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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Guide? (was:  HYPERtext apps...)
Message-ID: <69670.2743a32c@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 15 Nov 90 21:28:28 GMT
References: <5241@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi>
Organization: Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
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In article <5241@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi>, aku@tik.vtt.fi (Arto Kujala) writes:
> Roger Hadgraft writes:
>
>>Have a look at Guide from OWL International.
>
> I have tried Guide 2.0 a long time ago, and it was not the right solution
> for me.
> 1) You really cant modify the user interface.
> 2) My background is in hypercard. I want to find a similar tool for
> Windows.
>
> I know there is update 3.0 of Guide - what is improved?
>
You need to define your needs. Guide is NOT a replacement for Hypercard. See
ToolBook instead, or Plus. Guide is a hypertext package. Hypercard is much more
than that. If you want to build hypertext systems (like on-line help), Guide
will get the job done faster than Hypercard, but Hypercard is a more flexible
tool.

Guide now has a more customisable environment, and the user has greater control
over windows, colours, formats, etc. It has its own scripting capability.
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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