 What's
new in HelpNDoc
The most significant updates made to the latest versions of
HelpNDoc are listed bellow..
Version 1.13 - April 6th, 2008
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Completely redesigned spell checker with enhanced options and better integration. The English dictionary is now bundled by defaul |
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Middle mouse scroll (middle click) in various parts of the application |
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Fixed application crashing when topics were deleted |
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Better HTML export |
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Various optimisations and bug fixes |
Version 1.12 - January 13th, 2008
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HTML Help topics will now always launch with the table of content opened |
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Fortran 90/95 code generator |
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Code generation export dialog enhancement: file name is not save anymore between export |
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General speed and reliability enhancements |
Version 1.11 - July 22nd, 2007
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Fixed the export of background images in the topics |
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Possibility to use subscript and superscript formatting options |
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Various bug fixes |
Version 1.10 - May 28th, 2007
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Better Windows Vista compatibility |
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Fixed HelpNDoc's help file display exception under Windows Vista |
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Fix for the & character in project title when exporting to CHM |
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Right Alt + A was selecting all the topic's text and caused problems with certain keyboard layouts |
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Lower memory usage for GIF images |
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Better table support |
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Better HTML Import / Export |
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Topic Editor enhancements and bug fixes |
Version 1.9 - May 30th, 2006
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Double click to modify image property in the topic editor |
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Live spell checker could take 100% CPU time on certain condition |
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Support of relative URLs when exporting |
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Hyperlink images do not show borders anymore |
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Topic margins and page size could be incorrectly set from the ruler resulting in inconsistent layouts |
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Interface layout is now saved between sessions |
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Fixed a bug with relative hyperlinks in HTML export |
Version 1.8 - March 14th, 2006
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The live spell checker can now be disabled |
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Possibility to automatically generate the context number for new topics |
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Added cut/copy/paste of nodes within the same project |
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Fixed accentuated characters export for Western code pages |
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Right click to add the selection as a keyword in the topic editor |
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Multi selection for drag and drop and node copying |
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Removed the popup window when using HelpNDoc from command line |
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Fixed incorrect menu animation |
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Fixed Access Violation when CTRL + Drag a node |
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Now generates a valid Delphi unit with proper interface and implementation sections |
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File overwrite confirmation when generating code |
Version 1.7 - February 1st, 2006
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Better Unicode compliance |
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Vastly improved command line interface. See help file for details |
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Updated project pane layout |
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Possible TOC corruption: project title wasn't correctly escaped in HTML output |
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Optionally clean the "Files" sub-directory in HTML export |
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Link to easily download HTML Help Workshop in the compiler output if it's not installed on the computer |
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Various enhancements in the topic editor |
Version 1.6.1 - November 7th, 2005
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Icons were not exported in CHM help file anymore |
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CTRL-A shortcut didn't work anymore |
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Fixed some memory leaks |
Version 1.6 - October 17th, 2005
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Internet Explorer complained about an invalid character when viewing an Help Web Site |
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Improved hyperlink window’s appearance for better consistency throughout the application and added shortcuts |
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Improved the speed of creation of spell checking suggestions |
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Keyword’s root could be deleted which could cause unexpected behaviour |
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Possibility to add a subject to e-mail hyperlinks |
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New kind of hyperlinks: navigation, to go to next, previous, parent... |
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Insert hyperlink field was truncated to 30 characters |
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Keywords associated with multiple topics showed “untitled” topics in popup window |
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Added shortcuts CTRL + ARROW to move items in the TOC |
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Help file has been updated |
Version 1.5 - September 5th, 2005
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Introducing a basic HTML Export functionality |
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Generate Visual Basic, C++ and Delphi constants for easier integration of the help file with programming languages |
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Fixed a MS HTML Viewer bug which could display an error message when opening a CHM file |
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Fixed a bug with topic ID modification in the topic editor |
Version 1.4 - July 27th, 2005
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Typing in the topic editor could become extremely slow and HND file could grow exponentially. The fix will be applied topic by topic once edited and saved |
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Added anchors and possibility to link to them |
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Enhanced link window with new links to anchors, file with or without relative paths, topics, Internet or e-mail |
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Variables now display hints with current value |
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Shortcut to add an hyperlink: CTRL+L |
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Default topic font can now be defined in the project properties |
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General application speed boost |
Version 1.3 - May 23rd, 2005
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Internal HND format has been fine-tuned to provide better speed and size. Gain is proportional to project complexity but for reference:
- For a simple help file such as the one from HelpNDoc, the loading time is divided by 2 and the file size is only 70% of the original;
- For a bigger file, the loading is 30 times faster for a size of 64% of the original. |
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Search and replace algorithm have been optimized. Speed is 6 times faster for a small size project and increases with project size. |
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Possibility to change font and character set of the table of content in CHM files |
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Detailed hint for each node: indicates the URL of the node in the CHM file, context number and the topic ID if required |
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When a HND file was opened via the explorer, its name was converted to upper case |
Version 1.2 - April 4th, 2005
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New file format – HND files are now compressed. Conversion is made behind the scenes. Still compatible with old format in read mode |
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Import of HTML, RTF, WRI, and TXT files. DOC files can be imported if Microsoft Office is installed on the system |
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Implementation of a better find and replace function: ability to find and replace throughout the project |
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Implementation of rudimentary Command line compilation feature: "HelpNDoc –c file.hnd" |
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Better CHM generation: Added next and home buttons, advanced search tab, addition of the favorite tab |
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Main window's position is now restored when HelpNDoc is launched |
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Better handling of bullets and numbering in the ruler |
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Fixed a bug where < and > characters in the topic title could cause compilation error |
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Shortcut to create a new topic, use CTRL+T |
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Confirm save dialog could be displayed many times on application exit |
Version 1.1.1 - February 24th, 2005
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Topic name containing quotes prohibited project from being loaded |
Version 1.1 - February 15th, 2005
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Variables support (known limitation: variables can't be set as hyperlinks) |
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Popup menu in the table of content |
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Help file now contains information on how to integrate CHM files with Delphi and Visual Basic |
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Configuration information are now saved in the registry |
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Page background images weren't exported in CHM |
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Better HTML Help Workshop location handling: ask location when it can't be found in the registry |
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Faster CHM export |
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Balloon Hints weren't working in HND 1.0 |
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The default icon wasn't always selected when required in the icons popup menu |
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The background color and image were not reset when a new topic was created |
Version
1.0 - December 10th, 2004
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