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From: tomt@ashtate (Tom Tullis)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: HYPERtext apps...any besides Windows Help?
Keywords: hypertext help
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Date: 13 Nov 90 22:18:36 GMT
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In article <1990Nov11.122306@madmax.Viewlogic.COM> kenc@madmax.Viewlogic.COM (Kenstir) writes:
>Has anyone used or seen Hypertext applications running under Win 3
>other than MS's own Help system?

The main hypertext applications for Windows that come to mind immediately
are the following:

    ToolBook (from Asymetrix, phone: 206-455-3071)
    Guide (from Owl International, phone: 800-344-9737)
    KnowledgePro Windows (from Knowledge Garden, phone: 518-766-3000)
    Plus (from Spinnaker Software, phone: 617-494-1200)

There have also been rumors of a hypertext-type application forthcoming
for Windows from Echelon Development Corp in Burlington, Mass.  Maybe they
might unveil something this week at Comdex.

Of the applications listed above, I've used ToolBook and Plus.  I've looked
briefly at KnowledgePro and Guide.  However, I've never used any of these
to try to write on-line help for a Windows app.  I suppose the tricky
part of using one of these tools for that purpose would be whether or not
the tool provides an API that lets you access it appropriately from your
other application when the user requests help.

For more info on these applications you might consider posting a message
on "alt.hypertext".

Tom Tullis
tomt@ashtate.a-t.com