Re: Creating Online Help files in Oracle?

Hi

At ODTUG conference in Palm Springs JUne 2-5 one of the papers being presented is "Methods for Integrating Oracle Forms with On-line Help by Janice Carlson & John Lennon"

This is just one of 150+ technical presentations making this one of the most worthwhile conferences you can attend.

Find out more at www.odtug.com

John

>If you have Designer 2000 you can use the MS Help Generator, but it is
>cumbersome to have the module definitions and other items in there if you
>haven't used it to generate the forms.
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>You can use ROBOHELP, but you can get the MS Help compiler from Microsoft.
>It is easy to write help, even context sensitive help. We use Microsoft
>Word and use MS Compiler to generate help. The MS Help compiler comes with
>certain versions of Visual Basic and Visual C++. You may be able to
>purchase it, but I'm not sure. We are a Microsoft Development Network
>member and received the Developer Work Shop software which includes the
>Help Compiler.
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>HTH
>
>Prasad Chavali
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>Jill <jill_at_iotek.ns.ca> wrote in article
><01bd4b8f$90884c60$1140808e_at_juliet.iotek.ns.ca>...
>> Is there some way to create online help files within Oracle and/or Oracle
>> Forms 4.5? I need to create both context-sensitive help (i.e. text that
>> pops up for a specific widget or combo box or whatever) as well as
 regular
>> help that could be accessed via a Help button on a gui screen. Can this
 be
>> done within Oracle, or will I have to buy specific help-creation software
>> like Robohelp or something? Is there any documentation available on how
 to
>> go about doing this?
>>
>> Thanx in advance.
>>
>> Jill
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Received on Tue Mar 10 1998 - 00:00:00 CET