Contents

[1] Introduction
   [1.1] What is WinHelp?
   [1.2] What are Viewer and MediaView?
   [1.3] What is HTML Help?
   [1.4] What's this document all about?
   [1.5] What if this FAQ needs more information?
[2] How to learn to build WinHelp files
   [2.1] Software and Online documentation
      [2.1.1] WinHelp 4.0 Help Authoring Guide (Hcw.hlp)
      [2.1.2] What.zip, Hag.zip, and Whag.zip
      [2.1.3] MSDN-CD
   [2.2] Books
      [2.2.1] Building Windows 95 Help
      [2.2.2] Building Windows Help Files
      [2.2.3] Building Windows Help Systems
      [2.2.4] Creating Help for Windows Applications/Book and Disk (Popular Applications)
      [2.2.5] Designing Windows 95 Help; A Guide to Creating Online Documents, with CD-ROM
      [2.2.6] Designing Windows Help/Book and Disk 3.5'
      [2.2.7] Developing Online Help for Windows (3.1)
      [2.2.8] Developing Online Help for Windows 95
      [2.2.9] Mastering Windows 95 Help : The Official Book for Help
      [2.2.10] Microsoft Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit : Guide to Creating Help Files for Windows 95 (Microsoft Professional Editions)
      [2.2.11] The Developer's Guide to WinHelp.EXE
      [2.2.12] Windows 95 Help: A Developer's Guide
      [2.2.13] Designing and Writing Online Documentation: Help Files to Hypertext
      [2.2.14] The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications
   [2.3] Magazines (Print and Online)
      [2.3.1] HyperViews Online
      [2.3.2] Visual Developer
      [2.3.3] WinHelp Journal
   [2.4] Courses and Conferences
      [2.4.1] Society for Technical Communication
      [2.4.2] Help University
      [2.4.3] WinWriters
      [2.4.4] Solutions
[3] WinHelp Question & Answer
   [3.1] About Authoring (creating topic and project files)
      [3.1.1] Is there a current bug list for WinHelp?
      [3.1.2] Is there a style guide for WinHelp? How can I make my help look like Microsoft's help files?
      [3.1.3] How do I insert symbols (such as the copyright symbol) in my WinHelp files?
      [3.1.4] How do I keep popup topics from appearing in the full-text search results?
      [3.1.5] How and why do I use secondary windows?
      [3.1.6] What's the difference between A and K keywords (ALink and KLink)? When do I use each?
      [3.1.7] How do I do sub- and super-scripts in WinHelp?
      [3.1.8] Can I link to a URL (web site) from a help file? How?
      [3.1.9] How do I control the size (and white space) in a popup window?
      [3.1.10] Why can't I set the background color with the \cb help RTF statement?
      [3.1.11] Can I change the color of text hotspots, and/or remove the underscore?
      [3.1.12] Should I hard-code the color of the text of my help system?
   [3.2] About Graphics and Segmented Hypergraphics (SHG files)
      [3.2.1] How do I stop the screen from flickering when my graphics are displayed?
      [3.2.2] How do I replace graphics in Shed without having to recreate all my hotspots?
      [3.2.3] Why does SHED say that my WinHelp 4.0 macro isn't valid?
   [3.3] About the WinHelp Compiler and Help Workshop
      [3.3.1] Is there a de-compiler for WinHelp files?
[3.3.2] Why won't my Word 6.0/7.0 .RTF files compile with hc31?
[3.3.3] Why won't my Word 8.0 .RTF files compile with hcrtf (WinHelp 4.0)?
      [3.3.4] Why won't my Word 8.0 .RTF files compile with any WinHelp 3.1 Compiler?
      [3.3.5] Why do I get warning messages and formatting problems when I use Build Tags?
      [3.3.6] I get out of memory errors when running the help compiler. Why?
      [3.3.7] I get an out of file handles error when running the help compiler.
      [3.3.8] Why am I getting a "More opening braces than closing braces" message when I compile?
   [3.4] About displaying WinHelp files (WinHelp Engine and alternatives)
      [3.4.1] What are .GID, .FTS, and .FTG files?
      [3.4.2] My help file has problems when it's used on Windows NT 4.0. Why?
      [3.4.3] Can I run a WinHelp file from a network directory?
      [3.4.4] Can I run a 32-bit Help file from a 16-bit application in Windows 95? Windows NT?
      [3.4.5] I'm getting Topic not found messages when I try to access my context sensitive help. How can I find the cause?
      [3.4.6] Can I start WinHelp from the command line? Can I display a specific topic when I do?
      [3.4.7] How do I stop punctuation from wrapping to the next line following a hotspot?
      [3.4.8] Why does the wrong Contents/Index display after an interfile jump in WinHelp 4.0?
      [3.4.9] Why aren't Keywords in the Index aren't sorted as I expect?
      [3.4.10] Why do I get the message "This is not a Windows Help File" when I try to run my help on Windows NT?
      [3.4.11] Why does the Contents tab display on my machine but not on my users' machines?
      [3.4.12] How come jumps from my context sensitive help topics don't work?
      [3.4.13] Can I make the Back button work across secondary windows?
      [3.4.14] How can I view my WinHelp files on the Apple Macintosh? Unix?
   [3.5] About WinHelp Macros and DLLs
      [3.5.1] When I sub-class the WinHelp window, my DLL breaks when the help file is executed from the WinHelp() API function.
      [3.5.2] Can I add full-text search capabilities to my Windows 3.1 Help file?
      [3.5.3] Why can't the programmers can't make correct tab show in Help Topics?
[4] Windows Help Authoring Tools (HATs)
  [4.1] Shareware/Freeware HATs
      [4.1.1] AstroHelp
      [4.1.2] Create Help
      [4.1.3] DR Help
      [4.1.4] DWHAT.ZIP
      [4.1.5] EasyHelp/Web
      [4.1.6] HELLLP!
      [4.1.7] HLPDK and Interactive Help
      [4.1.8] Microsoft WHAT6
      [4.1.9] VB AHA!!!
  [4.2] Commercial
      [4.2.1] Doc-To-Help
      [4.2.2] ForeHelp/ForeHTML Pro
      [4.2.3] HDK
      [4.2.4] HelpBreeze
      [4.2.5] HelpBuilder
      [4.2.6] HelpHikes
      [4.2.7] Help Magician Pro
      [4.2.8] HelpMaker for AmiPro
      [4.2.9] Help Maker Plus(tm)
      [4.2.10] Help Perfect
      [4.2.11] Help Writer's Assistant
      [4.2.12] HelpWriter for Delphi
      [4.2.13] IMWHelp
      [4.2.14] MasterHelp
      [4.2.15] MIF2RTF
      [4.2.16] MiniHelp Plus
      [4.2.17] RoboHELP
      [4.2.18] SOS Help! Info-Author
      [4.2.19] UniversalHelp
      [4.2.20] VB Help Writer
      [4.2.21] Visual Help/Visual Help Pro
      [4.2.22] VivaTexte
      [4.2.23] Windows Help Designer
      [4.2.24] WP2Help
      [4.2.25] WYSI-Help Composer Notes
[5] Other Authoring Tools
  [5.1] Shareware/Freeware
      [5.1.1] Arsenal DLL for WinHelp
      [5.1.2] Help Decompiler
      [5.1.3] HLP2DOC
      [5.1.4] SHGREZ
      [5.1.5] TabMaker
      [5.1.6] WinHelp Sorcerer
      [5.1.7] WinHelp -> HLPDK Conversion Tool
  [5.2] Commercial
      [5.2.1] Help Author's Resource Kit (HARK)
      [5.2.2] HyperHelp
      [5.2.3] QuickHelp
      [5.2.4] Steve Sweet's Help Compiler for the Mac
      [5.2.5] Windexer
[6] Sources for Undocumented WinHelp Features
  [6.1] Magazine articles
  [6.2] Books
[7] Miscellaneous
  [7.1] Online Sources of WinHelp Help
      [7.1.1] Newsgroups
      [7.1.2] Discussion Lists
      [7.1.3] CompuServe (CSi)
      [7.1.4] WinHelp Developers' Home Pages
  [7.2] Online Sources of WinHelp Related Software
  [7.3] General Information about WinHelp Compilers (all versions)
  [7.4] Limits
[8] Thanks