Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format

From	aury <aurelw.wiz@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.misc, alt.lang.basic
Subject	Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format
Date	2011-05-13 22:37 -0700
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On May 14, 3:32 am, "Auric__" <not.my.r...@email.address> wrote:
> "Richard Russell" <n...@rtrussell.co.uk> wrote:
> > One of the shortcomings of Liberty Basic (v4.04) is that the supplied Help
> > documentation has no built-in search facility, so you can't easily track
> > down the relevant section knowing only a keyword or phrase.  This is
> > because the Help is provided in the form of plain HTML files which open in
> > your default browser.
>
> > To address this shortcoming I have written a small utility which converts
> > the supplied HTML files into a CHM (Compiled HTML Help) which opens in
> > Microsoft's HTML Help Viewer.  This provides a Table of Contents, an
> > Alphabetical Index and a Full Text Search.  My utility can be found here
> > (it is 'digitally signed' to give you confidence that it is safe to run):
>
> >  http://www.rtr.myzen.co.uk/makelb4chm.exe
>
> > The utility automatically performs the steps necessary to create the CHM
> > file, including if necessary installing Microsoft's 'HTML Help Workshop'
> > application.  It also creates shortcuts to the CHM on the Desktop and in
> > the Start Menu.
>
> > Because the generated CHM file contains a compressed version of the HTML
> > files which are part of your Liberty Basic installation, it is governed by
> > the same Copyright restrictions and Licensing Terms as those HTML files.
> > In particular it may not be distributed or otherwise made available to
> > anybody else.
>
> Minor suggestion: if the user decides to not install the workshop, add "press
> any key to exit" (or similar) after showing the download link.
>
> --
> I VOTE WE JUST LIVE FOREVER THIS DEATH THING SUCKS

Why is not published on Liberty Basic forum?

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Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-05-11 22:55 +0100
  Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format aury <aurelw.wiz@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 04:57 -0700
    Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "news@rtrussell.co.uk" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-05-12 08:00 -0700
    Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-05-12 15:15 +0000
      Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-05-12 18:08 +0100
        Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-05-12 17:30 +0000
          Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-05-12 23:34 +0100
            Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-05-12 23:42 +0000
              Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-05-13 10:02 +0100
                Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2011-05-13 10:19 -0600
                Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-05-13 17:37 +0100
                Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2011-05-13 15:14 -0600
                Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-05-13 22:37 +0100
                Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format H-Man <Spam@bites.fs> - 2011-05-16 10:08 -0600
  Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format Derek <derekrss@yahoo.ca> - 2011-05-12 08:14 -0700
  Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-05-14 01:32 +0000
    Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format aury <aurelw.wiz@gmail.com> - 2011-05-13 22:37 -0700
      Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-05-14 10:28 +0100
        Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format aury <aurelw.wiz@gmail.com> - 2011-05-14 04:57 -0700
          Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format aury <aurelw.wiz@gmail.com> - 2011-05-14 05:00 -0700
            Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format aury <aurelw.wiz@gmail.com> - 2011-05-14 05:04 -0700
              Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-05-15 03:19 +0000
                Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-05-15 10:43 +0100
        Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-05-15 03:00 +0000
        Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Gordon Rahman" <grahman@planet.nl> - 2011-06-02 22:22 +0200
          Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-06-05 12:40 +0100
            Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Gordon Rahman" <grahman@planet.nl> - 2011-06-05 18:05 +0200
            Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-05 17:18 +0000
              Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-06-05 18:50 +0100
                Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-05 18:11 +0000
                Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-06-05 22:47 +0100
                Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format Red Rooster <NewRedRooster@hottmail.com> - 2011-06-09 22:14 -0700
    Re: Liberty Basic Help in CHM format "Richard Russell" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> - 2011-05-14 10:14 +0100

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