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- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION.
-
- Three descriptions of THE HELPER are included here, for catalog listings.
- They may be edited if required, provided the edited version remains accurate.
-
-
- The Helper v3.2 - Creating Help screens and hypertext files
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-
- Long Description
- -----------------
- The Helper is a fully integrated package for creating hypertext-
- like programs and help files with the following features:
-
- * Create a "Help file" from an ASCII text file, and compile it
- into an interactive hypertext document. This can be used as
- an information document for inter-related topics, or as a
- controlling program in its own right.
-
- * Each file can have up to 254 categories of information, with
- up to 254 pages (screens) per category. Scroll within a
- category, or flip between pages and categories with cursors;
-
- * backtrack through previously-selected categories;
-
- * animate the screens by using time-delay overlays;
-
- * search for text;
-
- * print some or all of the Help screens;
-
- * set window size and position individually for each page,
- with full color control on each page;
-
- * cursor actions can be programmed to execute specific DOS
- commands, or enter a DOS shell (for sophisticated menu
- programs, auto-installation routines, etc).
-
- * The Helper itself contains masses of help screens to guide
- you through all the features and aspects of the program
- while you develop your own applications.
-
- * sample Help files are supplied as demonstrations and
- tutorials to illustrate most of the features of The Helper.
-
- In addition, if you write Turbo Pascal programs you can add
- access to the Help files to them, with the above features plus:
-
- * entry from your program into any specific category of the
- Help file (for context-sensitive help) or automatic entry
- into the most recent category used;
-
- * exit and re-entry for your own user-specific functions,
- activated either by global "hot keys" or from a cursor bar
- within the document. These user functions could be anything
- from sounding the bell to running another application,
- returning to the controlling Help file on completion.
-
- Note that you do NOT require Turbo Pascal to use The Helper. However,
- if you are a Turbo Pascal programmer you can incorporate access to your
- compiled Help files directly into your programs. Sample Turbo Pascal
- programs are supplied to demonstrate how easy it is to do this. In its
- simplest application only 2 or 3 lines of source code are required.
-
-
-
-
- Medium Description
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- With The Helper you can create hypertext-like programs and help files.
- An ASCII text file is compiled into an interactive hypertext document
- with up to 254 categories each with up to 254 pages. Once compiled it
- can be used as an information document for inter-related topics, or it
- can become a controlling program in its own right. Major features are:
-
- Masses of help screens for all the program's features.
- Flip between categories with cursor bar.
- Backtrack through previously-selected categories.
- Animate the screens by using time-delay overlays.
- Search for text, and print some or all of the Help screens.
- Set window size, position and colors individually for each page.
- Cursor actions can be programmed to execute specific DOS commands,
- or enter a DOS shell (e.g. menu programs, auto-installation routines).
- Sample Help files are supplied as demonstrations and tutorials.
-
- In addition, if you write Turbo Pascal programs you can access the Help
- files directly from them, including context-sensitive help and global
- "hot keys" or cursor selection for activating user-specific functions.
- These could be anything from sounding a bell to running another
- application, returning to the controlling Help file on completion.
-
- Note that you do NOT require Turbo Pascal to use The Helper. However,
- sample Turbo Pascal programs are supplied to demonstrate how easy it is
- to add the Help files to your own programs. In its simplest application
- only 2 or 3 lines of source code are required for full access to a Help
- file for your program, including all the features listed above.
-
-
-
-
- Short Description
- ------------------
- Create hypertext-like programs and help files to be used as information
- documents for inter-related topics, or as controlling programs in their
- own right. Masses of help screens; Easily flip between categories;
- Backtracking; Animated screens using time-delay overlays; Search for
- text; Print screens; Set window size, position and colors for each page;
- Program cursor actions to execute specific DOS commands or shell (for menu
- programs, auto-installation routines, etc).
-
- If you write Turbo Pascal programs you can also access the Help files
- directly from them, including context-sensitive help and global "hot keys"
- or cursor selection for activating user-specific functions. Note that you
- do NOT require Turbo Pascal to use The Helper, though sample TP programs
- are supplied to demonstrate how to add the Help files to your own programs.