Helpmatic Pro HTML Revision History
Version 6.5.2 - 09/06/08
 Background images inside table cells now correctly made reference paths at compile time.
Fixed bug in WebHelp, bold text of selected heading nodes now works correctly.
Version 6.5.1 - 31/03/08
Fixed minor Vista compatibility issues.
Moved the stylesheet <LINK> tag back into the <HEAD> section.
Fixed bug, contents designer nodes that were linked to topics with anchors showed up as yellow (indicates nodes with no links) in the project explorer.
Version 6.5.0 - 29/11/07
Added new view keywords dialog to allow you to view and edit keywords based on topics (View Menu).
Improved the functionality of the Embed Object dialog.
Improved importing of RTF files for WinHelp project import.
Helpmatic now better supports multiple monitor systems.
Updated the stylesheet editor so that it auto refreshes the editor, and doesn't need the Add and Update buttons.
Generate document now does not include WebHelp scripts.
The help compiler now correctly starts on Windows Vista machines that have UAC switched on.
Version 6.4.9 - 09/09/07
You can now navigate directly to topic html files in WebHelp.
WebHelp files are now 'marked for the web' so you can view them locally without it tripping IE security.
Improvements to webhelp contents tab.
Added new Auto Format feature.
Added feature to export context numbers and filenames to a text file (Tools Menu).
Improved printing functionality of the topic list.
Added Next/Previous topic links to WebHelp template 2.
Added options to apply auto format and replace text functions in the Find dialog.
Added insert Variable dialog (Insert menu).
Improved importing of expand sections from projects saved with older versions of Helpmatic.
Version 6.4.8 - 07/08/07
Fixed bug, Expand sections no longer cause the page to refresh.
Added a section in Expand sections as always shown.
Added options to Project Menu > Project Options to allow changing of expand section colors.
Version 6.4.7 - 23/07/07
Corrected word wrapping on the contents tab in WebHelp.
Fixed bug, follow link did not work for topic links that contained formatting in the link HTML.
Expand sections are now easier to edit and work on all browsers.
The topic information window is now built into the bottom of the editor.
Added a checkout topic feature which allows you to edit topics in a custom HTML editor (Dreamweaver, etc..)
Version 6.4.6 - 10/04/07
Corrected Related Topics functionality for templates. Now displays MSDN style 'See Also' links.
Version 6.4.5 - 22/03/07
Added a cancel button to the choose color popup.
Added option to add an image to the navigation frame in WebHelp.
Added ability to change the text color on the header frame in WebHelp.
Added option to show or hide the title on both WebHelp templates.
Added CSS help links on stylesheet editor dialog.
Version 6.4.4 - 07/03/07
Improved support for importing WinHelp projects.
Version 6.4.3 - 22/02/07
Added a new WebHelp template with just an image in the top frame.
Added option to change the height of the top frame in WebHelp.
Added option to change the color of text in the navigation frames in WebHelp.
Version 6.4.2 - 12/02/07
Added page breaks after each topic for printing to the single document type export in Generate Document.
Links in between topics now work in single document type export in Generate Document.
Added ability to output footer just to the contents topic in WebHelp.
Double clicking on images now takes you to the edit dialog for images.
You can now specific height and width for images.
Added improvements to the functions that filter out custom HTML tags carried over from copy and pasting text from MS Office apps.
Version 6.4.1 - 30/01/07
WebHelp now auto-sync's topics to the contents designer.
Additional files are now relative to the project folder.
Version 6.4 - 18/01/07
Added option for changing the default logo used for WebHelp.
Integrated the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop install into the Helpmatic install.
Template mode is now selectable between 2 templates. One with a single line header, the other with 2 lines.
Version 6.3 - 30/11/06
Fixed bug where the toolbar buttons were not updating correctly.
Added new unattended automated WebHelp build feature.
You can now specify your own WebHelp output path.
Version 6.2 - 04/11/06
Pressing Enter in the Index or Search tabs of WebHelp now auto clicks the button.
Follow links now work correctly under IE7.
Version 6.1 - 27/09/06
Ability to paste images directly into the Editor without having to save to file, then insert.
WebHelp now uses / instead of \ in filenames and now is compatible with Firefox and Opera.
WebHelp now has more customisation features.
The Import HTML files feature now can recursively import from folders.
Version 6.0.1 - 10/08/06
Links and filenames of Web Help files are now always in lower case.
Added the Helpmatic help file project to the samples folder.
Version 6 - 31/07/06
Added ability to make a Web Help file as well as a regular .chm file.
Added new template mode, where new topics and related topic links will be based on a MSDN style template.
Added new unattended automated help file build feature.
Other minor cosmetic and bug fixes.
Version 5.1 - 31/01/06
Added option in topic properties, to add the current topic title as a Keyword.
Added a Contents Designer snap shot to the Project Explorer so you can navigate using a Contents Designer view.
Improved the HTML import function.
Increased the size of the Assign Keyword dialog box.
Version 5.0 - 17/01/06
Changed the way Related Topic links work, now when you insert a related topic link, the link will automatically use the related topic id's defined for the topic.
Added exporting for web based help and PDF, File Menu > Export.
Added printing support to print out topics, Contents Designer, and Topic List.
Added support for language setting in Project Options.
Added support for adding scripting for topics (Topic properties, script tab).
Added support for adding custom code/text into the <BODY> section of your contents file (Project Options).
Version 4.7.1 - 25/04/05
Added further information dialogs.
Version 4.7 - 24/03/05
Bug fix, Importing WinHelp projects now picks up the correct context number for each topic instead of assigning the default one.
Bug fix, changing topic properties of a topic that contains script caused the script to execute. Fixed so that scripts are disabled in the topic properties dialog.
Added ability to add HTML into the <HEAD> section of topics (available in project options).
Added function to clean Microsoft Word specific HTML in topics.
Added support for .PNG and all other HTML Help supported image formats.
Added support for External Styles, so you can now link to external .css files created outside of Helpmatic.
Added new 'Move To Folder' menu item when you right click on a topic in the Project Explorer.
Version 4.6 - 23/07/04
The Custom styles drop down now displays all styles in the project, not just those begining with a '.'
Custom colors are now retained in the color selection dialog box.
Added 'Clone' to the context menu in the Styles Editor. Right click on an element or property and select Clone to make a copy of it.
Pressing Enter on the topic properties screen will cause the OK button to click.
Added auto assigning of Context Numbers to topics that do not have a context number specified on Project Load.
Topic filename's can now use the - character in them.
Improved HTML Help Project import routines to better support different file formats.
Improved WinHelp project import, you can now specify topic names to be used from topic titles.
Added shortcut keys for Indent and Outdent, Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+].
Contents designer nodes now expand/collapse using a single mouse click.
Added export Context MAP section to a header file.
Added support for using Images as Links.
Added Find and Replace in HTML dialog.
Added Topic History in Project Explorer.
Added Shortcut keys for Switching views (Ctrl + 1 to 4).
Version 4.5 - 29/06/04
Double clicking on a Topic Link will now 'Follow the Link'. Double clicking on an External Link will open the Edit Link Dialog box.
Changed the way topic links are inserted. After selecting text in the editor, the Link Toggle button will need to be selected first.
Added information windows to display tips/help.
Added new option for registering the Helpmatic Pro HTML file type on start.
Bug fix, when a topic without a title was dragged from the topic list in the Contents Designer is wasn't added as a new node.
Bug fix, Contents Designer topic list was not refreshed when opening a new project.
Bug fix, Exporting CSS styles to disk was not working.
Bug fix, New topics were being incorrectly named when importing WinHelp projects.
Version 4.4 - 16/04/04
Added function to assign keywords to selected topics in the Topic List (right click on Topics).
Added function to display topics in the Topic List and Project Explorer in different colors.
Bug fix, Insert link dialog box incorrectly listed the link type when editing external links.
Bug fix, Copy and Pasting links from one topic to another topic caused the Link to break.
Bug fix, added MSCOMCT2.OCX to the install set as some Windows 2000 machines may not have it installed already.
Moved the Compile Log menu item from the Tools menu, to the File menu.
Version 4.3 - 21/03/04
Bug fix, Context ID resource file declarations in the project file were incorrect (missing #include).
Version 4.2 - 13/03/04
Bug fix, Bug in related topic links caused related topic links not to work on certain IE5.0 and IE5.5 machines.
Bug fix, Stylesheet import ignored '/' characters.
Bug fix, Popups.txt was not getting included in the help file for What's This Help functionality.
Added option to delete all elements from stylesheet before importing.
Increased the number of files in the recent file list in the File Menu to 10.
Version 4.1 - 29/01/04
Bug fix, Switching to the editor whilst still changing the name of a project explorer folder would cause a crash, now fixed.
Improved the design of the Insert A-keyword link dialog. A browse button will now be shown for Bitmap and Icon buttons.
Version 4.0 - 04/01/04
Added 'Explore Project Folder" feature in Tools Menu.
Added extra options to the Import HTML files dialog.
Added "Insert Link Using Image" to the context menu when right clicking on images in the editor. This will allow inserting links with the image as the hotspot.
Added Expand/Collapse text feature.
Added Generate document. Can export your help file to 1 or more HTML files for uploading to a website.
Added support for attaching script files to topics.
Added improved drag and drop support to the contents designer.
Added browse button to insert link dialog box.
Redesigned the Insert Image dialog box.
Bug fix, when importing a WinHelp project, HTML files are correctly named as TopicX.htm, instead of Topic.htmX.
Bug fix, increased the file size buffer on the import HTML dialog. You can now import more than 20 files at a time.
Bug fix, when editing an external topic, the import HTML file menu option was disabled. Fixed so that it is now always enabled.
Bug fix, Insert Link Dialog, File:// links were being truncated when editing links.
Version 3.2 - 18/09/03
Added new Status Topic Property.
Version 3.1 - 21/08/03
Added support for embedding external multimedia files.
Added support for including external additional files into your project.
Bug fix, the Topic properties and Delete topic toolbar buttons in the Project Explorer now work.
Version 3.0 - 29/07/03
Moved the project explorer to inside the editor window.
Default.css file is added to all new projects.
Details on the current HTML Tag and CSS Style are displayed in the status bar.
Added Clone Topic feature (Edit menu). This makes a new topic based on the current one.
Improved the Stylesheet editor.
Added topic anchors to contents designer destination links.
On loading project, the last topic that was being edited on that project will get shown as default.
Improved drag and drop handling in the Project Explorer.
Table width now defaults to 100%.
Bug fix, Colour value in status bar now shows values in Hex (HTML), instead of Win32 values.
Bug fix, Fixed launching of Helpmatic Pro HTML by clicking on a .hmp file from Windows Explorer.
Bug fix, Incorrect table alignment setting would cause a crash.
Added more help/tips text to status bar.
When saving projects, a backup copy of the previously saved project is saved with the extension .backup.
Improved the included sample project file.
Bug fix, Match case wasn't working in the Find dialog.
Version 2.3.1 - 01/05/03
Added 'Generate CHI File' option to the Project Options dialog.
Version 2.3 - 04/03/03
Fixed bug, topic links were not working in compiled help file for External HTML files. This only occurred when links inside External topic files were pointing to sub-directories within the project folder.
Improved table support.
Added 'Binary Table of Contents' option to Project Options.
Fixed bug, default HTML styles were not populating on international versions of Windows. This is now fixed, style names will be displayed in the local language.
Version 2.2.12 - 13/10/02
Fixed bug, now allows more than 1 property of the same name in the Styles editor.
Fixed bug, HTML Text of external files are no longer stored inside the project file.
Changed default window properties so that on new projects, 'Auto show/hide' is off.
Version 2.2.11 - 12/09/02
Fixed bug, changing a topic from External to back to normal would cause a program error.
Version 2.2.10 - 18/08/02
Fixed minor bug, incorrect saving of column sizes in the Topic Information window.
Version 2.2.9 - 11/08/02
Fixed bug, incorrect setting of table widths in Insert Table dialog box.
Added support for setting Alt Text for images.
Added support for launching external links in a new browser window.
Added support for inserting a Horizontal Rule.
Version 2.2.8 - 31/07/02
Fixed bug, Font and Font sizes were not changeable from the font dialog box if a stylesheet was applied to a topic.
Fixed bug, Remove keyword button on the topic properties dialog box was not disabled if no keywords were listed.
Fixed bug, You no longer need to create a index or contents file to compile the help file. Only a topic is needed.
Added support of relative/absolute paths to filenames of external topics.
Version 2.2.1 - 01/09/01
Fixed bug, Helpmatic Pro HTML only checks for updates if an internet connection is found. Before it used to check even if the user had no internet connection. You can turn this feature off from the Tools > Options menu.
The current cursor position is now kept when moving from the HTML view to the WYSIWYG view.
Version 2.2 - 01/06/01
Improved HTML Code colourisation.
Modified External topic property so it allows you to link to HTML files outside of the project directory.
Added a FAQ section in the help file.
Changed registration codes.
Version 2.1 - 20/05/01
Added "Clean up files after compile" option.
Fixed bug, changing the font in the Font dialog sometimes caused a crash.
Fixed bug, some shortcut keys did not function in the editor.
The current cursor position is kept when switch between WYSIWYG and HTML view.
Added nicer looking combo boxes to toolbars.
Version 2.0 - 07/02/01
Added import of WinHelp projects.
Added updating of links in project upon changing topic filenames.
Added 'Default Tab' property to Window Properties.
Added External Topic property.
Added Ignore Topic property.
Added 'Use Selected Text As Keyword' context menu item for the editor. This adds the selected text in the editor as a keyword for the current topic.
Fixed bug, HTML tags were not being highlighted in HTML view in Windows 2000.
Fixed bug, The font combobox was not properly refreshing the current font in the editor.
Fixed bug, Right-clicking on a node in the Project Explorer now selects the node fist.
Version 1.22 - 03/12/00
Fixed bug, when editing a contents node, image changes are not reflected until you re-open the project, or move the node.
Fixed bug, window positions were incorrect in compiled help files.
Fixed bug, when dragging topics from the project explorer into the editor, the program used to crash. Fixed this so now it copies the title of the selected topic into the editor.
Version 1.21 - 22/11/00
Changed registration system.
Version 1.2 - 12/11/00
Fixed bug. Paths for background graphics in tables and main topic body were not being saved properly.
Increased the size of the news window.
Fixed bug. When trying to show the Compile Log window, the program used to crash. Sorry, don't know how this slipped through :-(
Fixed bug. Context menu for Folders in the Project Explorer was not displaying properly.
Added support for What's This Help.
Version 1.1 - 10/10/00
Moved the example.hmp project into the Samples directory.
Added an IE5.5 check when Helpmatic Pro HTML starts. Before it used to crash if IE5.5 was not installed.
Fixed bug, welcome message not displaying when running Helpmatic Pro HTML for first time.
Version 1.0 - 01/10/00
Cleaned up help file.
Added registration code.
Fixed various minor bugs.
Version 0.8 - 07/09/00
Added new Helpmatic Pro HTML news checker.
Updated help file.
Bug fix, Window positions of help windows were not moving to specified positions.
Version 0.7 - 25/07/00
Added 'cool' looking pop-up menus.
Added spell checker.
Fixed bug in window properties which caused some properties to get lost.
Fixed bug in deletion of keywords. Keywords were not properly deleted and caused crashes when returning to topics that contained the deleted keyword.
Fixed bug, Context numbers were not getting populated on project import.
Fixed bug, Some window properties were not getting populated on project import.
Fixed bug, Custom images for contents designer nodes were not being retained.
Version 0.6.1 - 03/04/00
Fixed bugs in Keywords. Errors were caused when you tried to delete keywords.
Updated Help file, and example project.
Released to public for free download
Version 0.6 - 03/04/00
Added function to delete project explorer folders.
Added function to delete keywords from project.
Added an example help project.
Fixed bug, 'Delete rows' and 'Delete columns' editor context menu items didn't work.
Fixed bug, A-Keyword links were not created properly.
Fixed bug, 'Navigation Pane Width' in Windows Properties was not working correctly.
Fixed bug, Table colours were incorrectly being set.
Re-added shortcut key F9 for switching viewing modes.
Added a 'Refresh' button on the Styles dialog box so you can now see changes appied dynamically while in the styles dialog.
Version 0.5.5 - 23/02/00
Added help file. The help file is not yet complete, and still only very basic.
Fixed bug, properties in the project options dialog box were not having any effect on the help file.
Fixed bug, HTML colours in the topic properties dialog box were not being saved correctly.
Added toolbar icon for style classes.
Fixed bug, Context IDs were not being shown in the topic info window.
Added short-cut keys to all dialog boxes, and fixed tab indexes.
Fixed bug, 'Insert Link To' menu item was not being correctly enabled.
Added toolbar icon for Line Break.
Version 0.5 - 27/01/00
Fixed crash in Topic List when selecting 'Edit topic' from the right click context menu.
Fixed bug where multiple Helpmatic Pro HTML comments were added to the start of HTML files.
Fixed bug, sound files did not play when help files were compiled.
Version 0.4 - 07/01/00
Added Text style classes
Added Browse window 'Always On Top' switching.
Added Tabs on main window for switching viewing modes
Bug fix, images in sub-directories from the main project path were not inserted correctly.
Fixed bug with the Bullet toolbar button not correctly setting bullets in text.
Added line breaks.
Version 0.3.1 - 25/11/99
Bug fix, Context Numbers were not being saved with the help topics.
Bug fix, 'Add new topic' button in toolbar didn't refresh the Topic List. (thanks to Arno Rog)
Bug fix, 'Window Properties' incorrectly set position values when 'Windows Default' option is selected. (thanks to Arno Rog)
Helpmatic Pro now remembers your last directory and defaults to that upon loadup. (thanks to Arno Rog)
The projects Title property was not being saved in the help file.
Version 0.3 - 15/11/99
Fixed crash that sometimes happened when selecting the format menu.
Fixed crash when switching view mode in HTML Code edit mode.
Added browse window.
Importing HTML files now properly import image files.
Version 0.2 - 15/10/99
Added 'Import HTML File'.
Helpmatic Pro Revision History
Version V1.4.2
Fixed bug, using Shift+F5 to view a topic with a very large context number would cause an error.
Fixed bug, using Find Next on a topic with a large amount of text (over 32k) would cause an error.
Version V1.4.1
Improved the insert graphics dialog box, changing paths of existing files is now possible.
Version V1.4
Helpmatic Pro now uses a new and improved installer.
Version V1.34
Undo function in editor was not working on some Windows 2000/XP systems.
Version V1.33
Fixed RTF incompatibilities with the help compiler and Windows XP/Office XP.
Version V1.3
V1.3 has a new registration scheme. Instead of a user name and user code, V1.3 onwards will just use a registration key. All registered users will get free upgrades.
Version V1.23
Fixes incompatibility errors with the new RTF libraries that come with Windows2000 and Office2000.
Added Second Toolbar For The Editor
Version V1.22
The paragraph settings dialog box always displayed the default format settings. This bug has been fixed so that the current format setting is displayed.
Tables were not being ended correctly. Also if more than 1 table was on a topic or pop-up, the first one would display correctly but all the subsequent tables would display incorrectly. This is now fixed.
'Export for spell check' was not correctly putting spaces between text and commands.
The program used to sometimes crash when the paragraph settings dialog box was displayed and text of mixed formatting was selected in the editor.
Project Explorer Double Click, to select topics/pop-ups and insert links a double click is now needed instead of a single click.
Multi-select On Insert Picture, the file open dialog box in 'insert picture' now lets you select more than 1 file at a time.
New Editor Keyboard Short-cut Keys For Text Formatting.
Paths For Picture Files Not Included If They Are In Project File Directory, for picture files within the same directory as the project file the path to the picture file is now not included, just the filename is added.
New Keyboard Short-cut Key For Editing Topics While In The Topic/Pop-up List, while in the topic/pop-up list, pressing Enter will display the Editor with the currently selected topic or pop-up.
Contents File Now Gets Exported To HTML, HTML export now also converts contents files to HTML.
Comment Command, you can now 'comment out' sections of your text.
Multiple Help File Support, the contents designer now lets you create nodes that link to topics in other external help files.
Contents File Commands, you can now add WinHelp contents file commands as nodes into the contents designer.
Version V1.21
The topic/pop-up list displayed an extra topic when the name property of a topic or pop-up was changed in topic/pop-up list view mode.
Properties with numerical values were not sorted properly in the topic/pop-up list.
Internal Name property added to the set topic/pop-up properties dialog box, the Internal Name topic/pop-up property has been added to the set topic/pop-up properties dialog box. This property is read-only.
Version helpMATIC Pro V1.2
Comment Property, the new Comment property lets you assign comments to topics and pop-ups.
Inner Link Markers and Inner Links, Helpmatic Pro now lets you create links to different sections within topics using Inner Links and Inner Link Markers.
Help File Information, get a detailed report of the links and keywords in your project using Help File Information.
History, quickly move between previously viewed topics and pop-ups using the History.
Link Formatting, effortlessly apply automatic formatting styles to your links using Links Formatting.
Long Context numbers, the maximum size of Context numbers has been increased to 2147483647.
Tables, Helpmatic Pro now includes support for Tables.
Printing, new printing features let you print your topics/pop-ups, topic/pop-up list, and contents file.
Project Explorer, the new Project Explorer window makes moving through your project and inserting links a breeze.
Topic/Pop-up Information window, use the Topic/Pop-up Information window to quickly lookup properties for any topic or pop-up.
RTF Code Command, you can now insert your own custom RTF commands directly into topics and pop-ups using the new RTF Code Command.
Start up options, you can now customise what Helpmatic Pro does at startup using Start up options.
Numerous other user interface changes to make your time with Helpmatic Pro more enjoyable and productive.
|
Need to create HTML help files (.chm)? Then