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Some more ideas for the next Version :

* Save/Load a Project. So we can use the same settings for a project.
* Show the inculded files, and allow to remove some files....
* Option to generate only the hhp and hhc-files. So we can use them to make the Help-File without your tool.

* Commandline (i mentioned before)

Option to change the Icon for some files (e.g. New files).
Option to specify the Name of the Help-Window
Option to use some of the Window-Definition parameters. (seen at : link

And to state that : i like your tools and your user-libs . They are very usefull, and i think i will use them in my next projects !

Mike

kewl app

- np

Yes


...and the better is when it used in the Context Menu :

Gnozal, is there any hope of an update for this program? It's very useful. I've been trying to find a free CHM maker for ages - the only thing missing from PureHelp is the ability to add keywords to each HTML page.

Thanks for making it.

Seymour.

Seymour Clufley wrote:Gnozal, is there any hope of an update for this program? It's very useful. I've been trying to find a free CHM maker for ages - the only thing missing from PureHelp is the ability to add keywords to each HTML page.

The PureHelp Maker is a simple tool to build help files for your user libraries.
If you need a free full featured CHM maker, have a look at Vizacc : http://www.vizacc.com/

The HTML Help Workshop from Microsoft is also free : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en

Serious bug: If you select all files in the directory and then select a different filename for the chm file it overwrites the file with the filename originally suggested instead of the one you specified.

And how about a way to make the contents thing as a tree, or at least with sensible names (instead of from the filename)? And an index? (Especially as the search doesn't work.)

Trond wrote:If you select all files in the directory and then select a different filename for the chm file it overwrites the file with the filename originally suggested instead of the one you specified.

Should be fixed.

here is a way to reduce a CHM file .. and i have tested it and its great on general cases.

a- tools required

1- "key tools" from http://www.keyworks.net/keytools.htm (download and install)
2- posted "PureHELP Compiler" from http://freenet-homepage.de/gnozal/PureHELPC.zip (unpack to its folder)
3- posted "MScompiler" from http://freenet-homepage.de/gnozal/MSHelpCompiler.rar (unpack to "PureHELP Compiler" folder)

b- the process
1- "decompile" with "Key Tools" .. this tool will generate (*.HHP) project file that can mimic the original project file (and i think its about 100% ok as the author of "key tools" was a the project leader in microsoft of MS-HTML (which is CHM)) and make a folder for the unpacked CHM
2- then optimize using procedures as follows:
================================================== ===
if you need a real optimizer for CHM then it exist in my mind..

1- optimize HTML by removing comments and other non-viewable ref.
2- optimize GIF files with Trout's GIF Optmizer.
3- optimize PNG files with optipng,advpng,advdef,pngout,deflopt
4- optimize jpeg files with "jpegoptim"

even more..can be done on stage (2)
if gif files are still type (one frame) then convert to PNG with optipng and replace its name.gif with name.png in all html files..(this one is best in reducing CHM file..)
================================================== ===

3- then compile using "PureHELP Compiler" by
- set the compiler in "options" into the HHC.EXE from "MSHelpCompiler.rar"
- then choose the HHP file in the unpacked CHM folder.
- then press compile

4- then you have two choices:
1- to "recompile" with "keytools" into a new CHM file (to check it increases or decreases the files..) then use "document process v6.01"
2- or the vice-versa
both choices should give you same result..( a smaller CHM file)

and thats it..

here is an example:

windows.chm from XP-home-sp2 (690,641 bytes)
1- "document press" only (411,102 bytes)
2- "PureHELP Compiler" as there nothing to optimize.. (250,703 bytes)
3- after "document press" again (224,304 bytes)
4- then "keytools" reompile.. (191,566 bytes)

or if 4 is before 3..
4- then "keytools" reompile.. (191,566 bytes)
3- after "document press" again (191,566 bytes)

so in this file "doument press" done nothing,, but this is one of the cases as someitmes "keytools" increase size not decrease..

I hope this info is good..