Can GenHelp create PDF files?
Not directly at the moment. If you create an RTF manual
file you can then load it into a word processor and use one of the 'PDF
printers' to print to a pdf file. Alternatively, you can use 'Open Office' to
create pdf files directly from the rtf file.
How do you import C++ files using
GenHelp?
In some documentation applications the .cpp file is
selected and automatically imports all headers. GenHelp doesn't do this as it
would create a large number of unwanted help topics in the help file. With
GenHelp you just import the header files required to document the classes and
then import the .cpp file.
Can I re-import source files without losing my
existing documentation?
Yes, GenHelp works in two ways, Documentation in code
(with comments) or documentation in GenHelp topic file.
With the first method of working, only documentation
that is provided in code comments is overwritten by GenHelp. With the second
method of working, nothing is over-written on import. GenHelp also provides a
menu option on the File menu to re-import all files used.
If I import a unit and then populate the topics
can I export that
unit again with the help topics intact so they would now be
amongst my
actual code?
Not at present, it's a dangerous operation to perform as
your code could be corrupted. It is an area that we are looking at.
Users of my HtmlHelp2 based files have problems with corruption when
installing into Borlands BDS2005/6 IDEs
This is normally caused by dexplorer being active while the installation
takes place.
Shut down the Document Explorer manually and then shut down the IDE.
Wait until dexplorer.exe is not found in Task Manager and then re-run
the installation. Note that you should always uninstall before re-installing.
The next version of GenHelpPro includes a command line installer which will
check for this before installing/uninstalling. It also uninstalls automatically
before installing.
Can I get users to report faults in help topics?
Yes, the Help File Options dialog has a 'Topic Footer' section which allows a
footer to be added to the bottom of each page. The footer can include tokens to
include the current topic details. The 'Add Default Footer' button inserts some
text which will generate an email link at the bottom of each help topic with the
topic as the subject. You can edit this section to include your own text.
GenHelp ignores my comments when importing source files
On the Help File Options dialog under Importing-Comments, there is a CheckBox
labelled Ignore All Comments which does this when checked.
I can't update GenHelp automatically
If you use a Web Proxy, you should fill in the details on the Options dialog
under Web Access.
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