We have released HelpSmith version 3.5, which is available in the download area of our website. This update mainly includes improvements and fixes of some issues reported by our users. Also, we’ve changed the registration system, which means that registered HelpSmith users will need a new license key to upgrade to the latest version. Of […]
HelpSmith Updates, Tech Support, and Windows 7
Latest version updates of HelpSmith, which introduced new features and fixes to some minor issues, have actually made the product one of the most quality help authoring tools available on the market today. And this is confirmed mainly by the feedback we get from HelpSmith users everyday. We are nevertheless working hard on making the […]
HelpSmith 3.4 Released. The Ability to Insert Custom HTML Code and Other New Features are Available
We are pleased to announce the release of HelpSmith 3.4. The new version introduces the ability to insert custom HTML code into individual help topics and into topic templates. You can use this feature to insert video from YouTube, add Google Analytics tracking code to your Web Help system, and for many other similar purposes. […]
HelpSmith 3.3 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of HelpSmith 3.3. The new version includes improved Unicode support, the possibility to use video clips in Flash and other formats, better security and compatibility of Web Help with recent versions of the Google Chrome browser, as well as some other new features and improvements. Below is the […]
Insert Mark of the Web Option
Recently we’ve released a minor HelpSmith update, version 3.2.1. This new version adds an option Insert Mark of the Web for Web Help systems. Some HelpSmith users complained that Internet Explorer displays a yellow Security Warning Bar when viewing a web help system that runs from the local machine, or from a remote computer in […]
HelpSmith 3.2 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of HelpSmith 3.2. This new version introduces new features, includes important improvements and minor bug fixes. New Possibilities A completely new spell checking engine and dictionaries for different languages are now available. A new customizable Project Merge feature with support for different Merge Modes, making it possible to […]
HelpSmith 3.1 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of HelpSmith 3.1. This update includes improvements and minor bug fixes. You can find the full list of changes below. Improvements – Improved the HTML export engine used for the HTML Help and Web Help output formats. – Added new pre-built topic templates to the New Template dialog-box. […]
HelpSmith Reviewed
Tab Hockamier has written a review of HelpSmith on his blog “Coding Tools, Reviews, and Solutions”. “Providing Help for desktop applications has been the bane of my development existence for years. I have tried building the html help files in web editors and then hooking the content in the Microsoft Html Help Workshop: what fun…” […]
What’s New in HelpSmith 3.0
We are pleased to announce the release of HelpSmith 3.0. New Features – Added support for Templates allowing you to easily customize the design of all or a set of help topics of your project. – Added support for text Variables which can be used in the HelpSmith’s word processor and in almost any other […]
How to Integrate HTML Help (CHM) Files with Your .NET Application
We have published a new article explaining how you can use HTML Help files with your .NET application. Although, .NET already includes support for HTML Help, we often receive questions from C# and VB.NET developers asking how to do this. You will also find a simple utility module with some additional functionality making it easier […]