Microsoft licenses Help technology from Blue Sky Software.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 1996--Blue Sky Software and Microsoft's Visual C++ team signed a licensing agreement to deliver Blue Sky Software's state-of-the-art SmartHelp OLE Control See OCX. as part of the new Visual C++ 4.1 release. The Blue Sky Software's new SmartHelp OLE Control included in Visual C++ 4.1 eliminates the need to program 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. buttons into Windows applications developed with Visual C++ 4.1. "We are excited about including Blue Sky Software's state-of- the-art Help technology into Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.1," says John Browne John Browne may refer to:
"Using RoboHELP 95 together with the new SmartHelp OLE Control included in Visual C++ 4.1 creates the ultimate Help authoring solution for Visual C++ 4.1 developers," says Shane McRoberts, Research and Development Manager, Help Tools Division, Blue Sky Software Corp. An easy way to integrate context-sensitive Help buttons ------------------------------------------------------- Using the SmartHelp OLE Control, Visual C++ 4.1 developers simply drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. the included Help button in the application's screens/dialog boxes and visually select any Help file (HLP (filename extension) hlp - A Microsoft Windows filename extension for hypertext WinHelp files. These are in a proprietary format, and are compiled from source files written in a dialect of RTF. See also gid. Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.winhelp. ) -- no source code needed. The Help button is automatically linked to the selected topic and the context-sensitive Help link is created between the application and the Help file. No programming is needed by the developer. The new SmartHelp OLE Control can also be used when developing Windows applications with Visual Basic 4.0, Access 95, Visual FoxPro 3.0, and more. The SmartHelp OLE Control is also included in RoboHELP 95, RoboHELP 95 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. Edition, WinHelp Office 95, and WinHelp Office 95 HTLM HTLM - Do you mean HTML? Edition. Availability ------------ WinHelp Office 95 HTML Edition and RoboHELP 95 HTML Edition are now available at special promotional prices of respectively $799 (list price is $1,741) and $699 (list price is $897). RoboHELP 95 is available at a suggested price of $499. WinHelp Office 95 is available at a special price of $599 (list price is $1,343). For information, contact Blue Sky Software Sales Department at 800/459-2356; international 619/459-6365; fax 619/459-6366; http://www.blue-sky.com. CONTACT: Blue Sky Software Corp., La Jolla Marylin Guarino, 619/551-2485 (phone) 619/551-2486 (fax) 701-1737 (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. ) http://www.blue-sky.com 71052,1641 (CompuServe) maryling@blue-sky.com (Internet) |
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