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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: HYPERtext apps...any besides Windows Help? - yes
Message-ID: <68125.273fee89@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 13 Nov 90 02:00:57 GMT
References: <1990Nov11.125221@madmax.Viewlogic.COM>
Organization: Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
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In article <1990Nov11.125221@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?
>
> Additionally, has anyone developed On-line help for Windows' help
> as well as somebody else's help system?
>
> Thanks, netters!
>
> --
> Kenneth H. Cox

The best of them is GUIDE which I've been using for about 2 years. I'm using it
to structure engineering technical information. The drawback is that you must
purchase run-times at a cost depending on how many you want. Cost of GUIDE
itself is about US$400-500. GUIDE offers great capabilities for building very
complex hypertext applications, and includes a scripting facility for tricky
operations.

I've looked at the Windows Help system which looks nice for small applications,
but it has no development shell. What is needed is an interface like GUIDE which
allows such systems to be built quite rapidly. Presumably Microsoft might
produce such a tool in about 2 years time.

BTW, you can also use ToolBook, Plus, and other similar packages.
>
--
Roger Hadgraft                  |  hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au
Lecturer in Civil Engineering   |
Monash University               |  phone:  +61 3 565 4983
Clayton, Vic. 3168. Australia.  |  fax:    +61 3 565 4944 or 3409