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13/02/1999 12:15:25
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Of course, only that I've never used it. So I can't say anything about it. :)

Vlad

>Thanks for your reply. I have a little exposure to RoboHelp and a couple of others, but haven't spent any time with these tools in quite awhile. Maybe I'll revisit them for the sake of comparison.
>
>PowerHelp looked attractive because it supposedly works specifically with a VFP progect to automatically generate a help file that you can later edit manually. If this tool can actually build a help "framework" to get me started, it it could save a lot of time.
>
>Bill
>
>>I used RoboHelp and tried an eval version of ForeHelp about 1.5 years ago. The eval version of ForeHelp was a little too "evaluation", so... but it may be a good one.
>>
>>RoboHelp is definitively a powerful tool. Except some nasty bugs in project management (I used an old version, newer versions may have solved this). But if you make a backup copy every several hours, these bugs are not important considering the power of the tool.
>>
>>Vlad
>>
>>>Have any of you used PowerHelp (Hallogram)? It generates help files and user manuals for VFP apps. If you've used it, what do you think -- pros, cons, cool features, shortcomings, etc?
>>>
>>>If you have not used PowerHelp, have you used a similar tool to create on-line help?
>>>
>>>Thanks -- Bill
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