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Subject:Winhelp 3.1 FTS From:Rob Miller <Miller_Robert_C -at- 90 -dot- DEERE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 3 Oct 1996 13:51:06 -0500
I got a bit behind in reading the Winhlp-l messages so please excuse the
lateness of this reply.
A couple of years ago (late 93 or mid 94), I recommended that we
purchase the Help Browser search function offered by Cascadilla (?)
Press. I believe this product was developed in England. My employer
approved the purchase for a Win3.1 client server app that we were
developing. To me, a non-programmer, Help Browser was easy to add to
the help file that was already in progress and it gave my help file the
functionality that I wanted. The only problem was reminding the
programmers to include the Help Browser dlls in the installation
routine.
Just last year, we upgraded to RoboHelp 3 and RH came with a search
function that seemed equal to the Help Browser.
If you'd like to discuss this more, contact me directly at:
ou90846 -at- deere -dot- com
> Has anyone had experience adding full text search functionality to
> Winhelp 3.1?
> I'd like to hear from people who have used the media viewer fts dlls,
> or a commercial fts kit such as help browser (or blue sky software's
> fts utility).
