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There is an authoring tool for XVT put out by Dovetail Software. It allows you
to create online help, then compile as an XVT help file that can be used under
DOS, Unix and Windows.
Dovetail Software, Inc.
3076 6th Street
Boulder, CO 80304
Phone: (303)443-3577
Fax: (303)447-9428
This may make your life a lot less complicated--the XVT markup language is not
the greatest pleasure you could have.
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Mr. Kelly Thompson Phone: (801)298-1398 ext. 309
Customer Support Engineer Fax: (801)298-8186
AutoSimulations, Inc. Email: kthompson -at- autosim -dot- com
Bountiful, Utah
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On Jul 14, 11:50am, Sevigny, Josee wrote:
> Subject: Re: Vendor info
> Hi Emily,
> I use XVT Portability Toolkit. It's not an authoring tool. You build ASCII
> files using their tags definition and compile your help project in Windows,
> OS/2 or UNIX platform.
> You can find them at:
> XVT SOFTWARE INC.
> 4900 Pearl East Circle Boulder, CO 80301, 1-800-678-7988, (303) 443-4223,
> fax: (303) 443-0969, email: info -at- xvt -dot- com
>http://www.csn.net/xvt/
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> Josee Sevigny Technical Writer
> M3i Systems Inc., Longueuil, QC
> e-m joseey -at- m3isystems -dot- qc -dot- ca
> Tel (514) 928-4600
> Fax (514) 328-8785
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>-- End of excerpt from Sevigny, Josee
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Mr. Kelly Thompson Phone: (801)298-1398 ext. 309
Customer Support Engineer Fax: (801)298-8186
AutoSimulations, Inc. Email: kthompson -at- autosim -dot- com
Bountiful, Utah
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