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There are two products, DotHLP and DotCHM. The core product is DotHLP and contains all the features listed below. DotCHM is effectively DotHLP plus the added ability to create Compressed HtmlHelp files. The following key features are common to both products.

Key Features

• Intuitive interface saves you time by giving you a very low learning curve
• Single Source, RTF - HLP - HTML
• Filtering:- use the power of database filters to view and compile subsets of your project.
• Variables:- Unique to DotHLP you can insert variables into your help text and assign different values to these when you compile, enabling you to make changes to things like copyright notices and phone numbers with one change.
• Completely Integrated solution
• Help Templates. You can use any other help project as a template to create your new Project or pick from a standard Color Scheme, saving repetitious work and allowing version control management.
• De-compile and import HLP or HPJ files
• Visual Contents Explorer
• 16/32bit help files. Compile for Windows 3.x or Windows95/NT from the same source and move seamlessly between the two.
• Drag, drop and resize your Help Window on a simulated desktop.
• Visually Embed Graphics by reference directly within your help text.
• Add or remove standard help buttons with a simple click.
• Built-in spell checker
• Jump Integrity™ maintains the integrity of your internal jumps
• Wizards
• System wide Preferences
• First Time Help™ provides intuitive help when you need it
• Save any page as Html
• "A" Footnotes for Delphi 3 component authors
• Project specific Options allow extensive customization, such as formatting, colors and Help Window size and positioning
• Enforce default settings such as font, size and color across your whole project
• Support for specialized help systems such as Delphi Components.
• Automatically adds search keys, browse ids and topic footnotes for you.
• Automatic HPJ project file generation.
• Automatic nonscroll region fill-in
• Automatic HelpID mapping
• Automatic, intelligent context strings
• Automatic Contents for 16bit and 32bit
• Built-in Word Processor
• Generates Word compatible RTF files
• Win95/NT Visual Contents Editor
• Reads and Writes CNT files
• Simple Macro editor
• Live Testing of internal jumps
• Delphi examples included
• Mid-Topic Jumps (Bookmarks)
• Contents filtering allows multiple contents views within the same project
• New Project Wizard guides you through a 3 step, one-minute, Help Project template, creation process.
• Import/Export RTF/TXT
• BMP to JPG conversion, in export
• SHG to JPG conversion with image maps, in export
• Bulleted/Numbered lists
• CopyTo function allows you to intelligently copy your compiled help file to your "Live" application directory.

• DotHLP remembers your last screen size, position and Last Project worked on.

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Last modified: 15 January 2003.