I have begun work in earnest on the Help file for IWB+.
This topic contains a link to the file and I will update it periodically for those who are interested.
This is a work in progress so there are links that haven't been set etc.
I'm just trying to get all the basic meat and structure in right now.
After I have made a 1st pass through everything I will go back and try to polish it up where it's needed.
Click the link and save it to your computer.
If it does not open correctly right click on the file and under properties click un-block.
Click here to download the IWB+ Help File (http://ionicwind.com/guides/iwb+/iwb+_help.chm)
LarryMc
Completed the User Interface / Main Menu section. Download update above.
LarryMc
Completed:
User Interface / Main Menu section
User Interface / Main Toolbar section
User Interface / Main Tab Control section
User Interface / WorkSpace section
which completes the User Interface section
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LarryMc
Completed:
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Editor GUI
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Selecting a Form
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Adding/Deleting Forms
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Configuring a Form's Properties
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Adding/Deleting Controls
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Configuring a Control's Properties
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Positioning/Aligning Multiple Controls
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Selecting Styles
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Custom Styles
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Selecting Message Handlers
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Custom Message Handlers
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Selecting Colors
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Selecting Fonts
Functional Tabs / Form Editor / Selecting Icons
That completes the Functional Tabs / Form Editor section.
I'll now start on the Functional Tabs / Code Editor section.
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LarryMc
Completed:
Functional Tabs / Code Editor / Editor GUI
Functional Tabs / Code Editor / Opening a Source File
Functional Tabs / Code Editor / Adding a Source File
Functional Tabs / Code Editor / Deleting a Source File
Functional Tabs / Code Editor / Importing Files
Functional Tabs / Code Editor / Removing Files
Functional Tabs / Code Editor / Editing Files
That completes the Functional Tabs / Code Editor section.
I'll now start on the Functional Tabs / Compiler Output section.
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LarryMc
Completed:
Functional Tabs / Compiler Output
That completes the Functional Tabs / Compiler Output section.
I'll now start on the Functional Tabs / Find-in-File section.
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LarryMc
Completed:
Functional Tabs / Find-in-File
That completes the Functional Tabs section.
I'll now start on the Editors / Menu Editor section.
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LarryMc
Larry,
Keep looking at your updates - very good so far, easy to follow
What are you using to write your CHM file?
Brian
"Help & Manual" is the name of the software.
I created my own header and footer.
The arrow buttons in the header I created with "Axialis IconWorkshop" which is what I used to build the IWB+ logo and some of my menu icons and a few of the toolbar buttons.
LarryMc
Completed:
Editors / Menu Editor / Editor GUI
Editors / Menu Editor / Adding a Menu File
Editors / Menu Editor / Deleting a Menu File
Editors / Menu Editor / Copying a Menu File
Editors / Menu Editor / Importing a Menu File
Editors / Menu Editor / Editing Menu Files
Editors / Menu Editor / Adding MenuItems
Editors / Menu Editor / Editing MenuItems
Editors / Menu Editor / Deleting MenuItems
Editors / Menu Editor / Birdseye View of Menus
That completes the Editors / Menu Editor section.
I'll now start on the Editors / ToolBar Editor section.
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LarryMc
Completed:
Editors / ToolBar Editor / ToolBar Editor GUI
Editors / ToolBar Editor / Adding a ToolBar File
Editors / ToolBar Editor / Deleting a ToolBar File
Editors / ToolBar Editor / Copying a ToolBar File
Editors / ToolBar Editor / Importing a ToolBar File
Editors / ToolBar Editor / Editing ToolBar Files
Editors / ToolBar Editor / Adding ToolBar Buttons
Editors / ToolBar Editor / Editing ToolBar Buttons
Editors / ToolBar Editor / Deleting ToolBar Buttons
Editors / ToolBar Editor / Birdseye View of ToolBars
That completes the Editors / ToolBar Editor section.
I'll now start on the Editors / Resource Editor section.
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LarryMc
Completed:
Editors / Resource Editor / Adding Resources
Editors / Resource Editor / Adding Resources / Bitmaps
Editors / Resource Editor / Adding Resources / Icons
Editors / Resource Editor / Adding Resources / Cursors
Editors / Resource Editor / Adding Resources / Scalable Images
Editors / Resource Editor / Adding Resources / Menus
Editors / Resource Editor / Adding Resources / Data
Editors / Resource Editor / Adding Resources / Custom
Editors / Resource Editor / Adding Resources / VersionInfo
Editors / Resource Editor / Deleting Resources
That completes the Editors / Resource Editor section.
I'll now start on the Editors / TabControl Editor section.
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LarryMc
Completed:
Editors / Tab Control Editor / Tab Control Editor GUI
Editors / Tab Control Editor / Adding a Tab Control File
Editors / Tab Control Editor / Deleting a Tab Control File
Editors / Tab Control Editor / Copying a Tab Control File
Editors / Tab Control Editor / Importing a Tab Control File
Editors / Tab Control Editor / Editing Tab Control Files
Editors / Tab Control Editor / Adding Tab Control Tabs
Editors / Tab Control Editor / Editing Tab Control Tabs
Editors / Tab Control Editor / Deleting Tab Control Tabs
Editors / Tab Control Editor / Birdseye View of Tab Control
That completes the Editors / Tab Control Editor section.
I'll now start on the Editors / Help Editor & Editors / Tool Editor sections.
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LarryMc
Completed:
Editors / Tools Editor / Tools OverView
Editors / Tools Editor / Adding Tools
Editors / Tools Editor / Deleting Tools
That completes the Editors / Tools Editor section.
Editors / Help Editor / Help OverView
Editors / Help Editor / Adding Help Files
Editors / Help Editor / Deleting Help Files
That completes the Editors / Help Editor section.
I'll now start on the Utilities section.
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LarryMc
Completed:
Utilities / File Cleanup
Utilities / Color Picker
Utilities / ToolBar Paint
Utilities / Messagebox
That completes the Utilities section.
I'll now start on the How-To: section.
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LarryMc
Completed:
Preferences / General
Preferences / Code Editor
Preferences / Basic Control Defaults
Preferences / Custom Control Defaults
That completes the Preferences section.
I'll now start on the How-To: section.
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FYI
Help file now contains:
314 images
1068 links
124 topics
The PDF version contains 195 pages.
LarryMc
Completed:
How-To / Set StartUp Preferences
How-To / Projects / Create a New Project
How-To / Projects / Set Project Options
How-To / Projects / Open an Existing Project
How-To / Projects / Save a Project
How-To / Projects / Close a Project
How-To / Projects / Compile a Project
How-To / Projects / Run a Project
How-To / Projects / Export a Project
How-To / Projects / Backup a Project
How-To / Projects / Restore a Project
How-To / Projects / Compile a Resource
That completes the How-To / Projects section.
I'll now start on the How-To / Files section.
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FYI
Help file now contains:
347 images
1122 links
125 topics
The PDF version contains 213 pages.
LarryMc
Completed:
How-To / Files / Add a File
How-To / Files / Open a File
How-To / Files / Save a File
How-To / Files / Save a File / Non-Project Files
How-To / Files / Save a File / Project Files
How-To / Files / Save a File / Save File As
How-To / Files / Close a File
How-To / Files / Insert a File
How-To / Files / Import a File
How-To / Files / Delete a File
That completes the How-To / Files section.
How-To / Set Code Editor Preferences
How-To / Add/Delete Help Files
How-To / Add/Delete Tools
I'll now start on the How-To / Add Includes section.
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FYI
Help file now contains:
352 images
1158 links
127 topics
The PDF version contains 200+ pages.
LarryMc
Completed:
How-To / Add Includes
That completes the How-To section.
To-Do List
Limitations
Warnings
Acknowledgments
Disclaimer / License / Copyright
Revision History
I'll now start on the Editor / Custom Control Editor section. (last one)
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FYI
Help file now contains:
362 images
1161 links
127 topics
The PDF version contains 210+ pages.
LarryMc
Completed:
Editors / Custom Control Editor
Editors / Custom Control Editor / Custom Control Editor GUI
Editors / Custom Control Editor / Add a Custom Control
Editors / Custom Control Editor / Additional Requirements
Editors / Custom Control Editor / Delete a Custom Control
That completes the Editors / Custom Control Editor section
That completes a first past through the entire help file.
Download update above.
I'll lay it aside for a while before I go back through it.
Now would be the time for anyone who MIGHT be reading it to offer any constructive information.
Telling me "it's a piece of crap!" is not considered constructive! ;)
FYI
Help file now contains:
371 images
1747 links
131 topics
The PDF version contains 220+ pages.
LarryMc
No responses.
I guess that means anything from
everybody has read it and they find it perfect
all the way to
nobody has bothered to read it.
But, it's not something I can fret about.
LarryMc
8) Larry,
Very professionally done!!
I really like your illustrations.
JerryC
thanks Jerry
LarryMc