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- SDKHlp v0.3.0
-
- While most Windows programmers use development environments which provide
- context sensitive help for Windows functions, some of us do not.
- Specifically, users of Zortech (Symantec) C/C++ v3.0 do not have any
- online help about Windows functions short of a WinHelp document,
- SDKWIN.HLP. This help file, though, is not easily accessed from the
- programming environment, requiring the developer to stop editing, fire up
- WinHelp, and load the help file.
-
- This program is designed to address this rather narrow requirement. That
- is, it is designed to provide quicker access to the SDKWIN.HLP help file.
- What it does is take what is in the clipboard and check it against the SDK
- index, and if found, look it up in the SDK help file.
-
- This program has two modes. The default, "passive", mode is one where
- the program will look up the entry only if you request it to. Thus, you
- would select the function name, message, etc., on the DOS window's
- screen, press Enter to have the item be placed in the clipboard and then
- double click on the SDKHlp icon to have it look up that function for you.
-
- Alternatively, you can use "automatic" mode, in which as soon as a
- Windows function, message, data structure, etc, is copied to the
- clipboard, automatically fire up the appropriate page from the help
- document. Thus, the advantage is that the process is simplified (you
- don't have to manually double click on some icon to get the help, just
- copy the function name (or whatever) to the clipboard). The disadvantage
- of this "automatic" mode is obvious: if you copy some SDK function to the
- clipboard when you don't want to fire up the help file, automatic mode is
- not for you.
-
- You can select automatic or manual mode on the "About..." screen. You
- can also specify the full path name of the .hlp file if it is not in the
- current path.
-
- Anyway, feel free to try this program out. It is Freeware, meaning that
- it may be copied for personal use without fee. SDKHlp is copyright 1992 by
- Robert M. Ryan and is provided with no guarantees of any sort.
-
- I would appreciate any comments that you may have, especially if you come
- across any bugs/limitations of any sort. Note that I created the SDK
- index for this program from the WinHelp file that came with Zortech C++
- v3.0, so if your helpfile has different entries that aren't being caught,
- let me know. I noticed that the "DestroyIcon" is not properly inserted in
- the index, so if other's help files have this corrected, let me know and I
- can distribute another copy. Also, if anyone can provide me with a Win
- 3.1 SDKWIN.HLP file index, I can create a version of the program for that
- too.
-
- Feel free to contact me at the following email address. Thanks.
-
- Robert M. Ryan, March 16, 1992
- internet: Robert_Ryan@brown.edu or st802200@brownvm.brown.edu
- bitnet: ST802200@BROWNVM
-
- Changes since v0.2.1:
- - Only checks clipboard if default format is CF_TEXT or CF_OEMTEXT. The
- result is that the SDKHlp will conflict with fewer programs.
- - Provide hide icon option.
-