JavaHelp Software - Help Authoring Tools

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Several Help Authoring Tools currently support or plan to support JavaHelp software. For more detailed information about these products, including shipping dates, please see the appropriate vendor's link below.

Software 7 GmbH's Helen

Helen 1.5, totally focused on JavaHelp, now supports JavaHelp 2.0.

Software 7 Helen is a help authoring tool totally focused on JavaHelp. Therefore it can offer several unique features. Helen can import existing JavaHelp projects, offers a project consistency check as well as an HTML link check. Version 1.5 of Helen now supports both, JavaHelp 2.0 and JavaHelp 1.x projects. All new JavaHelp 2.0 features are fully supported. It comes with an easy to use interface for all tasks related to create a JavaHelp online help efficiently. The integration of the redistributable parts of JavaHelp and a comfortable graphical installer makes it easy to setup a complete working environment within a few minutes. Download the free trial version from http://www.software7.biz/.

Solutionsoft's HelpBreeze

Solutionsoft has announced that version 3.0 of its JavaHelp authoring tool, HelpBreeze JavaHelp Edition, now supports JavaHelp 2.0. HelpBreeze is a complete visual authoring system and will automatically handle the creation and maintenance of all the files required by JavaHelp. With HelpBreeze, authors can create a JavaHelp system, plain HTML documentation for a website/intranet and printed documentation all from the same source files. Version 3.0 offers dozens of new features and improvements, including support for targeting both JavaHelp 2.0 and 1.0x. New JavaHelp 2.0 features such as the glossary and favorites views and presentations are fully supported by HelpBreeze. The final release of HelpBreeze JavaHelp Edition 3.0 will ship in September, 2003. A fully functional pre-release copy can be downloaded now from http://www.solutionsoft.com/hbjava3.htm.

Pivotonic JawaHelpAuthor

JawaHelpAuthor 1.2, support JavaHelp2.0, is available

JawaHelpAuthor help you to create JavaHelp system from existing HTML topic files. It's a good WYSWYG editor for helpset file. It separates helpset file data into three parts - info, toolbar and tabs. It provides a powerful and utilitarian table of content and index editor, a GUI interface of jhindexer command for creating full-text search database. For more information visit http://www.pivotonic.com.

eHelp Software's RoboHelp Office

RoboHelp Office v9, supporting JavaHelp 1.1, is now shipping.

RoboHelp Office from eHelp Corporation (formerly Blue Sky Software) provides full support for creating Help systems based on the JavaHelp software from Sun Microsystems. eHelp Corp. has over 250 million online Help systems currently in use that were created using its products. RoboHelp Office provides a complete solution for creating all Help formats such JavaHelp, WinHelp, HTML Help, Oracle Help for Java, cross-platform WebHelp, etc. RoboHelp Office supports the automatic creation of professional online user assistance for applications, Web sites, extranets and Intranets. For more information and a free trial version of RoboHelp, visit eHelp online at http://www.ehelp.com/products/robohelp/productcomparison.asp.

Brown Inc.`s HTML Indexer

HTML Indexer 3, supporting JavaHelp indexing, is currently shipping.

HTML Indexer combines the maintenance advantages of embedded indexing with the productivity benefits of a dedicated indexing environment. With HTML Indexer, you can see all your index entries (or any subset of them) at once, sorted by target, by entry text, or by entry type. Your index entries are stored in the source files, so you don`t have to worry about links breaking when files get moved or renamed. You can build the index instantly, as often as you like, to see exactly how it will look with different style settings. And when you`re ready, you can create a traditional index, a JavaHelp index and map, and an HTML Help index with a single click. Download the free demo version at http://www.html-indexer.com/.

Paradigm Systems

jHelp V1.0 now shipping.

Many successful ideas, be it a software or a document come with a well-authored help to use them. Inadequate or ineffective communication to use even the best software or document is often a bottleneck. jHelp is here to address this inadequacy and the same is simple and easy to use. This help authoring tool from Paradigm Systems can author, modify and run a help for you and of course, jHelp comes with a help that is authored by itself. For more information visit http://paradigmindia.tripod.com/jhelp.htm.

Quadralay's WebWorks Publisher

WebWorks Publisher Professional 2003 for Word and FrameMaker, supporting JavaHelp 1.1.3, is currently shipping.

Quadralay Corporation, a developer and marketer of ePublishing software solutions, has released WebWorks Publisher Professional 2003, a complete online publishing system for technical authors. Together with FrameMaker or MS Word, users can produce online content in all formats from a single source document. HTML, JavaHelp, and other help formats are easy to produce, saving substantial time and money. For more information on WebWorks Publisher products, check out http://www.webworks.com/.

WexTech System's Doc-To-Help

Doc-to-Help 2000, supporting JavaHelp 1.0, is currently shipping.

With Doc-To-Help, users can now produce superior help systems in any major format using one tool from one source. JavaHelp software support in Doc-To-Help will be available in early June. In addition to automatically generating topics, hierarchical links, synchronized table of contents, keyword search, full text search, and automatic encapsulation into a compact JAR format, Doc-To-Help will also provide support for more advanced features, such as secondary windows and JavaHelp technology-based pop-ups. For more information on Doc-To-Help, check out http://www.wextech.com/pr4d2hoverview.htm.

Markus Krätzig's JHelpDev

JHelpDev lets you create HelpSets from existing HTML files in a given directory tree. It provides a powerful table of contents editor, an index editor, full-text search database creation and a built-in JavaHelp previewer. A comprehensive help system explains both authoring and development tasks related to JavaHelp. Use it together with your favourite HTML editing tool. More information can be found at http://www.mk-home.de/.

CalCom HelpExpert

HelpExpert 4.5.4 with built-in PDF support is available

Compose content in the built-in editor, arrange topics in the table of contents and create index entries with drag and drop. Link consistency, index entries and full text search DB are automatically maintained. Produce JavaHelp and PDF (!) with a single mouse click for similar looking online documentation and printed material. More information and a detailed feature list can be found at http://www.calcom.de/eng/product/hlpex.htm.