EXTRA INFORMATION



INSTALLING THE HELP COMPILER

In order to compile Help files, HelpBuilder requires the Microsoft Windows
Help Compiler (HC31.EXE). This has now been placed in the Public Domain
by Microsoft and is supplied with HelpBuilder, however you are not being
charged for this in your registration fee.
HC31.EXE is supplied with both the Microsoft and Borland C++ compilers,
Visual Basic and probably many other software development tools, so you
will probably already have a copy of it. HelpBuilder can create projects
without HC31.EXE but you will not be able to compile them without it.

The HelpBuilder Setup program assumes that you wish to use the copy of
HC31.EXE supplied and will place it in the same directory as the
HelpBuilder executeables but you can change this to point to your own copy
of HC31.
To configure HelpBuilder, you can either edit HELPBLDR.INI (Not with
HelpBuilder itself) or create a help project and select the Project/Settings
menu option, then select the 'Compiler Installation' section. From here you
can install the compilers of your choice. This is the recommended method.
Note that each help project will contain the name of the compiler
required to compile it to assist in portability.

If you wish to use a help compiler other than HC31.EXE you can use this same
technique to configure HelpBuilder as above. Note however, that your
alternative compiler must be HC31 compatible (HelpBuilder does not produce
input files compatible with HC30.EXE at present).
Please note that HC31.EXE also requires the file 'HC31.ERR'. If this is
missing HC31.EXE will fail to run.

HelpBuilder uses a Windows .PIF file to enable it to run the Help Compiler.
This is placed in your \WINDOWS directory. If you have installed Windows
on any other drive other than C: you will need to use PIF Editor to
edit HECOMP.PIF and change the drive letter of the 'Program File Name' to
the drive on which Windows has been installed.

HelpBuilder requires that SHARE.EXE is installed on your machine to operate
correctly.



PAYMENT FOR SOFTWARE

You can pay for HelpBuilder in a number of ways: you can post me a cheque
for the value mentioned on the application main screen to my home address.
Alternatively, you can pay via Compuserve. Compuserve has a facility whereby
shareware authors can register their software. If a piece of software is
registered in the Compuserve database, then an automated payment system is
available.
This provides an easy way to pay for Shareware software, particularly for
overseas users.
To access the Compuserve payment system, GO SWREG. HelpBuilder's
registration id is 4152. SWREG will automatically deduct the charge for
HelpBuilder from your Compuserve account and transfer it to mine.



MORE INFORMATION

If you require any further information, I can be contacted on
Compuserve ID: Graham Plowman, 100105,536



NEW FEATURES TO VERSION 1.05

     -     3d Dialogs and controls
     -     Redesign/improved ease of use to all dialogs
     -     Norton Guides Help project import
     -     Topic locator for fast access to topics
     -     Automated maintenence of topic header file
     -     Improved interpretation/Handling of Help Compiler error messages
     -     Compiler installation and selection now performed in Project
           Settings dialog instead of .INI file
     -     Topic Text macros for date, time, copyright, title etc

NEW FEATURES TO VERSION 1.06

     -     Internal bug fixes

NEW FEATURES TO VERSION 1.07

     -     Configuration of temporary file directory now possible
     -     Inclusion of .SHG Segmented Hypergraphic files in projects
           now possible
     -     Sample bitmaps added for inclusion/modification in help files
     -     Ctrl+C now operates allowing Ctrl X/C/V Cut/Copy/Paste instead
           of activating colour dialog
     -     Enter key on Topic Locator dialog opens a topic for editing
     -     Wizard now has a dialog enabling the user to specify the
           component file names
     -     Topic windows now display text in the default project font
     -     Topic limit increased to 2048 files for registered versions,
           still 25 for unregistered versions
     -     Bug Fix: Greying logic for View Sort orders menu options
           corrected - it previously left the first option always greyed!
     -     Non ASCII characters (value > 127) written to .RTF file in \'XX
           format - stops a lot of 'invalid byte at offset' error messages
     -     New toolbar for non-VGA users



NEW FEATURES PLANNED FOR FUTURE RELEASES

     -     Better support for topic jumps:
               - To topics in other help files 
               - Using macros
           This is to be provided by the Topic/Links dialog. The above can
           be inserted manually now if you know the RTF commands! The next
           version will support this automatically
     -     Enable configuration of 'windows'



KNOWN PROBLEMS/SOLUTIONS

Please see the HelpBuilder online Windows Help File section 'Commonly
Reported Problems'.