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| I am evaluating a demonstration version of WebWorks Publisher to see
| if it is capable of rendering our FrameMaker book into the kind of
| online help we're looking for.
I bet it can! ;-)
| The problem I'm having is with frames and targets. I generated a
| dynamic html help file with a framed TOC and opened the
| index file. The toc was in the left frame and the first topic in the
| right frame. Fine. Great... I tried to customize the navigation
| tool so that the index and the TOC would be displayed in the left
| and topics on the right (using Webworks Publisher's own online help
| as a guide). I did this, but when I click on an index item, the
| topic shows up in the left frame! If these limitations are intended
| to limit the demo version then I understand.
No, this is just a slightly tricky customization in the Dynamic HTML
template. However, since you say you are trying to create 'online Help'
I would suggest that you forget about using the Dynamic HTML template
and use one of the Help templates instead. The Help templates include
HTML Help, WebWorks Help, WinHelp, and JavaHelp.
| If not, then how difficult is it to customize a Webworks Publisher
| project? It seems as though we may as well code our own help
| project from scratch. Are there any Webworks veterans out there who
| can defend or slight the software? I need to know if the full version
| has more dynamic features than the demo.
I don't think there are any features in the full version that aren't
included in the demo. From experience, I can say that the ramp-up time
with WWP is higher than with WYSIWYG tools you may have used in the
paste. But you will certainly not need to code your Help project from
scratch. Indeed, once you get your template set up, you will be able to
generate the online Help directly from your FrameMaker files with a
single click.
WebWorks and RoboHelp Certified - RoboHelp MVP
Member, JavaHelp 2.0 Expert Group
Moderator, HATT & wwp-users
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