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[Serge]

i have 2 questions:

1. how do i put a carriage return in a checkbox element? i need the text displayed on 2 lines rather than 1

2. anyone found a quick and easy way to put together good help files for your programs? i need a quick way to put one together and to edit when i make changes to my programs ... putting together help files for my programs is not my favourite activity, so i need a quick way to put together something nice and easy to update/edit, any ideas?

thanks in advance

serge

[uvedese]

Hi Serge:

About put a carriage return in a checkbox element, watch this item:

http://forum.vdsworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=3945

You can adapt the code to include @cr() in the text of checkbox... it's a possible solution.

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uVeDeSe

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[Serge]

thanks for the reply but @cr() does not work ... neither does @chr(10)@chr(13) which creates new lines

the link is an idea but i wanted to be able to use the one checkbox on its own

i might have to resort to the idea in the link ... ggrr!!

thanks again

serge

[Dr. Dread]

You could also leave the checkbox without a caption and then put in a text element designed to your needs next to
the naked checkbox.

Greetz
Dread

[JRoza]

Concerning the making/editing of helpfiles, I use HelpNDoc which is a very fine and easy to use program.
You can find it at www.ibe-software.com.
Unregistered every helpfile page will have an extra footer but otherwise the product functions as the registered version.

It was such a joy to use that I registered it after 3 days of use since it worked so much easier than other products I'd used.



Jan

[uvedese]

About check box:

try this code, based on an idea of GregLand:

[Serge]

thanks dr dread and uvedese ... i had no choice but to resort to that idea

jan, that looks like a great program but given that i want to use for commercial products and the price they charge, i have to try something else

thanks again guys

serge

[PGWARE]

I use Microsofts HTML Help Workshop. It's free and it outputs .chm compiled html help that is standard. The tool is not WYSIWYG but it's pretty easy to figure out once you make 1-2 help files. The pages themselves are standard html, no special tags or anything really needed.

[WidgetCoder]

For creating help files I use HelpMaker by Vizacc it's a freeware WYSIWYG RTF and HTML (.hlp/.chm) authoring tool that's extremely well designed and easy to use.

http://www.vizacc.com/

[Serge]

thanks pgware and widgetcoder ... will check them out

serge

[stewcam]

A remarkably good freeware tool for helpfile creation is HelpMaker from http://www.vizacc.com. Better than most shareware programs in the range up to $100 or so.

[Serge]

that is a great HELP creator program, thanks for that widgetcoder and stewcam

it looks like it's exactly what i am after

thanks again

serge

[webdaddy]

For creating help files I use Shalom Help File Maker. It's free, no ads or banners and is quick and easy to learn.

Here is a link to it. I dont know what the actual site is but I use the for help files and Inno Setup for my setup packages. Works like a champ.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/shalom.html

ISP Toolz

[Serge]

thanks for that ... i used to use it but stopped for reasons i can't remember ... i think it wasn't quite working properly on my pc or something like that

serge