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Re: WinHelp on Vista

Subject: Re: WinHelp on Vista
From: "T.W. Smith" <techwordsmith -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:08:20 -0400

Me?

I'd plan to move away from WinHelp anyway. I'd use Vista as the final straw.
The death of WinHelp was announced in February of 1998, it's time to move
on.

On 9/11/06, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:


Hi Bill,

March 2006: "WinHelp32 will be a download for Windows Vista to assist
customers with the transition."
April 2006: "The WinHelp engine will not be included in Microsoft Vista.
In addition, the engine will not be available for download or
redistribution."
May 2006: "The download for Windows Help is still in development and
will not be available for the release of Windows Vista Beta 2."

Given that they briefly (but loudly) announced that the download project
was canceled, and that the download still isn't ready, I agree with you
that it's probably a technical (rather than policy) issue.<snip>



Don't trust what Microsoft is saying. Just make plans to shift to an HTML
solution using an established tool vendor.


T.

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References:
Re: WinHelp on Vista: From: Bill Swallow
RE: WinHelp on Vista: From: Dan Goldstein

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