Barbara,
Thanks for your input. After reading closer in VFP6 pgmrs guide on Help, it points out the MS "Help Strategy". For VFP6 both FoxHelp.dbf and Win Help Workshop are not included . . . therefore, MS is "guiding us" to use html Help.

Could you expand on "html Help being slow"?

Do you know of any examples of html help on the internet? If I have a chance to grab a working example I'll do it in a heartbeat.

What does the Screen Rip screen capture program do? Capture screen shots, or what? Thanks for the first hand recomendation of Rick's html help software. I know I can "try before buying" but it helps to build confidence that I'm not wasting my time.

Finally, have you heard that vfp7 has another help strategy called Help.hsx? I read something about it but no detail, and MS isn't talking.
Thanks for your "help".<g> Bill


Bill,
I just finished a User Help file using Rick's software. It was easy to learn, and with the help of a free-ware screen capture program (Screen Rip) I finished help for 25 screens in about 12 hours (hey, I'm not a fast writer). The client is quite pleased with the finished product - he wanted a CHM file to give the program the latest 'look'.

Personally I'm not too enthused about the speed of the HTML help, but I like the "TreeView" organization and Index and Search routines.

My $.02 US,
Barbara

>I've heard that Rick Stahl has a good html editor for help. What do you think about html help as opposed to windows help?