Blue Sky Software Announces Full Support for Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0.La Jolla La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , CA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1997--Blue Sky Software, a leading provider of state-of-the-art Help authoring tools announced today that RoboHELP 4, award-winning Help authoring tool provides optimum support for Visual C++ 5.0. With the new, advanced, and automatic What's This? Help Composer included in RoboHELP 4, Visual C++ 5.0 developers can now, for the first time, quickly and easily create and add context-sensitive Help Context-sensitive help is a kind of online help that is obtained from a specific point in the state of the software, providing help for the situation that is associated with that state. including What's This Help to any Visual C++ 5.0 application without programming! RoboHELP also includes full support for Visual Basic 5.0 and earlier versions of Visual Basic. With the state-of-the-art Dialog Box A movable window that is displayed on screen in response to the user selecting a menu option. It provides the current status and available options for a particular feature in the program. Help technology included in the What's This? Help Composer, there is no excuse for not creating What's This? Help for Visual C++ applications. Smaller organizations can now easily and cost effectively add dialog box Help to their applications just like larger organizations do. The What's This? Help Composer radically eases and speeds up the What's This? Help creation process. The What's This? Help Composer offers an easy way to get started on a Help file with its AutoScan Wizard which scans the entire application and automatically creates a context-sensitive Help topic with default text for each control. It creates a complete Help file which can shipped with the application. Easily Create Dialog Box Help for Visual C++ 5.0 ------------------------------------------------ With the What's This? Help Composer, Help topics are automatically generated and linked to the correct controls. The What's This? Help Composer automatically generates and tracks the topic IDs and displays each dialog box as the Help topic text is authored. In addition, the What's This? Help Composer automatically scans updates and new versions of a program, detects, and reports new dialog boxes as well as any changes to any existing dialog boxes. The What's This? Help Composer makes the programmer's job easier than ever before. To program What's This? Help, the application developer just needs to make one function call to the What's This? Help Composer DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. . The What's This? Help Composer takes care of the rest, eliminating the time-consuming process of adding several lines of code The statements and instructions that a programmer writes when creating a program. One line of this "source code" may generate one machine instruction or several depending on the programming language. A line of code in assembly language is typically turned into one machine instruction. for each dialog box to invoke What's This? Help. The What's This? Help Composer also works with Visual Basic 5.0 or earlier and all 32-bit applications for Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (both NT 4.0 and NT 3.51) that are written using standard C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++ compilers such as Microsoft, Borland, Symantec, or Watcom. If the Application Changes, the Help Project is Automatically Updated --------------------------------------------------------------------- In a real working environment, there may be frequent updates to the program files that are being documented. The What's This? Help Composer reads the new program files and automatically updates the Help project, saving all the Help text that has been already created. The What's This? Help Composer provides developers with a valuable Update Project report including detailed information on new dialogs or forms or any changes to existing dialogs and forms. RoboHELP 4 ---------- The What's This? Help Composer is available free of charge as part of RoboHELP 4. RoboHELP 4 turns Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. into full-featured Hypertext authoring tools capable of creating Help systems as easily as plain text. RoboHELP 4 allows Help authors and programmers to create Windows Help Microsoft WinHelp is a proprietary format for online help files that can be displayed by the Microsoft Help browser winhelp.exe or winhlp32.exe. The file format is based on Rich Text Format (RTF). It remained a popular Help platform from Windows 3. , Microsoft HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. Help, Netscape NetHelp, printed documentation, and Intranet/Internet Web sites from a single source. RoboHELP 4 fully supports the emerging HTML based Help standards: Microsoft HTML Help and Netscape NetHelp. Pricing and Availability ------------------------ The What's This? Help Composer is available in RoboHELP 4 or WinHelp Office 4. RoboHELP 4 is available at a list price of $499. WinHelp Office 4 is available at a list price of $699. The components of WinHelp Office 4 purchased separately cost nearly $1,600. A FREE 30-day use version of the What's This Help Composer will be available at the end of February from the Blue Sky Software Web site for a limited time. Please visit www.blue-sky.com/products for this free version of the What's This Help Composer. WinHelp Office 4 is available at a list price of $699. For more information, contact the Blue Sky Software Sales Department at 1-800-459-2356-Intl.: 1-619-459-6365-Fax: 1-619-459-6366-Internet: info@blue-sky.com. Press contact ------------- Marylin Guarino, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Manager, Blue Sky Software Corp. Tel: 619-551-2485 - Fax: 619-551-2486 - MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. : 701-1737 CompuServe: 71052,1641 - INTERNET: maryling@blue-sky.com http://www.blue-sky.com CONTACT: Blue Sky Software Corp. Marylin Guarino, 619/551-2485 |
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