraph formating
Paragraph Formatting

AnetHelpTool changes paragraph formatting using Format Bar, Format menu and Format Ruler. User defined style support makes formatting process easier.

It is convenient to set the tabulation for a text portion you want to display as a table.  You can do so either by choosing Tabs... command from Format menu or using the mouse. To set tabs using the menu call the Tabs dialog box.  For a table with regular field spaces set the Default Tab Stops value.  Each time you press the tabulation button, the cursor will jump to the nearest Tab Stop position.  If you are going to make irregular Tab Stops, in the Tab Stop Position text box define the number for the position where you want to jump when pressing the tabulation button.  Every entry should be collected in a list box by pressing Set button.  The ruler under the toolbar helps you to choose the number correctly.  These numbers correspond to those on the ruler.  For example, the numbers 3 and 7 in the Tab Stop Position list box mean the cursor will jump to the places which correspond to the projections of those values of the ruler when you press the tabulation button twice consecutively.  Depending on the Alignment section setting (left, right or centered) the text can be typed to the left, right or centered from the Tab Stop position.   After the cursor has passed your last random Tab Stop position the Default setting will work.  Note, the default setting is not indicated by the Tab Stop markers.

The Paragraph... command from Format menu enables you to specify general and first line indentation in various space units (centimeter or inch).  It also provides paragraph interspace settings, paragraph alignment type, paragraph borders and indent step.

Format bar buttons allow user to set paragraph alignment and increase or decrease the paragraphs left indentation to indent step.  Their functions are obvious from the symbols on the buttons.

Format ruler allows user to see paragraph indent and tabs attributes and easily change them.

See also:

Paragraph dialog box

Style dialog box

Tabs dialog Box


Delete Topic(s)
How to remove Topic

Select Delete... command form menu Topic if you want to remove the topic.  Delete Topic(s) dialog box allows to define a list of topics to be removed. All of them should be listed in the list box  Remove Topic(s).  Topics List box will contain all topics available in the project.  User can move topics from one list to another by clicking the buttons between these list boxes.

Preview button allows to see the selected topic in preview window. The preview window is somewhat static and doesn't alter during scrolling through topic titles.   Any time you want to refresh this window press Preview.

To confirm your choice press OK.  Once you press OK the topic and all interrelated links will be deleted.


Test Project
Runtime Testing

AnetHelpTool provides very convenient and time saving hot testing technology of Help projects in WYSIWYG  presentation without running Help Compiler.  Select Runtime command from View menu.  Double clicking on a hotspot will cause a jump to the destination topic, display of a pop-up window or running an external executable program just as will an actual Help file.


Making Help File

There are two formats of output files in AnetHelpTool: .HLP format (for WinHelp) and .CHM (for HTML help).

In order to  create an WinHelp output file (in .HLP  format), the external Help Compiler is used.  The Help Compiler uses two input file formats: .RTF format for data and .HPJ  format for project files.  AnetHelpTool automatically generates both these files prior to running the Help compiler.  Also, in order to support linking of the created Help file with the user's  program,  AnetHelpTool creates an include file in .H format.

An external Compiler  is also used for creating HTMLHelp output file (in .CHM) format. It requires files in .hhp format for help project and .html, .htm formats for data. AnetHelpTool allows you to prepare these files before runing HTML Help Compiler..

When a topic file has been prepared it is very easy to make the Help file. Select Batch Processing command in menu Compile/Windows Help or Compile/HTML Help (it's depend which type of help you would  like get).  AnetHelpTool will automatically produce all necessary input files for the Help Compiler, create include file, run Help Compiler to make the output Help file and show generated help file. The button [image] runs Batch Prcessing to make WinHelp file.

If you wish to make help file step by step, choose:

1) Create RTF, HPJ and H Files ( [image] button) for WinHelp file or Create HTML help files for HTML help

2) Compile ( [image] button) for WinHelp or Compile HTML help for HTML help

3) Run WinHelp ( [image] button) for WinHelp or Show HTML help for HTML help

Each time you perform these actions AnetHelpTool deletes the previous intermediate files and creates new ones. You don't need to update these files.  It will be done automatically.


Create New Topic
Creation of a New Topic

To make a help file you must have created at least one Topic.  To create a new topic choose New... command from Topic menu or [image] button  from a toolbar.

If you choose New... command the Topic Attributes dialog box will appear.  Each topic is specified by its Title, Context String and a Keyword and the presence of a nonscrolling region.  For best use of AnetHelpTool's potential it is a good idea to fill in all the topic attributes.  By default "Topic #n" and "Topic_#n" (where n is a successive integer) will be assigned to the "Topic" and "Context String" text boxes respectively.  If you decide to display the topic as a pop-up window be sure not to choose "Nonscrolling region" check box.  Otherwise only the nonscrolling area will be displayed.

If you choose [image] button  from a toolbar, a new empty topic with default attributes is created immediately.  To assign topic title doubleclick on Title in Topic List Box. Press ENTER after finish editing. This title will be automatically assigned to topic context string (while replacing the bad characters to "_" )

To add nonscrolling area to the topic you can press [image]  button in toolbar.

Each topic may have a number of keywords related to it.  To edit topic keyword list you should call Keyword dialog box by pressing [image] button in Topic Attributes dialog box or in the bottom toolbar.


Launching Program
How to Launch a program

You can run programs from within your Help file.  A program can be launched by creating a hotspot link using a word, phrase or graphic reference (bmc, bml or bmr).  Select the text or graphic reference using the left mouse button, then choose To Program... command from  Link menu.  You will be presented with a Link to Program dialog box requesting the program details.  Enter the program name or choose it browsing.  After pressing OK the selected text will become a hotspot, appearing green and underlined.  The cursor pointer becomes a handshape when going over a hotspot and in a bottom window the destination topic title appears.


Help Topic

A Help topic is a distinct unit of information.  Windows Help displays only one topic at a time.  A user can view any topic in a help file by using a link to the topic or searching for keywords associated with the topic.  Within a Help topic, there may be one or more jumps on which you can click to display another Help topic.  A Help topic file typically contains multiple Help topics.


Topic Title

Typically every  topic should have a name (title).  AnetHelpTool uses titles to present the topics in a number of dialog boxes.  Topic titles can be up to 80 characters length.  Strings longer than 80 characters are truncated by AnetHelpTool .


Context String

Context string is an identifier for each topic in the Help system. Context strings are not case-sensitive and can be up to 80 characters in length. Context strings can consist of any combination of  letters, numbers, periods, and underscore characters, but they cannot contain spaces. A context string must be unique, although the same context string can be used in more than one Help file, even if the files are linked through jumps.  Context string provides the way to make jumps from topic to topic or to display look-up boxes, such as word and phrase definitions.


Keyword

WinHelp application allows users to search for topics with the use of keywords assigned to the topics.  When the user searches for a topic by keyword, WinHelp matches the entered word to keywords assigned to specific topics.  If more than one keyword is defined for a topic, a search is performed on all of them.  WinHelp then lists matching topics by their titles in the Search dialog box.  More than one topic can have the same keyword.  Because a keyword is a fast way to access Help topics, it is convenient to assign keywords to most topics in a Help system.

Keyword field consists of any combination of characters including spaces.  Keyword string can be up to 80 characters in length.


System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Personal Computer using an 80486 or higher microprocessor.

8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended)

EGA, VGA, super VGA, XGA, 8514/A or compatible video graphics card.

Mouse.

Software Requirements

Microsoft Windows version 95 or later.


Non-scrolling region
Nonscrolling Region

Nonscrolling region (NSR) may contain text or graphic which has a fixed location at the top of a topic.  Even if the topic is more than a full screen you can scroll throughout the main window with the NSR staying in place.  Note that a NSR can be created only if the topic containing NSR will be displayed as a jump window, not a pop-up.

To create a NSR select "Nonscrolling Region" check box in the Topic Attributes dialog box or click [image] from the toolbar.  Toggling this button into its released mode will remove NSR from the current topic.


Writing Topic

Creating New Topic

Insert Image

Change Font and Font Attributes

Format Paragraph


Menu Commands

File Menu

View Menu

Edit Menu

Format Menu

Link Menu

Topic Menu

History Menu

Options Menu

Tools Menu

Compile Menu

Help Menu


File menu

New...

Open...

Save

Save as...

Compact...

Repair...

Update project...

Information

Exit


New Command1
New... Command (File menu)

Opens a new Help project file and saves the current one.


Open Command
Open... Command (File menu)

Loads a Help project file (with .MDB extension)

and saves the current one.


Save Command
Save Command (File menu)

Compacts and saves the current Help project file.


Save as Command
Save as... Command (File menu)

Compacts and saves the current Help project file under different name.


Compact Command
Compact Command (File menu)

Defragments the Help project file (with .MDB extension).

The compacted project typically shows better performance.


Repair Command
Repair Command (File menu)

Repairs corrupted project file.  Project file may

become corrupted if AnetHelpTool quits unexpectedly.


Exit Command
Exit Command (File menu)

Saves current Help project file and quits the program.


Information Command
Information Command (File menu)

Displays the information for current Help project file.


View menu

Design mode

Runtime mode


Design Command
Design Command (View menu)

Toggles AnetHelpTool to Design mode.

Edit Help projects in Design mode.


Runtime Command
Runtime Command (View menu)

Toggles to Runtime Mode.

Runtime Mode performs hot testing of a help project;


Edit menu

Undo

Cut

Copy

Paste

Select All

Find...

Replace...

Find Again

Project Contents...

Insert Object...


Undo Command
Undo Command (Edit menu)

Undoes last keyboard operation.


Cut Command
Cut Command (Edit menu)

Cuts selection and places it on Clipboard.


Copy Command
Copy Command (Edit menu)

Copies selection and places it on Clipboard.


Paste Command
Paste Command (Edit menu)

Paste selection from Clipboard to the cursor position.


Insert Object Command
Insert Object... Command (Edit menu)

Open Insert Object dialog box to place graphic object into the Help topic text.


Format menu

Font...

Font Color...

Timestamp

Uppercase

Lowercase

Paragraph

Tabs..

Style..

Reformat...


Font Command
Font... Command (Format menu)

Opens a dialog box to change font attributes for a selection.


Color Command
Font Color... Command (Format menu)

Displays Font color menu that allow to change color of a selection.


Paragraph Command
Paragraph... Command (Format menu)

Opens a Paragraph dialog box to set specific paragraph

attributes for the current paragraph or for selected text .


Link menu

To Topic...

To Program...

Jump

Remove


To Topic Command
To Topic... Command (Link menu)

Opens a Create New Link dialog box to make link between the selection and a particular topic.


To Program Command
To Program Command (Link menu)

Opens a Link to Program dialog box to set link

of the selection with an executable program.


Jump Command
Jump Command (Link menu)

Makes jump to destination topic.

Use this option to trace a link in Design mode.


Remove Command
Remove Command (Link menu)

Deletes all reference connections of a selected hotspot.


Topic menu

New...

Attributes...

Delete...

Search...

Browse Sequences...

Next

Previous


New Command
New... Command (Topic menu)

Opens Create New Topic dialog box to create new topic sheet.


Attributes Command
Attributes... Command (Topic Menu)

Opens a Topic Attributes dialog box to edit topic attributes.


Delete Command
Delete... Command (Topic Menu)

Opens a Delete Topic dialog box to remove any specified topic.


Search Command
Search... Command (Topic Menu)

Opens a Search dialog box to search for a topic using a keyword.


Next Command
Next Command (Topic Menu)

Saves the current topic and displays the next one.


Previous Command
Previous Command (Topic Menu)

Saves the current topic and displays the preceding one.


History menu

Content

History List

Back

Forward


Contents Command (History menu)

Makes jump to Contents topic.


History List Command
History List... Command (History menu)

Displays the history list, which shows the last 40 topics the

user has viewed since opening a Help file in Windows Help.


Forward Command
Forward Command (History menu)

Display the topic next from current in History List.


Back Command
Back Command (History menu)

Displays the previous topic in the Back List.  The Back list includes the

last 40 topics the user has displayed since opening the current project Help file.


Options menu

Project Options...

HTML Options...

RTF Manual Options...

Spelling Options...

Configure Tools...


Compile menu

Windows help

                  Create RTF, HPJ and H files

                  Compile

                  Run WinHelp

                  Batch Processing

HTML help

     Create HTML help files

     Compile HTML help files

     Show HTML help

     Batch Processing

Web site

     Web site...

     Test Web Site

RTF manual

     Entire project

     Current topic


Create RTF, HPJ and H Files Command
Create RTF, HPJ and H files Command (Compile menu)

Prepare files necessary for Help Compiler to run.  Also available through [image] button in toolbar.


Compile Command
Compile Command (Compile menu)

Runs Help Compiler to make output help file.  The Help Compiler uses last created .RTF and .HPJ input files.   Also available through [image] button in toolbar.


Run WinHelp Command
Run WinHelp Command (Compile menu)

Runs Windows WinHelp.exe to display last created output help file.

Also available through [image] button in toolbar.


WinHelp Batch Processing Command
WinHelp Batch Processing Command (Compile menu)

Creates all necessary intermediate .RTF, .HPJ and .H files, makes output help file and runs Windows WinHelp.exe  to display last created output help file.

Also available through [image] button in toolbar.


Help menu

Contents

About...

Register now...


Contents Command (Help menu)

Runs Windows WinHelp program

to display contents for AnetHelpTool Help.


About command
About Command (Help menu)

Displays copyright information.


Making Context Sensitive Help Calls
How to Make Context Sensitive Help calls

Context sensitive help call provides connection between the user's actual working situation and the associated help topic.  It allows user to click F1 for Help on the item that currently has the focus.

AnetHelpTool generates an include file (of .H format) to connect the help system with the programmer's application. You can view the .H file using, for example, Notepad.  AnetHelpTool assigns succeeding numbers to topic context strings.  The number is an output parameter which should be assigned to the appropriate control context ID by the application developer .


Planning Help File
Planning the Help file.

Before you begin gathering information and planning your help system, you should classify the users to whom the help file is addressed.  Novice users need detailed information on the terminology, interface and accomplishing of a specific task.  Experienced users prefer to use a Help file to look up reference information.  If you are providing Help file for all types of users you need to document all application-specific features, functions, statements, syntax and other relevant aspects.

A help system should include Help topics, a contents screen and a keyword list.

First identify the topics to be included in the Help system.  Plan the contents screen to provide an overview for the Help system.  The contents screen appears first when the help file is run.  AnetHelpTool considers the first topic created as the contents screen topic.  User then decides how to combine these topics into a useable structure.  Keywords assigned to topics help to find a specific piece of information quickly.


Who are we

Who are we?

This product is copyrighted by

                © Anet Ltd, 1995-1999

Contact Information:

In Russia:

Anet Company

Oktyabrsky prospect, 3

Troitsk, Moscow region

142092, Russia

Contact us at

Phone	: (7-095) 334-53-13

Fax	: (1-831) 480-57-17

E-mail	: anet@anetsoft.com

WWW	: http://www.anetsoft.com


Distribution Notes

Unregistered program is full functional except it will compile only 10 topics from users Help project.

We invite you to register.  See How to order for additional information.

Installation

Run Setup and follow the installation instructions.  DLL and OCX files will be copied into your Windows system directory, other files will be copied into AnetHelpTool working directory.


Create New Link Dialog Box

To Topic... Command  (Link menu)

Button

Links a topic to a selected phrase.

To call this dialog box select the phrase you want to link in topic text and click To Topic... command from Link menu or [image] button in toolbar.

 Box Options

 Source topic

Displays title of topic where jump term is placed.

 Hotspot text

Displays jump phrase itself.

 Destination topic

Text box displays title of topic that is the target of the jump.

 Topics

Lists all topic titles except current one.  Select target topic and double-click.

 Topic Preview

Displays the context of topic highlighted in the Topics list.

 Custom Link

Allows to enter a string that can be used as a link to external help file or run macro (works only in Winhelp)

 Command Buttons

 Jump Link

Creates link and closes window.  Destination topic will be displayed in normal topic window.

 Pop-up Link

Creates link and closes window. Destination topic will be displayed in pop-up window. (Works only in Winhelp)


Delete Topic(s) Dialog Box

Paragraph Command (Format Menu)

Deletes any topic(s).

 Box Options

 Topics

Select topic you want to delete and double-click it or click  --->  button.  Highlighted topic will be placed into Remove Topic(s) list.

 Remove Topic(s)

Lists  topics you want to delete.  To return a topic to the Topics list select this topic and double-click it or click the  <---  button.

 Command Buttons

 Preview

Shows the context of the topic highlighted in the Topics or Remove Topic(s) lists in the top text box.

 --->

Moves highlighted topic from Topics list into the Remove Topic(s) list.

 <---

Moves highlighted topic from Remove Topic(s) list into the Topics list.


Link to Program Dialog Box

To Program... Command (Link Menu)

Links any executable program ( .bat, .com, .exe, or .pif files) with selected phrase.

 Box Options

 Program name

Enter the program name you want to link with selected phrase in the topic window.  You can type the program name into the text box or use Browse button to select the program in the Browse Dialog box.

 Command line

Enter command line for program in the Program name text box.  The command line text is optional.

 Command Buttons

 Browse

Opens Browse Dialog box that allow you to select program name.

See also Making and Removing Links.


Tabs Dialog Box

Tabs... Command (Format Menu)

Controls the position and alignment of tab stops.

 Box Options

 Tab Stop Position

Lists any tab stops that are set in the current paragraph or in the selected paragraphs.

To create a new tab stop, click the Set button and type the measurement.

To change a tab stop, select it and then type a measurement.

To delete a tab select it and click the Clear button.

 Default Tab Stops

Indicates the spacing between the default tab stops.

Microsoft Help Compiler sets all default tab stops to the value 1.27 inch, so this field cannot be edited.

 Tab Stops To Be Cleared

Lists the tab stops that will be cleared when you choose the OK button.

 Alignment

Indicates the alignment of text at the highlighted tab stop.

 Left

Extends text to the right from the tab stop.

 Center

Centers text at the tab stop.

 Right

Extends text to the left from the tab stop.  If text fills the space to the left of the tab stop, the text often extends to the right.

 Command Buttons

 Set

Adds selected tab stop position in the Tab Stop Position box.  The new tab stop assumes the selected Alignment option.

 Clear

Removes the position selected in the Tab Stop Position box from Tab list and inserts it next to Tab Stops To Be Cleared.

 Clear All

Removes all custom tab stops from Tab list.

See also  Paragraph Formatting.


History Dialog Box

History List... Command (History Menu)

The History list contains Topic titles presented in the order viewed.  You can jump to any of them by double clicking or by  pressing Enter.


Paragraph Dialog Box

Paragraph... Command (Format menu)

Modifies paragraph indents, text alignment, and paragraph spacing for current or selected paragraphs. It is also available from the Style Dialog box and can be used for creation of various styles.

 Box Options

 Units

Select measurement unit for all paragraph and tab settings.

 Indent step

Type or select the value of indent step. This value will be used for  paragraph left indent changing when you press [image] or [image] buttons on format bar.

 Border

Determines paragraph(s) borders.

 None

Paragraph(s) will appear without border.  When selected, clears all border check boxes.

 All

Paragraph(s) will be bordered on all sides. When selected, checks all border check boxes.

 Left

Determines that paragraph(s) will have left border line.

 Top

Determines that paragraph(s) will have top border line.

 Right

Determines that paragraph(s) will have right border line.

 Bottom

Determines that paragraph(s) will have bottom border line.

 Line Type combo box

Determines border line type.

 Indentation

Determines the position of text in relation to the left and right margins.

 Left

Type or select the distance you want to indent a paragraph from the left margin.

 Right

Type or select the distance you want to indent a paragraph from the right margin.

 First Line

Type or select the distance you want to indent the first line of each selected paragraph from the left indent.

 Spacing

Determines the amount of space between paragraphs.

 Before

Type or select the amount of space you want above the first line of each selected paragraph. The amount must be a positive decimal measurement.

 After

Type or select the amount of space you want below the last line of each selected paragraph.  The amount must be a positive decimal measurement.

 Between

Type or select the amount of space you want between lines of each selected paragraph.  The amount must be a positive decimal measurement.

 Alignment

Determines the position of a paragraph text in relation to the indents.  To align text relative to the left and right margins, make sure that the paragraphs are not indented.

 Left

Aligns text of paragraphs at the left indentation.

 Centered

Centers text of paragraphs between the left and right indentations.

 Right

Aligns text of paragraphs at the right indentation.

See also Paragraph Formatting.


Insert Objects Dialog Box

Insert Object Command (Edit Menu)

Button

Includes graphics into a topic text.

 Box Options

 Alignment

Sets the alignment options for displaying text and graphics when you want to include graphics as a Reference.

 As Character

Aligns the graphic as character.  Includes in text a reference of bmc filename type.

 At Left Margin

Aligns the graphic at the right margin.  Text wraps along the graphic's left edge.  Includes in text a reference of bml filename type.

 At Right Margin

Aligns the graphic at the right margin.  Text wraps along the graphic's left edge.  Includes in text a reference of bmr filename type.

 Insert as

Sets the method for including graphics in topic text.

 Object

Places graphic directly in topic text.

 Reference

Places graphic reference in topic text.

 Picture File Name

Type file name of graphical object you want to include in topic text, select it from the dropdown list or click the [image] button to select file in the Browse Dialog box.  The dropdown list stores all file names used in the current AnetHelpTool session.

 Command Buttons

Opens Browse Dialog box that allows you to select picture file name.

 Preview

Displays picture from Picture File Name text box in the picture box.

See also Inserting Graphical Objects.


Project Options Dialog Box(General tab)
Project Options Dialog Box

Project... Command (Options Menu)

Appearance Tab	General Tab

Defines some AnetHelpTool options that are general for any help project.

 Box Options

 Directories

Defines directories where you want to work.

 Source directory

Default directory for the AnetHelpTool file dialog boxes.  For example, when you select the Open command from the File menu, the dialog box will display the files of the Source directory.

 Output directory

Directory AnetHelpTool uses to store its intermediate files (.RTF, .H, .HPJ, etc.).

  WinHelp Compiler

Enter the full or relative path to help compiler you want to use with AnetHelpTool or press right Browse button (>>) to select it from Select Help Complier dialog box.  Relative path will be calculated relatively AnetHelpTool directory. So if you copy help compiler to the AnetHelpTool directory you can only select the help compiler file name from the drop-down list.

 Html Help Compiler

Enter the full or relative path to html help compiler you want to use with AnetHelpTool or press right Browse button (>>) to select it from Select Help Complier dialog box.  Relative path will be calculated relatively AnetHelpTool directory. So if you copy help compiler to the AnetHelpTool directory you can only select the help compiler file name from the drop down list.

 Web Browser

Enter the path to the desired Web Browser which will test Web Site compiled from your project database or press right Browse button (>>) to select it from Select Web Browser dialog box.

 Default fonts

Determines the fonts for the nonscrolling area and main region when you create a new topic.

 Command buttons

 Main...

Calls Font dialog box to set default font for main topic area.

 Nonscrolling...

Calls Font dialog box to set default font for nonscrolling topic area.


Search Dialog Box

Search... Command (Topic Menu)

Displays all your  Keywords  and their interconnections with Topic titles  just as they will be displayed in the compiled Help file.


Topic Dialog Box
Edit Topic(s) Attributes Dialog Box

Attributes... Command (Topic Menu)

Create New Topic Dialog Box

New... Command (Topic Menu)

Allows user to edit topics title, context string and keywords and defines whether or not topic will have a nonscrolling region.

 Box Options

 Title

Displays title of current topic.  You can edit the topic's title and/or select a new current topic in the dropdown list (for Edit Topic(s) Attributes dialog box only).  It is also possible to edit the topic title in the Topic List box on the left side.

 Context string

Type the context string that will identify the current topic.  Valid context strings may contain the alphabetic characters A-Z, the numeric characters 0-9, and the underscore (_) and must be unique.

 Topic ID

Type the number that will be associated with the current topic (if your Help system supports context-sensitive Help).  You should use this number as the value the parent application passes to the WinHelp application to display a particular topic.

 Keywords

Lists keywords assigned to the current topic.

To edit topic's keyword list  push [image] button right of combo box to call Keyword dialog box.

 Linked Topics

Displays a list of topics that have references to the current topic.  Press [image], located to right of the combo box used to build the list of linked topics.

 Button

Copies topic title to context string text box replacing any forbidden characters with underscores.


Browse Sequences Command
Browse Sequences... Command (Topic Menu)

Opens the Browse sequences dialog box that allows user to combine

topics into browse sequences.


Browse Sequences Dialog Box

Browse Sequences... Command (Topic Menu)

Enables user to combine topics into browse sequences.

 Box Options

 Topics

Select topic to include in Browse sequence displayed in the Browse Sequences box and double-click it or click the ---> button.

 Browse Sequences

Lists and names Browse sequences being included in the current Help project file.  You can create or delete a Browse sequence, edit any Browse sequence name and navigate through existing sequences.

To create a new Browse sequence click the New button and edit default Browse sequence name in the text box.

To display browse sequence topics select desired sequence and double-click it or click Enter.

 Browse Sequence Topics

Lists topics to include in the Browse sequence displayed in the Browse Sequences box.  To move highlighted topic back into the Topics list, double-click it or click the <--- button.  You can also arrange topics by dragging selected topic and sort topics in alphabetical order by clicking the Sort button.

 Command Buttons

 New

Creates a new Browse sequence and displays default name in the Browse Sequences box.

 Delete

Deletes Browse sequence from the Browse Sequences box.

 Sort

Sorts topics in the Current Browse Sequence box in alphabetical order.

 --->

Moves highlighted topic from Topic list to the end of Current Browse Sequence list.

 <---

Moves highlighted topic from Current Browse Sequence list to the Topic list.


Browse Sequences
Browse Sequence

Browse sequence is a group of Help topics that establishes a linear path through topics.  There can be multiple browse sequences in a Help file, but each Help topic can belong to only one sequence.  You can move through help topics that are included in a browse sequence by pressing Browse buttons << and >>.


Tab command
Tab... Command (Topic menu)

Opens Tabs dialog box that allows user to set tabulation

for current or selected paragraph(s).


Project Command
Project... Command (Option menu)

Opens the Project Options dialog box to set parameters for current project file.


Keyword Dialog Box

 Button on bottom bar

 Button in Topic Attributes dialog box

Allows edits to the keywords list related to the current topic.

 Box Options

 Topic

Displays topic being edited.

 Topic Keywords

Contains the keywords related to the  topic being edited.  Text box allows editing of the current keyword or addition of new keywords.  If you press Enter in the text box, new keyword will be added to the topic's keyword list (like pressing Add button).

 Keyword List

Contains a list of all existing keywords in the Help system except keywords in Topic Keywords list.

 Command Buttons

 Add

Adds keyword from Topic Keyword text box to list box.

   Edit

Copies keyword from Topic Keyword text box to selected keyword in the list box.

 Delete

Deletes keyword from Keywords list box.

 --->

Moves keyword from Topic Keywords list to Keywords list.

 <---

Moves keyword from Keywords list  to Topic Keywords list.


Font name combo box

Available from the Format Bar, allows changes to font name of the selection.


Font size combo box

Available from the Format bar, allows changes to font size of the selection.

If there is no desired font size in the dropdown list you can simply type it into the combo box.


Topic attributes panel

Topic attributes panel is placed at the right of bottom bar and allows express editing of current topic attributes.

Keywords combo box

Displays keyword list related to the current topic.

 Button.

Calls Keyword dialog box - allows editing of the topic keyword list.


Style command
Style... command (Format menu)

Calls Style dialog box - allows user to edit defined styles.

These styles are displayed and can be chosen in the left combo box on the Format bar.


Register now command
Register now... Command (Help Menu)

Calls a screen to enter registration ID and password that will be given to you by our distributor.

A Registration Form is available from this screen or from the relevant topic in this help file.


Styles
User defined styles

You can change text formatting by assigning a predetermined style. These styles are available from the left combo box in the Format Bar.

AnetHelpTool uses three style types:

1.  Paragraph styles (marked with ¶ symbol in style combo box).

2.  Soft character styles (marked with s symbol in style combo box).

3.  Hard character styles (marked with h symbol in style combo box).

To define you own styles call Style dialog box.


Registration form

AnetHelpTool Registration

Registration fee: $199.95

If you would like to register AnetHelpTool, you can do the registration online on the

Internet at http://www.shareit.com/programs/104795.htm. Alternatively, you can go to

http://www.shareit.com and enter the program number there: 104795. If you do not have access

to the Internet, you can register via phone, fax or postal mail. Please print out the

following form, and fax or mail it to:

element 5 AG

Habsburgerring 3

50674 Koeln

Germany

Phone:             +49-221-2407279

Fax: 	+49-221-2407278

E-Mail:         register@shareit.com

US customers may also order by calling 1-800-903-4152 (orders only please!). US check and

cash orders can be sent to our US office at

ShareIt! Inc.

PO Box 844

Greensburg, PA 15601-0844

USA

Tel. 724-850-8186

Fax. 724-850-8187

Registration form for AnetHelpTool

Program No.: 104795

Last name: ___________________________________

First name: ____________________________________

Company: ____________________________________

Street and #: ______________________________________

City, State, postal code: ________________________________

Country: _______________________________________

Phone: _____________________________________

Fax: ________________________________________

E-Mail: ______________________________________

How would like to receive the registration key/full version?

e-mail 	- fax

How would you like to pay the registration fee of $199.95:

credit card - wire transfer - EuroCheque - cash

Credit card information (if applicable)

Credit card: Visa - Eurocard/Mastercard - American Express - Diners Club

Card holder: ________________________________

Card No.: ___________________________________

Date of Expiration : ___________________________________

Date / Signature ___________________________

Please send this registration form to:

In Russia:

Anet Ltd

Oktyabrsky prospect, 3

Troitsk, Moscow region

142092, Russia

Contact us at

Phone	: (7-095)334-53-13

Fax	: (1-831) 480-57-17

E-mail	: anet@anetsoft.com

WWW	: http://www.anetsoft.com


Style Dialog Box

Style... Command (Format Menu)

Customizes user defined styles for fast text formatting.

 Box Options

 Style text box

Type the name of the style you want to change or add to Style list.

 Style list

Lists the existing styles. The leftmost character of the list element defines the type of style:

¶  indicates paragraph style,

h  indicates hard character style,

s  indicates soft character style.

 Style type

Indicates the type of current style (selected style in Style list).

Allows user to change the type of current style or define the type of new style.

To do so, select new style in the combo box and press Set or Add button.

 Copy current settings when adding Style

When you press Add button all font and paragraph settings under cursor position in the current topic will be copied to attributes of new style.

When you press Add button all font and paragraph settings of current style will be copied to attributes of new style.

 Example

Displays text example with font settings of current style.

 Description

Lists font and paragraph parameters set for current style.  To see these parameters in detail choose corresponding command in pulldown menu of Format button.

 Command Buttons

 Add

Adds new style to Style list. The parameters of new style are set from contents of Style text box,  Style type combo box and  Copy current settings when adding style check box.

 Set

Changes the name and type of current style set in Style text box and in Style type combo box.

 Delete

Deletes current style from Style list box.

 Format

Displays pulldown menu allowing user to change font and paragraph settings of current style:

 Font...

Calls Font dialog box allowing user to see and set font attributes of current style.

 Paragraph...

Calls Paragraph dialog box  to see and set paragraph attributes of current style.

 Tabs...

Calls Tabs dialog box  to see and set tabulation for current style.

 Clear Font

Available for paragraph styles only. Clears all font setting for current style. Resultant styles will change only paragraph settings of selected paragraphs, font settings remain unchanged.


Tools menu

Spelling...

Also displays pull down menu with user defined tools.

You can launch any additional program from Tools menu

if you place it into this menu using Tools dialog box.


Tools Dialog Box

Tools... Command (Option Menu)

Customizes Tools menu. You can add commands to pulldown Tools menu that will launch any program that is useful in combination with AnetHelpTool (for example paint program or hotspot editor).

 Box Options

 Tools list

Contains list of programs you can launch from Tools menu.

Double-click tool to edit its attribute.

 Command Buttons

 Add

Calls Tool Attributes dialog box to add new tool to Tools list box.

 Edit

Calls Tool Attributes dialog box to edit properties of current tool in Tools list box.

 Delete

Remove current tool from Tools list box.

  Button

Moves current tool up in the Tools list box.

  Button

Moves current tool down in the Tools list box.


Toolbar command
Toolbar Command... (View Menu)

Shows/hides AnetHelpTool Toolbar.


Format Bar command
Format Bar Command... (View Menu)

Shows/hides AnetHelpTool Format Bar.


Tools command
Tools... Command (Option Menu)

Calls Tools dialog box in which user can add or remove tools in the Tools menu.


How to order

To find the addresses of our distributors click the following link and call a  registration form.

You may order this and other Anet products from the following addresses:

In Russia:

Anet Company

Oktyabrsky prospect, 3

Troitsk, Moscow region

142092, Russia

Contact us at

Phone	: (7-095) 334-53-13

Fax	: (1-831) 480-57-17

E-mail	: anet@anetsoft.com

 WWW	: http://www.anetsoft.com

Cost of AnetHelpTool v.5.x is $199.95 USD

Cost of AnetHelpTool Light v.5.x is $149.95 USD

Cost of AnetHelpTool v.5.x for registered users of version 4.5x is $49.95 USD.

Cost of AnetHelpTool v.5.x for registered users of version 4.0x is $74.95 USD.

Cost of AnetHelpTool v.5.x for registered users of AnetHelpTool Light is $49.95 USD.

Cost of AnetHelpTool Light v.5.x for registered users of version 4.5x is $24.95 USD.

Cost of AnetHelpTool Light v.5.x for registered users of version 4.0x is $49.95 USD.

Payment can be made by credit card, bank check, money order, bank draft, electronic transfer or cash.

To register by E-mail or Fax:

We accept Mastercard, Visa and EuroCard

If you are concerned regarding financial security on the Internet please read

Credit Cards, Security on the Internet.

Fill in the Registration Form and e-mail it to order@anetsoft.com.  Be certain you have included the credit card number and expiration date, as well as your name, exactly as it appears on the card.

We will immediately send your registration information (preferably by e-mail).

Choose Register Now command from Help menu and enter your registration number into the initial  screen to ensure full implementation of AnetHelpTool's features.

To register by Telephone:

Have your credit card information available.

Please visit our site at http://www.anetsoft.com/eresel.htm to find a list of our distributors.

We will give your registration information over the telephone and later confirm  with an e-mail message.

To register by Postal Service:

Fill in the Registration Form.

Enclose credit card information, bank check, money order or bank draft and mail to any of our distributors you may find at http://www.anetsoft.com/eresel.htm.

Upon receipt of funds we will immediately send registration information (preferably by e-mail).

To register by Electronic Transfer:

E-mail us your request (order@anetsoft.com) and we will provide bank routing numbers and information.

Be sure to notify us by e-mail, fax or telephone  when the transfer has been initiated.  We need your personal information in order to reach you.

Please note that electronic fund transfers incur costs on both ends.  Your bank will charge you for sending the funds.  In addition, you must send an additional $12.50 to cover costs we incur from our bank.  It takes several days for our bank to acknowledge receipt of funds.  At that time we will send registration information (preferably by e-mail).

To register from Russia or the former Soviet Republics:

Make payment arrangements by contacting Anet by e-mail, fax, telephone or postal service. See contact information above. Fill in Registration Form and send with payment to Anet.

Rubles or dollars accepted.  Credit cards (Mastercard, Visa,  and EuroCard) accepted.  Bank transfers and foreign delivery available.


Credit Cards, Security on the Internet

Credit card security is a topic that is much discussed, especially in regard to the use of credit cards on the Internet.

We accept credit card payments via e-mail, fax, telephone or postal service.

We are aware of no excessive security risks involved in sending such information over the Internet.  Risks exist in every credit card transaction.  Internet transmission adds no measurable additional risk.

Whenever you use a credit card someone, a salesperson, shipping clerk, cashier, usually a stranger, has access to your card number.

There are an infinite number of ways an unscrupulous person can acquire a credit card number for illegal use.  Intercepting a transmission from the Internet may be one of the most difficult ways to steal credit cards.  Just the volume of information moving over the Internet provides an automatic anonymity that protects you from most eavesdroppers.

All usual protections remain in place.  Your liability is limited by the credit card contract between you and your bank.  You have the right to refuse any irregular charges.  And, the maximum amount for which you can be held liable is limited, in most cases, to $50.

We assure you that we protect your financial information to the utmost of our ability.  Our internal security is highly proficient.

If you are not comfortable sending your credit card number by e-mail, we offer alternatives (fax, postal service or telephone).  But, e-mail is the fastest, least expensive and most efficient way to register this software.  We encourage you to consider the full situation.


Anet products
Shareware products from Anet

Download these products from our Web-site  (http://www.anetsoft.com)

Image Gallery v.2.0

A picture browser designed to view image files on your computer.  View simultaneously up to 225 pictures in a single window.  Supports BMP, GIF, ICO, JPEG, PCX, PNG, TIF and WMF formats.  Easy conversion between formats.

(Shareware, $39.95).

Search32 v.3.XX

Finalist in Ziff-Davis Publishers (PC Magazine - ZD-Net) Shareware Awards!

Five-Star Rating!  Fast!  Powerful, Flexible and Easy to Use!

Search32, Anet's text search and retrieval program. Similar in purpose to Find Fast from MS Office 32, but more flexible, faster and rich in added features and the cost is only $39.

Before initiating a search you create index files (very fast and easy), then just type the words for your query.  Search32 instantly finds all files containing these words.  It will show a text string with target words highlighted. Just double-click to launch and view the entire file.

Fastest search tool for Windows95 and Windows NT.

Searches for text both on the local computer and on Microsoft network.

Supports English, Russian, German and French.

Built-in browser to work with HTML files.

Automatic background updating of index files.

Unique Cache Watcher mode!

A terrific value.  (Shareware, $39)

Pygmalion 3D

Pygmalion 3D   Simple, Fast, Powerful! Anet's three-dimensional graphics editor.

Create complicated 3D objects.  With Pygmalion you are the sculptor.

Powerful tools for easy creation of complicated objects.  Combine individual objects to produce fascinating scenes.  Great depth, precision and detail.

Despite its speed and feature-rich power, Pygmalion 3D is easy to learn.

A great tool for all, from professional artists to unskilled doodler.

Working with Anet's Pygmalion 3D is pure enjoyment. Supports 3-D Studio format.

Anet welcomes cooperation with entities that may benefit from our experience in software development.


Styles combo box

Available from the Format bar, allows user to change font and paragraph attributes of selected text by assigning it a predefined style.  Select "Style" from dropdown list or double click combo box to assign Style that is currently displayed in the combo.


Tool Attributes Dialog box

Add... Button (Tools dialog box)

Edit ... Button (Tools dialog box)

Allows user to set command parameters for tool in Tools menu.

 Box Options

 Caption

Enter tool caption as it should appear in the Tools menu.  To define an access key (hot key), type an ampersand (&) immediately preceding the character you wish to identify.  The character will be underlined.  Click Alt plus the underlined character to move the focus to that menu command when Tools menu is pulled down.  To include an ampersand in a caption without creating an access key, type a double ampersand (&&).  A single ampersand will appear in the caption and no characters will be underlined.

 Command line

Type the path and command to start program corresponding to this tool.  If necessary  you can include the drive, directory, filename and extension of the command.  Use the Browse button to select the command from the File dialog box.

 Start directory

Type the name of the directory from which this program will load files, and where it will save files.  If necessary include the drive letter.  If you leave this text box empty, the current directory will be the start directory for this tool.

 Parameters

Type parameters for the command that will begin the tool's program.

 Command Buttons

 Browse

Calls File dialog box to fill Command Line and Start directory text boxes.


Paragraph style
Paragraph style changes font and paragraph setting of entire paragraph(s). If you clear Style font settings, when you define Style, it will change only paragraph settings (indentation, alignment and so on).


Soft character style
Soft character style changes font settings of the selection.  It does not change font settings not defined during style creation (for example if  you don't set boldness of soft character style, the assigning of this style will not change the bold attribute of selected text).

It changes only those font parameters that are presented in the Description box of the Style dialog box.


Hard character style
Hard character style changes all font settings of the selection to current style font settings.


What`s new
What's new

The new features of  AnetHelpTool 5.015 version:

  Works in 32-bit mode.

  Generates HTML-help files.

  WinHelp Compiler and HTMLHelp Compiler are included in distribution kit.

The new features of 4.5x AnetHelpTool version:

  Conversion of help project file database to Web site in HTML format.

  Help compiler (hcp.exe) is included in the AnetHelpTool.

  The add-on module that installs additional Microsoft Help Workshop components and integrates them with AnetHelpTool is available. It can be downloaded from http://www.anetsoft.com/eprhlptl.htm.
This add-on module includes Hotspot Editor version 2.0 (Shed.exe) that enables you to create a graphic with multiple hotspots and Multi-Resolution Bitmap Compiler version 1.1 (Mrbc.exe) that  compiles bitmaps of different screen resolution into a single file.

  Insignificant interface enchancement.

The new features of 4.0x AnetHelpTool version:

  Significant interface enhancement.

  Safer algorithm for output RTF file compiling.

  Normal undo operations.

  Partial table support.  AnetHelpTool does not allow creation of tables, but you can create tables in MS WORD or other word processor and copy it to AnetHelpTool topic.

  Paragraph bordering support.

  WYSIWYG insertion of referenced bitmaps and metafiles aligned as characters.

  Fast topic creation.

  Fast topic attributes editing.

  User defined text styles support.

  Easy and fast topic navigation.

  Tools menu, allows user to add shortcuts to programs for use with AnetHelpTool.

  Image Gallery (limited edition) is added as first tool in Tools menu.  This convenient picture browser helps user find graphics to insert in topic text.


FAQ
Frequently asked questions

1. Where can I find a Help Compiler?

2. What  help compilers can I use  with AnetHelpTool?

3. I use tabulation to make tables and/or columns in my topics.  In AnetHelpTool it looks okay,  but in the compiled Help file, tabs that should coincide are shifted in relation to each other.  What's wrong?

4. What should I do if during Help file compiling I see a help compiler error message?

Error 2550 : Invalid path pathname in BMROOT option.

Error 4639: Error in file filename at byte offset 0x%lX.

Error 5059: Not enough memory to build help file.

5. Does AnetHelpTool use the Windows 95 style of help or does it use the Windows 3.1 one?  Can I create Windows 95 like help, that has three page tabs (contents, index, find)?

6. How to reference an area of a graphic for linking in AnetHelpTool?


Working space


Topic list

Lists all topics in the current Help project.  Provides a quick, efficient method of navigation through help project topics. To go to a desired topic just select it in the topic list..


Status bar
Displays additional information: help hints, shortcuts or referenced bitmap information, etc.


Format ruler

Displays indent and tabs attributes of current or selected paragraphs and allows changes.

Measurement units for ruler are set in the Paragraph dialog box.

Indent attributes

To change paragraph(s) left indent, place mouse pointer on the left [image] indicator at the bottom of the ruler and drag it to the desired left indent value.

To change paragraph(s) right indent,  place mouse pointer on the right [image] indicator at the bottom of the ruler and drag it to the desired right indent value.

To change paragraph(s) first line indent,  place mouse pointer on the left [image] indicator on the top of the ruler and drag it to the desired first line indent value.

Tabs setting

First set the desired Tab Stop alignment type (left, right or center) by clicking left mouse button on the [image] indicator at the beginning of the ruler.  Then click the left button anywhere on the ruler to set the specified Tab Stop.  Each Tab Stop can have a different alignment type.  To remove a particular marker just click on it with the right mouse button.


Project Option Dialog Box (Project Tab)
Project Options Dialog Box

Project... Command (Options Menu)

Appearance Tab	General Tab

Defines some options for resultant help file.

 Box Options

 Help Title

Enter title of the current Help project.  This text will be the title of the Help file compiled by Help Compiler from your Help project.

 Citation

Specifies a string that is appended to topics that are copied from Windows Help instead of the Copyright string.  Windows Help displays the citation immediately below the copyright notice.

 Copyright

The contents of this text box  will be placed in the About dialog box of Windows Help. Windows Help displays it immediately below the copyright notice.  The copyright notice is also appended to topics that are copied to the clipboard, unless it is replaced by using the Citation option.

 Picture

If you use inserting graphic by reference, designate in this box the directory where referenced picture file is located.  This box is updated automatically when you insert graphic using Insert graphic dialog box.  You may correct or update this box manually or by using Browse button (>>).  Sequential directories should be separated by commas.

 Icon

Specifies the icon file to be displayed when the Help file is minimized.  You can use the Browse button (>>) to select icon file.

 Contents

Identifies highest-level or Contents topic.  This topic is usually a table of contents or index within the Help file. Windows Help displays the Contents topic whenever the user clicks the Contents button.  Select the Contents topic from topic list.

 Compression

Specifies the level of compression to be used when building the Help file.

 Background colors

Specifies the custom background colors for main client area and for Non-scrolling region.

 Main...

Use this button to define background color of main client area.

 Nonscrolling...

Use this button to define background color of topic's nonscrolling region.


Answer 1
AnetHelpTool is distributed with two compilers: HCP.EXE help compiler (for WinHelp) and HHC.EXE (for HTMLHelp)  and uses them by default. However you can use any other help compiler (for example HC31.EXE or HCW.EXE that compiles Win95 compatible help files).  The only restriction is that the version of HC31.EXE compiler should be 3.10.505 or higher.  To link help compiler with AnetHelpTool enter the path to it in the Help Compiler field in the General Tab of Project Option dialog box.


Answer 2
You used implicit default tabulation in the middle of paragraph.  In the ALLText control, on which AnetHelpTool is based, the distance between the last character and the following default tabstop position cannot be less than the ALLText internal constant value.  This value can be greater than a character width. When a tab stop is near the preceding character, tab shift can occur in the

resulting Help file.

To avoid this problem we recommend that you use explicit tabulation when in the

middle of any paragraph.


Answer 3
When you insert referenced graphics into a topic, AnetHelpTool stores the path to the picture and then writes all stored paths to BMROOT option portion of the HPJ file.  If you work with one Help project on different computers or remove/rename the directory from which the picture was taken, the Help Compiler cannot find this nonexistent directory and reports the error.

To cure, call the Appearance Tab of Project Option dialog box, remove the bad directory name from the Picture text box and run the compiler again.


Answer 4
This message occurs if  the resulting RTF file contains errors or some illegal rtf tags that can't be processed by Help Compiler.

AnetHelpTool itself shouldn't create such illegal tags but you can insert it when copy text from other text processor (from MS Word for example). To avoid this you should make visible all hidden symbols in your text processor before copying and copy only text without hidden text,  footnotes and page breaks. You should avoid to copy pictures from text processor since they also can contain illegal tags.

So to correct this error try to remove illegal tags from topics you copy from text processor. To do this copy such topic from AnetHelpTool to NotePad then delete it in AnetHelpTool and copy back from NotePad to AnetHelpTool.

If this will not help send us your MDB file. We will find and fix the error in RTF file or compiling algorithm.


Answer 5
Can be caused by large referenced graphics files in your project.  If you use help compiler HC31.EXE, try to use HCP.EXE or HCW.EXE (for Windows 95) compiler that is not restricted to conventional memory or remove large images from your project.


Answer 6
Now AnetHelpTool uses Windows 3.1 help style, but it is not difficult to create a help file in Windows 95 style.

You have to define instrustions for the Contents tab in the Help Topics dialog box and directs WinHelp to display the keywords of specified Help files on the Index and Find tabs for it. Choose Project contents... command from Edit menu to define Contents tab.


Bold button
Toggles bold attribute of a selection.


Accelerator keys

Format commands:

Toggle font boldness feature	Alt + B
Toggle font italic feature	Alt + I
Toggle font strikethrough feature	Alt + S
Call Font Color dialog	Alt + J
Call Paragraph dialog	Ctrl + M
Call Style dialog	Ctrl + K
Set left paragraph alignment	Alt + L
Center paragraph	Alt + Q
Set right paragraph alignment	Alt + R
Increase left indent to indent step value	Alt + Z
Decrease left indent to indent step value	Alt + D
Insert bullets before selected paragraphs	Ctrl + U
Call Font dialog	F2
Store font under cursor	Ctrl + digit key
Assign stored font to the selection	Alt + digit key

Navigation commands:

Go to first topic in the database	Ctrl + T
Go to next topic in the database	Ctrl + N
Go to previous topic in the database	Ctrl + P
Go to last topic in the database	Ctrl + Y
Go to previous topic in the history list	Ctrl + B
Go to next topic in the history list	Ctrl + F
Go to contents topic	Ctrl + H
Jump to linked topic (in design mode)	Ctrl + J

Edit commands:

Copy the selection to clipboard	Ctrl + C,  Ctrl + Ins
Cut the selection to clipboard	Ctrl + X,  Shift + Del
Paste the clipboard to topic	Ctrl + V,  Shift + Ins
Select All	Ctrl +E
Delete the selection	Del
Undo last keyboard operation	Ctrl + Z,  Alt + Bksp
Find specified phrase	F4
Find and replace specified phrase	F5
Repeat last find/replace operation	F3
Break automatic replacement	Esc
Call Insert Object dialog	Alt + G

Topic commands:

Link the selection with specific topic	Ctrl + L
Link the selection with new topic	Alt + A
Create new topic	Alt + W
Call New Topic dialog box	Ctrl + W
Call Topic Attributes dialog box	Ctrl + A
Create/Remove nonscrolling area	Alt + N
Call Keyword dialog box	Alt + >

Compile commands:

Compile RTF,  HPJ and H files	Shift + 1
Compile help file (Run help compiler)	Shift + 2
Show last compiled help file	Shift + 3
Batch processing	Shift + 4

Other commands:

Switch AnetHelpTool to design mode	Ctrl + D
Switch AnetHelpTool to runtime mode	Ctrl + R
Run Spell Checker	Ctrl + Q

File commands:

Save and compact project database	Ctrl + S
Open help project	Ctrl + O


Italic button
Toggles between regular and Italic font styles.


Underline button
Toggles underline feature of a selection.


Strikethrough button
Toggles strikethrough feature of a selection.


Color button
Dropdowns Color menu to change color of a selection.


Left button
Justifies a paragraph to the left margin.


Center button
Centers a paragraph. Centered paragraph keeps this feature even if window is resized.


Right button
Justifies a paragraph to the right margin.


Bullet button
Inserts bullet before selected paragraph(s).


Decrease button
Decreases left indent of selected paragraphs to indent step.


Increase button
Increases left indent of selected paragraphs to indent step.


New button
Creates new Help project file.


Open button
Opens existing Help project file.


Save button
Saves and compacts current help project file.


Cut button
Cuts the selection to clipboard.


Copy button
Copies the selection to clipboard.


Paste button
Pastes clipboard contents to topic window.


Undo button
Undoes last topic operation.


Nsr button
Creates/removes nonscrolling area in the current topic.


New topic button
Creates new new topic with selected phrase as a title.


Link button
Calls Create New Link dialog box to link the selection with a specific topic.


Image button
Calls Insert Objects dialog box to insert an object in cursor position.


Back button
Goes to previous topic in the History list.


Forward button
Goes to next topic in the History list.


Home button
Goes to Contents topic.


First button
Goes to the first topic in Help project database.


Previous button
Goes to the previous topic in Help project database.


Next button
Goes to the next topic in Help project database.


Last button
Goes to the last topic in Help project database.


RTF button
Creates Help project intermediate files (RTF, HPJ, H files).


HC button
Runs Help Compiler to compile last created intermediate files.


Show help button
Shows last created Help file.


Batch button
Batch compile. Creates intermediate files, compiles Help file and displays completed file.


Answer 7
The Microsoft Help Compiler is licensed software.  It is distributed with such developer products as Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C++, Borland Delphi or Borland C++.

AnetHelpTool is distributed with HCP.EXE version 3.10.505 now.

The latest release of these updated Compiler (HC.EXE and HCP.EXE version 3.10.505) can be found in the self-extracting file VBHC505.EXE.

You can download VBHC505.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

 - CompuServe

      GO MSL

      Search for VBHC505.EXE

      Display results and download

 - Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

      Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL

      Download VBHC505.EXE

 - Internet (anonymous FTP)

      ftp ftp.microsoft.com

      Change to the \softlib\mslfiles directory

      Get VBHC505.EXE


Find command
Find... Command (Edit Menu)

Calls the Find dialog box that allows the user to find a specified phrase in project topic(s).


Find dialog box

Find... Command (Edit Menu)

Allows the user to find the specified phrase in project topic(s).

 Box Options

 Find what

Enter phrase to be found or select last search phrase from combo box.

 Search

 Current Topic

Search will examine current topic only.

 All Topics

Search will examine all project topics.

 Start From

 Current position

Search will start from current cursor position.

 Top/Bottom of text

Search will start from top/bottom of topic depending on search direction.

 Direction

 Forward

Search will examine text subsequent to the current cursor position.

 Backward

Search will examine text preceding the current cursor position.

 Case sensitive

Toggles between case-sensitive and case-insensitive search modes.

 Command Buttons

 Find

Initiates search in accordance with specified options.


Replace command
Replace... Command (Edit Menu)

Calls Replace dialog box that allows user to find and replace the specified phrase in project topic(s).


Replace dialog box

Replace... Command (Edit menu)

Allows user to find and replace a specified phrase in project topic(s).

 Box Options

 Find what

Enter phrase to be found or select last search phrase from combo box.

 Replace with

 Enter text that will replace selected phrase.

 Search

 Current Topic

Search will examine current topic only.

 All Topics

Search will examine all project topics.

 Start From

 Current position

Search will start from current cursor position.

 Top/Bottom of text

Search will start from top/bottom of topic depending on search direction selected.

 Direction

 Forward

Search will examine text subsequent to current cursor position.

 Backward

Search will examine text prior to current cursor position.

 Prompt on replace

 Displays prompt on replacement when phrase is found.

 Replaces all matching phrases automatically. To stop automatic replacement press Esc.

 Case sensitive

Toggles between case-sensitive and case-insensitive search.

 Command Buttons

 Replace

Initiates text replacement in accordance with specified options.


Find Again Command
Find Again Command (Edit Menu)

Repeats last find/replace operation.


Reformat command
Reformat... Command (Format Menu)

Calls Reformat dialog box  to reformat all topics of current help project.


Reformat dialog box

Reformat Command... (Format Menu)

Allows user to reformat nonscrolling and/or main areas of all topics using specified user defined style.

 Box Options

 Select Style

Lists all user defined styles.

The leftmost character of the list element defines the type of style:

¶  indicates paragraph style,

h  indicates hard character style,

s  indicates soft character style.

To select style click desired one or use arrow keys.

 Style to apply

 Displays currently selected style.

 Example

 Displays text example with font settings of current style.

 Description

Lists font and paragraph parameters set for current style.

 Apply to main topic area

 Reformats topic's main areas using selected style or toggles to NOT reformat topic's main areas.

 Apply to nonscrolling topic area

 Reformats topic's nonscrolling areas using selected style or toggles to NOT reformat topic's nonscrolling areas.

 Command Buttons

 Style

Calls Style dialog box edit styles in the style list.

 Apply

Initiates reformatting of the entire help project in accordance with Apply to main/nonscrolling topic area options using selected style.


Update project command
Update project... Command (File Menu)

Calls Update Project dialog box to append current project with selected topics from other help project database.


Update Project Dialog Box

Update project... Command (File Menu)

Allows user to add topics from another help project database to current project.  Click the OK button to add all selected topics to the current help project.

If the added topic has the same title or/and context strings as some topic in the current project, you will have the choice - replace existing topic with new one or add it as new topic with slightly changed title and context string.

All links are processed in accordance with Link options.

  Box Options

 Update from

Displays the name of help project database from which you will update current project.

 Show topic preview

 Shows the Topic preview box and displays the selected topic the current list box or toggles to hide the Topic Preview box.

 Topics

Lists all topics in the database from which update is to be selected.

Select topic(s) to add to the current project and double-click it or click the --->  button.  Highlighted topics will be placed into Topics to Update list.

 Topics to Update

Lists  topics to add to the current project.  To return a topic to the Topics list select the topic and double-click it or click the  <---  button.

 Links

Defines how to process links in added topics.  The hypertext phrase is linked with destination topic through internal topic ID that is specific to the project database.

If the links are copied without change, they can be referenced to an incorrect or nonexistent topic.

The options below allow automatic link correction. But in any case you should check all links in added topics and correct them if need. To check the link move mouse cursor over the hypertext link and look at bottom status bar:  if destination topic exists its title will appear here.

 Don't remove links

 Links in added topics will remain and process in accordance with Redefine links and Remove unresolved links options.  Or, toggle to remove all links from added topics.

 Redefine links

 Links in added topics will be redefined if possible.  The new destination topic for these links will be subjected to the following sequence:

1.  If destination topic exists among added topics, the hypertext phrase will be referenced to this topic.

2.  If no qualifying new topics exist, hypertext phrase will be referenced to a project topic in the current project that has the same context string as the old destination topic.

3.  If no qualifying topics exist in the current project, the hypertext phrase will be referenced to a current project topic that has the same title as the old destination topic.

If a qualifying new destination topic is not found the link is left unchanged or removed in accordance with the Remove unresolved links option.

 The Redefine Links option toggles to leave links unchanged.  In this setting the user must manually redefine links.

 Remove unresolved links

 Toggles so links that cannot be redefined will either be removed or left unchanged.  In either setting the user must redefine links manually.

  Command Buttons

   --->

Moves highlighted topics from Topics list into the Topics to Update list.

 <---

Moves highlighted topics from Topics to Update list into the Topics list.


Select All command
Select All Command (Edit Menu)

Selects the entire main topic area.


Answer8
Process bitmap using any hotspot editor (one hotspot editor is distributed with Visual Basic). Save the processed image as a .shg file. Insert this .shg file in your help topic as a referenced graphic. The graphic will appear in the AHT topic as a reference string {bmx file.shg}. The hotspot image will be visible only in the final Help file.

Use of the hotspot editor consists of:

1. Select hotspot area and double-click it to call hotspot Attributes dialog box.

2.  Define the following fields in the Attributes dialog box:

Context string - enter context string of the topic to which you want to jump (find this context string in the AHT Topic Attributes dialog box).

Type - select the type of the link, Pop up, Jump or Macro. If Macro is selected, enter macro you want to execute in the Context string field.

Attribute - Visible or Invisible: defines whether or not the hotspot will

be visible in the Help file.

3. Repeat steps above for all desired hotspot areas.


Link2New button
Creates new new topic with selected phrase as a title and calls Create New Link dialog box to link the selection with this topic.


Spelling command
Spelling... Command (Tools Menu)

Runs spell checker for the current topic or the entire Help project.


Spelling Option command
Spelling... Command (Option menu)

Calls Spelling Option dialog box - to edit spelling options.


Spelling Option dialog box

Spelling... Command (Option Menu)

To define the spelling engine and set the spelling options.

 Box Options

 Languages

Lists spelling engines that can be used during spelling session.

 Command Buttons

 Add

Calls Spelling Engine dialog box to add new spelling engine.

 Edit

Calls Spelling Engine dialog box to edit attributes of selected spelling engine.

 Delete

Deletes selected spelling engine.

 Suggest

 From Main Dictionary Only

If this option is checked then the suggestion list in the Spelling dialog box will be filled without using opened custom dictionary.

 Ignore

 Words in UPPERCASE

If checked the spell checker will ignore words in uppercase.

 Words with Numbers

If checked the spell checker will ignore words containing numbers.


Spelling dialog box

Spelling... Command (Tools Menu)

This dialog box appears when the spell checker finds a misspelled word.

 Box Options

 Not in the dictionary

Displays incorrect word.

 Change to

Text box for alternative word. You can select an alternative from the Suggestions list or type it manually.

 Suggestions

Lists alternative suggestions for misspelled word.

 Language

Lists spelling engines that can be used during spelling session. As a rule different spelling engines are associated with different languages so you can change the spelling language in multilanguage help projects during one spell session. To do so, choose another language from this combo box.

 Command Buttons

 Options

Calls Spelling Option dialog box.

 Ignore

Ignores selected misspelled word and goes on to the next one.

 Ignore All

Skips over this particular word for the remainder of the spell check session.

 Change

Changes the misspelled word to the word selected in the Change to text box.

 Change All

Changes this and all subsequent occurrences of this particular word to the word selected in the Change To text box.

 Add

Adds the unrecognized word to the user dictionary.  Once a word is added to this dictionary, it will no longer be considered a misspelled word.

 Cancel

Breaks spell session and closes dialog box.


Spelling engine

We define the spelling engine as "spelling DLL" and corresponding dictionaries are associated to a specific language.

We have no licensed spelling DLL available to distribute with our program, but we provide the interface with which to link AnetHelpTool to a spelling DLL you have already.

You can link up to AnetHelpTool any 32-bit spelling DLL that uses Common Speller Application Programming Interface (CSAPI).

We use the spelling engine from MS Office 97.  The MS Office spelling DLL's and dictionaries  are placed in your Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof\ directory.  The english spelling engine uses MSSP232.DLL and MSSP2_EN.LEX main dictionary.  National spelling engines can use other DLL's and/or dictionaries (for example MSSPELRU.DLL and MSSP2_RU.LEX dictionary for Russian engine).


Spelling Engine dialog box

This dialog box sets spelling engine options and associates it with a particular language.

 Box Options

 Language

Defines the language that will be associated with current spelling engine. This name will identify spelling engine and be used in the Spelling dialog box where you can change languages during a spell-check session.

 Spelling Files Location

Defines the location of spelling engine files. You should appoint the  full path to the spelling DLL and to the main and custom dictionaries.

 Spelling DLL

Enter the full path to the spelling DLL or press right [image] button to find it using File Open dialog.  You can use any 32-bit spelling DLL that uses Common Speller Application Programming Interface (CSAPI), for example MSSP232.dll from MS Office 97.

 Main dictionary

Enter the full path to the main dictionary that will be connected to the spelling DLL or press right [image] button to find it using File Open dialog.  MS WORD 6.0 uses MSSP2_EN.LEX english main dictionary.  Other languages uses other MSSP2_XX.LEX dictionaries.

 Custom dictionary

Enter the full path to the custom dictionary or press right [image] button to find it using File Open dialog.


Web site...
Calls Web Site Attributes dialog box to

  set conversion parameters from help project to HTML files.


Web Site Attributes dialog box. General tab
Web Site Attributes dialog box

Web Site... Command (Compile Menu)

General tab	Text Conversion tab	Block conversion tab

Defines the location of Web site being compiled, some its parameters and allows to transform your project mdb file into local Web site.

During this conversion each help topic is saved as separate HTML file. All links between topics and pointers to images are stored as relative paths, so the entire Web site can be uploaded to any other location without links loosing.

You should remember that conversion to HTML format can change the look of your topics so you should check and correct them if it is needed before publishing.

 General Tab Options

 Web site directories

Defines the Web site location on your hard disk.

 Base directory

Enter full or relative path to the Base site directory where compiled HTML files will be placed or select it using [image] button. The relative path will be established relatively to the location of your help project database file. All compiled HTML files will be placed in this directory. If your help project is big, some additional Web Site subdirectories named FILES1, FILES2 and so on will be created and part of files will be placed it these subdirectories. Each subdirectory will contain ~500 files.

 Picture directory

Enter full or relative path to the directory where picture files will be placed or select it using [image] button. The relative path will be established regarding the Base site directory.

Each WYSIWYG picture in your help project will be converted to GIF format and placed into this directory. If the number of pictures in this directory exceeds 500, the IMAGE1, IMAGE2 (if IMAGE is the name of Picture directory) and so on directories will be created to keep pictures.

We recommend you to create Picture directory as subdirectory of Base site directory to make an upload more easy, as since during upload you should save the  hierarchical structure of Web site directories.

Non WYSIWYG graphics inserted as referenced string (i.e. as string of type {bmx filename.shg}) are not transformed to the GIF images.
The graphics inserted as embedded OLE objects (this situation can occur if you copy such graphics from MS WORD or if you use topics created with AnetHelpTool of 1.xx version) couldn't be converted to the GIF format yet and will be replaced with a default image.

 Home page name

Enter or select from dropdown list the name of Web site home page. This name will be assigned to the HTML file corresponding your Content help topic.

 Use frame to display nonscrolling area

If checked the topics with nonscrolling area will be transformed into HTML document with frames that emulates the look of such topics. If no frame is used the content of nonscrolling area is copied to the top of main topic area.


Web Site Attributes dialog box.Text Conversion tab
Web Site Attributes dialog box

Web Site... Command (Compile Menu)

General tab	Text Conversion tab	Block Conversion tab

Text Conversion tab allows to customize the conversion of RTF text inside paragraphs into HTML format.

 Text Conversion Tab Options

 Mark bold text with

If checked the bold text inside RTF paragraph will be marked using HTML tag which is selected in the right combo box, otherwise bold text is rendered as usual one in the compiled HTML files. The default HTML tag is <B>, but you can use some logic HTML style that is rendered usually as bold by HTML browsers such as <STRONG>.

 Mark italic text with

If checked the italic text inside RTF paragraph will be marked using HTML tag selected in the right combo box, otherwise italic text is rendered as usual one in the compiled HTML files.  The default HTML tag is <I>, but you can use some logic HTML style that is rendered usually as italic by HTML browsers such as <CITE> or <EM>.

 Mark underlined text with

If checked the underlined text inside RTF paragraph will be marked using HTML tag selected in the rightmost combo box, otherwise underlined text is rendered as usual one in the compiled HTML files.

 Mark monospaced text with

If checked the monospaced text inside RTF paragraph will be marked using HTML tag selected in the rightmost combo box, otherwise monospaced text is rendered as usual one in the compiled HTML files.  The default HTML tag is <TT>, but you can use some logic HTML style that is rendered usually as monospaced by HTML browsers such as <KBD>, <CODE> or <SAMP>.

 Mark  font size with

If checked the text printed with font size distinguish from default (10 pt for monospaced font and 12pt for variable width font)  inside RTF paragraph will be marked using HTML tag selected in the rightmost combo box, otherwise font size is ignored during conversion.  The default HTML tag is <FONT SIZE=...> but you can use also <BIG> tag  for larger fonts and <SMALL> for smaller ones.

 Ignore font color

If checked the font color will be ignored during conversion, otherwise colored text will be marked with <FONT COLOR=...> tag.

 Ignore font name

If checked the font names will be ignored during conversion, otherwise text printed with font distinguish from default (Times New Roman fir variable width font and Courier New for monospaced font) will be marked with <FONT FACE=...> tag.


Web Site Attributes dialog box. Block Conversion tab
Web Site Attributes dialog box

Web Site... Command (Compile Menu)

General tab	Text Conversion tab	Block Conversion tab

Block Conversion tab allows to customize the conversion of  RTF paragraphs into HTML ones.

 Block Conversion Tab Options

 Mark italic paragraphs with <ADDRESS> tag

If checked the paragraphs that contain only italized characters will be marked with <ADDRESS> tag, otherwise such paragraphs are rendered as usual one.

 Mark bold paragraphs with <HEADER> tag

If checked the paragraphs that contain only bold characters of one size will be marked with corresponding <HEADER> tag, otherwise such paragraphs are rendered as usual one.

 Mark monospaced paragraphs with <PRE> tag

If checked the paragraphs that contain only characters in monospaced font  will be marked with <PRE> tag, otherwise such paragraphs are rendered  as usual one.

 Mark bulleted paragraphs with <UL> tag

If checked the left indented paragraphs that begin with bullet character will be marked as unordered list element, otherwise such paragraphs are rendered as usual left indented one in correspondense with Ignore paragraph indentation option .

 Mark numbered paragraphs with <OL> tag

If checked the left indented paragraphs that begin with number followed by point (i.e. 1. or 4.)  will be marked as ordered list element, otherwise such paragraphs are rendered as usual left indented one in correspondense with Ignore paragraph indentation option .

 Ignore paragraph indentation

If checked the left indented paragraphs will be rendered as usual one, else such paragraphs are marked with nested HTML tags pointed in the following combo box (<BLOCKQUOTE>, <UL> or <OL> tags are enabled).


Export to HTML files
Starting from v.4.5 AnteHelpTool supports an export of it's database into HTML files.

That means the every  topic you have created in this program can be automatically saved as HTML file and all hypertext links between topics you established in AnetHelpTool will be valid.

That also means you can upload all these files on a web site and Internet/Intranet customers will be able to read your documentation using browsers they have.

In order to export your data into HTML files select Web Site from Compile menu.

Visit Anet site (http://www.anetsoft.com) and see how help files of many Anet's programs are presented in Web.


Test Web Site
foLoads Home Page file of compiled Web Site to your default browser or to browser you point in the Web Browser field of General Tab in the Project Option dialog box.


Project Contents
Project Contents Command (Edit menu)

Calls Project Contents dialog box to allow user to define Contents tab options.

Every time when you call help file, WinHelp displays window with three tabs: Contents tab, Index tab and Find tab. You should define only Contents tab,  the keywords specified in Help file will automatically define the Index and Find tabs.


Uppercase
Uppercase... Command (Format menu)

Converts selected text in Capital characters.


Lowercase
Lowercase... Command (Format menu)

Converts selected text in small characters.


Create HTML help files command
Create HTML help files Command (Compile menu)

Calls Web Site Attributes dialog box that allows to
set convertion's parametrs from help project to HTML files.


Compile HTML help files command
Compile HTML help files Command (Compile menu)

Runs HTML-Help Compiler to make an output help file.  The Help Compiler uses the most recently created .HTML input files.


Show HTML help command
Show HTML help Command (Compile menu)

Display last created output HTML help file.


HTML Batch Processing command
HTML Batch Processing Command (Compile menu)

Creates all necessary intermediate .HTML files, makes output help file and displays last created HTML help output file.


Project Contents Dialog Box

Project Contents... Command (Edit Menu)

Allows user build hierarchy tree of topics which will be display in Contents tab.

 Box Options

  Contents version

Allow to select Contents tree version available for editing. You can select one of the next Contents tree versions:

Windows Help	- displays only nodes linked to the WinHelp Contents tree

HTML Help	- displays only nodes linked to the HTML Help Contents tree

RTF Manual	- displays only nodes that will be used to compile RTF Manual

Show all nodes	- displays all Contents tree nodes.

  Use current node to compile

Allows to select the Contents tree version linked with selected node.

Windows Help	- link current node with the WinHelp Contents tree version

HTML Help	- link current node with the HTML Help Contents tree version

RTF Manual	- link current node with the RTF Manual Contents tree version

  Contents

Displays a tree of topics as it will look in Contents tab.

  Text

Displays caption of highlighted node in Contents box and allows editing of caption.

  Node type

Defines type of highlighted node in Contents box.

  Heading

Define highlighted node in Contents box  as a Caption.

  Topic

Define highlighted node in Contents box  as a Topic.

  Macro / URL

Define highlighted node in Contents box as Macro (for Winhelp tree version) or as URL (for HTML tree version)

  Related Topic

If you define a node  as a Topic, choose the topic name for this node from the combo box of topic from combo box which will correspond this node.

  Related macro

If you define a node as a Macro, type the name of the Macro for this node (works only for Winhelp version of Content tree)

  Related URL

If you define a node as a URL, type the URL linked to this node (works only for HTML version of Content tree)

 Command Buttons

  Insert before

Insert new node to Contents box before highlighted node.

  Insert after

Insert new node to Contents box after highlighted node.

  Add as Child

Insert new node to Contents box as a Child of highlighted node.

  Delete

Delete highlighted node from Contents box.

  Move Left

Move highlighted node one level up in hierarchy structure.

  Move Right

Move highlighted node one level down in hierarchy structure.

  Move Up

Move highlighted node up at the same hierarchic  level.

  Move Down

Move highlighted node down at the same hierarchic  level.

  Add All Topics

Add all topics in Contents box from the current help project.

  Make all nodes common

Make any nodes linked to all Content tree versions.


Sort by time button
Sort topics in the order of they creation.


Sort by name button
Sort topics in A-Z order.


Project contents button
Shows project contents tree.


RTF Manual
RTF manual combines the project topics into one RTF document organized as a book. The style of RTF manual is defined in the RTF Manual Options dialog box. To compile RTF manual select RTF Manual command in the Compile menu.


RTF Manual Options dialog box

RTF Manual Options... Command (Options Menu)

Defines the appearance of RTF Manual.

 Box Options

  Print only topics from contents tree

The compiled RTF document will consists of the topics included into the RTF manual contents tree version only. The topic headers will be taken from the Contents tree.

All project topics in the order as they were created will be included in RTF manual.

  Print manual contents

The list of topics included into the manual will be placed at the beginning of manual.

  Print nonscrolling area

Topic's nonscrolling area will be included into the manual.

Only main topics area will be printed.

   Page break after topic

Page breaks after each topic will be inserted.

  Page break before main headers

Page breaks before root headers will be inserted.

  Enumerate headers

All headers will be enumerated and header number will be printed before the header name.

Number will not be printed before the header.

  Heading styles

This group box allow to define paragraph styles for headers taken from Contents tree.

Main header	- defines style for displaying top level nodes of Contents tree.

Header 1 	- defines style for displaying child nodes of the first level.

Header 2 	- all other Contents tree nodes.

 Command Buttons

  Page setup...

Calls Page setup dialog box to define RTF manual page margins.

  Styles...

Calls Styles dialog box that allows to add new styles into Heading styles combo boxes or edit existing ones.


Timestamp
Paste current date stamp to the current cursor position.


RTF Manual Options...
RTF Manual Options...... Command (Options menu)

Calls RTF Manual Options dialog box that allows to manage the appearance of RTF manual.


Entire project
Compile project topics into a single RTF file in correspondence with options settings from RTF Manual Options dialog box.


Current topic
Export current topic in the RTF file.