Hello,
We currently provide our locally-installed product documentation as .CHM Help. This format seems rather antiquated now, however, and we are interested in learning about other alternatives. For those of you who provide locally-installed Help, what format(s) do you use? I would appreciate any information you could provide.
Thanks.
Alternatives to HTML for Local Help
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Alternatives to HTML for Local Help
Todd Richardson
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Windows 10, Flare 2020
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Windows 10, Flare 2020
Re: Alternatives to HTML for Local Help
Most of our desktop applications are using WebHelp, but we're in the process of switching to HTML5 help.
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Re: Alternatives to HTML for Local Help
I second Dave's reply. Stopped using .chm two years ago; went to WebHelp. Now moving to HTML5.
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Re: Alternatives to HTML for Local Help
You might also want to take a look at DotNetHelp in case you document a DotNet based app. If not, HTML5 help it is although the current recommendation from Microsoft even for Windows 8 still is CHM.
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Re: Alternatives to HTML for Local Help
Moving from CHM to HTML5 help over the last two years. About half of our projects are currently in HTML5 - all installed and accessed locally on the designated system.
Re: Alternatives to HTML for Local Help
I'm using both HTML5 and Webhelp. However, I believe there is still a problem with Chrome not supporting local Webhelp. Other browsers can throw up odd behavior. You should test your output with a range of browsers.
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Re: Alternatives to HTML for Local Help
Thanks for all the replies. We use HTML5 for the Help that is available from our Website, and I like the modern look. I am interested in moving to that format for our desktop applications as well. I would appreciate any resources you could point me to - or tips - that would be helpful in making the conversion from CHM to HTML5 and deploying HTML5 Help with a desktop app.
Todd Richardson
Engineering Team Lead – Customer Experience | IntervalZero
Windows 10, Flare 2020
Engineering Team Lead – Customer Experience | IntervalZero
Windows 10, Flare 2020