HelpNDoc is a help authoring tool (HAT) created by IBE Software.
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Does HelpNDoc Pascal Script support structures?
I am trying to create a structure:
MyTopic
TopicID : String;
HelpID : Integer;
I wanted to create an array of these structures so I could sort them.
I have tried using this type / record syntax but it is failing.
Update
I defined this type…

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Using XPath to locate a node in a XML file with a HelpNDoc custom template
I am trying to enhance my HTML template that is used with HelpNDoc. One thing I find lacking is the fact that the meta description tag is the same for all pages.
The template file is a mixture of pascal and HTML. At the moment this is the data in…

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HelpNDoc online help not showing correct buttons and correct contents functionality
When I visit this URL using Firefox on my PC:
http://help-msa.publictalksoftware.co.uk/msa-options-calendars.html
Yet, I have exactly the same site temporarily here:
http://help.trucklesoft.co.uk/msa-options-calendars.html
It renders correctly.…

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Renumbering topic Context ID values using HelpNDoc API
I have found this tutorial for exporting context help ID values to a data file:
const
// Define the output file
OUTPUT_FILE = 'c:\tmp\topics.txt';
var
// Current topic ID
aTopicId: string;
// List of output
aList: TStringList;
begin
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Text is not rendered from base line of image. OK for CHM but not HTML
Now this one is confusing me. I decided to try and use the option to align the image to the base line. So in HelpNDoc:
Now, inside the HelpNDoc editor the actual topic content is rendered like this:
That is as I expect it. And, if I resize my…

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Adding custom CSS content to CHM projects in HelpnDoc
If you look at this page you will see that I have a note:
This note style was created using HelpnDoc:
As you can see, I decided to introduce a small image, which I left aligned. I then had to add the following custom css .rvps18 {padding-bottom:…

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Images are too small on handheld devices and change proportions
I have developed this help system with HelpNDoc but I don’t understand why images end up small and distorted if displayed on a resized browser window on a PC. Link:
http://trucklesoft.co.uk/help/BriefOverview.html#Languages
On small devices like…

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Rails best way to work with third party generated html
I've done my rails page help documentation with the HelpNDoc help authoring tool. It generated a folder with some HTML pages and 4 more folders (js, img, css and lib). I'm looking for the best way for adding this functionality to my rails app.
So…

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Using Help File in Catscript Msgbox
I'm trying to use Help Files to add contextual help in MsgBox (from Catia).
The idea is that the MsgBox is too small, and too limited (no pictures, no links...) to clearly display help.
So I'm calling MsgBox like this:
iType = iType +…

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Javascript does not work fine in google chrome
I created an HTML documentation with the help of HelpNDoc personal edition http://www.helpndoc.com/
I have used a default template provided with it the template loads well in almost all the browsers except for the google chrome , the template does…

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