Free windows help file compiler

A multi-format help authoring tool that includes support for the CHM file format. The advantages of HelpSmith in comparison with other CHM authoring tools is its significantly lower price which is combined with a rich feature set that includes a built-in word processor, variables, templates, customization possibilities, and conditional compilation. Since version 5. The HHC. A shareware tool with support of the CHM output format. The program includes a text editor with basic functionality and allows you to write help topics, create a Table of Content, and Index.

Helpmake is a compiler and Helpread a decompiler for Borland's TurboHelp files. The latter were help files that used to be distributed with Borland's DOS compilers. Note that the documentation is in German only. However, since the source code is included, it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out how to use it. If you are maintaining Windows 3. There are links on the site on how to obtain the necessary files for this purpose. It's available free from Microsoft's public ftp site. It includes the help compiler hcw.

To link to this page from your website, simply cut and paste the following code to your web page. Free Help Authoring Tools. All rights reserved. They ship with most popular development tools for Windows, like the ones from Microsoft and Borland.

If so, HelpScribble will automatically find and use them. If you do not have a functioning help compiler yet, you can download HC. Unzip the file into your HelpScribble folder, or wherever else you want.

However, Windows 95 users in particular will not appreciate HTML Help because it will function very slowly on their old computers, while WinHelp shows the help topics instantly.

We have included that help file in both. We did this to allow you to easily compare both formats and make an informed choice.