Copyright 1995, Hyperion Softword

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                    *  Orpheus 2, beta release 2.00.17  *
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Contents of this file:  Purpose
                        Usage
                        OH.CFG
                        User Interface
                        Making your own HLP files

PURPOSE:
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    For reading OH.HLP, the online Help file for use with Orpheus 2's
    OH.EXE.  In normal use, OHHELP is called from within OH.EXE when you
    press <F1> for Help.  However, you can also run this as a standalone
    program.

    OHHELP.EXE is a stripped-down version of the Orpheus Reader.  It
    runs only in text mode and does not include the code for handling
    advanced features like script commands and data-entry fields.


USAGE:
======

    To run OHHELP as a standalone program:

        OHHELP

    The file OH.HLP must be in the same directory as OHHELP.EXE.


OH.CFG:
=======

    If OHHELP is able to find the configuration file OH.CFG, which should
    be in the same directory as OHHELP.EXE, OH.EXE, and your other program
    files, it will use the color values and printing setup stored therein.
    If it cannot find OH.CFG, Help uses default values.


USER INTERFACE:
===============

    The online Help system for Orpheus 2 was developed as an Orpheus project
    using OH.EXE.  In other words, I wrote it exactly the way any Orpheus
    user would write his or her own projects.  The user interface that you
    see in Help -- the layout, command buttons, keyboard behavior -- was
    developed as part of the project.  It is NOT hard-coded into OHHELP.EXE!

    Orpheus 2 gives you the same freedom to determine the appearance and
    functionality of your own works.  See Help on the Layout Dialog
    (Project Menu->Screen Layout).


MAKING YOUR OWN HLP FILES:
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    At the moment, OH.EXE will only assemble a Help file if commanded by
    by the guy who wrote it.  However, there are plans afoot to release an
    extended version of Orpheus, ORPHEUS PROFESSIONAL, which would include
    the ability to assemble any project to either HTX or HLP format.  This
    would enable authors to develop their own foreign-language versions of
    Help for the Reader, or indeed to release projects that use OHHELP.EXE
    as the Reader itself.