[ANN] HelpExplorer version 2.0 has been released.

From: KAMA Software (support_at_kamasoftware.com)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:59:50 +0400

We have released the cross-platform document viewer HelpExplorer version
2.0.
HelpExplorer version 2 has comprehensive implementation on the DINO
(Gecko-Delphi Framework) and it is
available for two platforms Win32 and Linux.

Feature Benefit:

- Allows to open and work with WinHelp files.
- Allows to open and work with HTM- Help v1 (CHM) files.
- Implemented in several operational systems. Currently it's Win32 and
Linux.
- Supports the function "Merge Files" for all formats.
- The search function is implemented. The search is carried out on the
content of the main file and files added by the function "Merge Files".
- Supports the work with indexed keywords for all the supported formats of
help files.
- Supports the merging of the table of contents for several help files
linked together. In the current version only for WinHelp.
- Allows to work with macrolanguages. Uses the macro format from WinHelp for
HTML Help v1.x (CHM).
- Allows to demonstrate documents in several windows simultaneuosly for help
files designed with the support of this function.
- The proper user's interface gives you convinient work with the program.
There is a support of the font size shift of document display, and the
change of the viewer appearance. The major part of the functions on the
interface regulation is carried out by hotkeys.
- Supports the aliasing mechanism of files names. This mechanism allows to
avoid the compatibility problem with files names in OS-Linux and OS-Windows.
- Supports the aliasing mechanism of types names for the WinHelp format.
This mechanism enables to avoid the compatibility problem with types names
in OS-Linux and OS-Windows for the WinHelp format.
- Allows to work with files of large sizes with the same performance as with
files of smaller sizes.
- Can be easily integrated in any application. You just need to link
helpexplapi.dll (libhelpexplapi.so for Linux) to the application and invoke
the InvokeHelp function inside it.

Follow this link to download the latest version:
http://www.kamasoftware.com/download.php

Best regards, KAMA Software Team

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