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ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2013 v1 released

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:40:20 GMT

Start a new project in ComponentOne Doc-To-Help.

Automatically create and validates HTML5 content.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help helps you publish help files and documentation to desktops, mobile devices, SharePoint and the Web. You only need to author your content once, and Doc-To-Help will automatically generate a variety of output. Whether you are a technical communicator, trainer or policy writer, you can focus on writing and Doc-To-Help will do the rest.

Updates in 2013 v1

HTML5 Source Markup - Doc-To-Help's editor automatically creates and validates HTML5 content as you work.
New HTML5 Source Code Editor - HTML5 editor features IntelliSense, outlining and document formatting.
Reviewer Commenting - Allow reviewers to leave comments or insert your own in Doc-To-Help's HTML5 editor.
Visual Undo - Roll back to a specific point.
ComponentOne is now offering one product called "Doc-To-Help". All of the functionality in the two individual products (Doc-To-Help Enterprise and Doc-To-Help for Word) is now combined into the single "Doc-To-Help" product offering.

About ComponentOne

ComponentOne headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leader in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry. The company believes the key to successful implementation of business solutions is providing customers with a premier studio of innovative components and tools. On July 1, 2012, ComponentOne and GrapeCity joined forces, creating ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. The US GrapeCity PowerTools division was renamed to ComponentOne.

Did You Know?

Did you know that you can also buy Microsoft Visual Studio along with an MSDN Subscription from us? Or that in Europe and Japan we also have all the Embarcadero products available to purchase, such as Delphi, C++ Builder and RAD Studio!

HelpSmith improves Conditional Compilation

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:14:25 GMT

HelpSmith user interface.

Easily compile different versions of the same help system.

HelpSmith is an innovative help authoring tool allowing you to create CHM HTML Help files, Web Help, Printed Manuals, and PDF documents from the same source help project. The stand-alone and easy-to-use environment includes a Unicode word-processor with dynamic styles and live spell checker, support for Templates and Variables, advanced approach to working with graphical and video files, automatic correction system, and many other useful tools.

Updates in 4.1

Conditional Compilation Functionality - Makes it possible to compile different versions of the same help system easily.
Build Tags - Use build tags and define when specific help topics or individual content blocks should be included into the output help system.

About Divcom Software

Divcom Software is a privately-held software development company specializing in help authoring solutions. Their products are licensed in more than 80 countries and are acknowledged worldwide for their simplicity of usage, power and efficiency. Renowned for their excellent customer service, the company is a member of the Intel(R) Software Partner program. Divcom Software's customer-base includes Microsoft, Intel, General Motors, Toshiba, Alcatel, Hitachi, Dell, Siemens, and other notable companies.

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Documentation Toolkit for SharePoint released

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:59:49 GMT

Generate SharePoint documentation.

Easily generate SharePoint farm documentation.

Documentation Toolkit for SharePoint is designed to help administrators automatically generate SharePoint farm documentation, compare farms and track configuration changes. It saves time by generating documentation in minutes and provides a single interface for all SharePoint configuration settings.

Features

Save time documenting SharePoint farms.
Standardized and professional looking documentation.
Generate documentation for different farms and then compare.
Detect misconfiguration of server farms.
Easier farm management (with visualizations).
Maintain consistent settings across your DEV/QA /Staging /Production farms.

About Acceleratio

Acceleratio Founded in 2009, Acceleratio is a software development company based in Zagreb, Croatia. The company specializes in developing high-quality enterprise applications and provides consulting for Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Citrix technology. Their products are used by organizations worldwide on thousands of servers.

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Simplify your XML Comments

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:58:16 GMT

GhostDoc Pro configuration screen.

Automatically generate XML documentation comments for methods and properties.

GhostDoc Pro is a Visual Studio extension that automatically generates XML comments. When you see code that is not documented, it is as simple as hitting Ctrl-Shift-D to document it using GhostDoc Pro.

Features

Generates XML comments based on code element type, parameters, name and other contextual information.
Generates XML comments for entire type/class.
Generates XML comments for entire file.
For a derived class uses the base class documentation.
Configurable rules, acronyms and macros.
Save keystrokes and time.
Simplify documenting your code.
XML comment previews.
Spell checking for XML comments, code elements, literals and comments.
Help File generation.

About SubMain

SubMain is a privately held company founded in 2002. It provides innovative and original software quality tools for .NET developers.

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HelpSmith adds new Web Help System

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:04:17 GMT

HelpSmith user interface.

Now includes customization of the navigation pane, Table of Contents, Index and Search.

Updates in 4.0

Customize the appearance of the navigation pane including Table of Contents, Index and Search.
Use a help topic or external Web page as content.
Define custom icons for the Table of Contents.
Search feature now allows you to find separate words or whole phrases.
Index tool now allows you to quickly find a keyword and the topics associated with that keyword.
Keywords can be highlighted in the current topic with different colors or a single color.
Added Table of Content behavior settings.
Internal HTML exporter now uses strict Web standards.
Media repository now allows you to add several files simultaneously.
It is now possible to pin HelpSmith to the Windows taskbar in Windows 7.

About Divcom Software

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help improves compatibility

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:53:14 GMT

Doc-To-Help's start page showing common tasks and recent projects.

New version supports Windows 8, Word 2013, Internet Explorer 10 and Team Foundation Server 2012.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help lets you create and publish content for desktop, Web, mobile devices, SharePoint and print. Write (or import) content in Microsoft Word, HTML or the Doc-To-Help editor and then publish professional quality outputs. Choose from NetHelp (Web-based Help), Mobile Help, HTML Help, PDF, DOC, WinHelp, JavaHelp, Eclipse Help, Help 2.0 and Microsoft Help Viewer 1.x.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2012 v3

Support for Windows 8, Word 2013, Internet Explorer 10 and Team Foundation Server 2012.
Support for EPUB 3.0.
Support for DISQUS 2012. Notable features include user voting, SEO optimization and a personalized "My DISQUS" site.
Localized Dutch themes.

About ComponentOne

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Write Once, Publish Everywhere

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:40:44 GMT

Doc-To-Help's start page showing common tasks and recent projects.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2012 v2 adds output for eReaders and Tablets.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2012 v2

Visual Theme Designer - Easily edit one of Doc-To-Help's many themes with this point-and-click editor.
ePub Output - Be the first to offer output for eReaders and tablets with Doc-To-Help's new ePub output.
Optional Advanced Search Engine - Choose to use the server-based search engine for searching complex systems without a lag in performance.
Stream Live Content into Web Pages - Add a few simple lines of code to stream NetHelp content directly into your Web pages.
Produce Help for Visual Studio 2012 - Doc-To-Help creates output for the Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0.

About ComponentOne

HelpSmith updated

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:56:00 GMT

HelpSmith user interface.

Updates in V3.5.5

Fixed compilation issues for HTML Help (CHM) that occurred on some help projects
Improved the internal character-encoding engine
Fixed issues with using special characters in some Asian languages
Compilation now works faster on large help projects
Better support for PNG images, an updated PNG engine is now used
Improvements for the built-in media repository
Other minor improvements and bug fixes

About Divcom Software

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help adds Mobile Help

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:53:09 GMT

Doc-To-Help's start page showing common tasks and recent projects.

Create HTML 5-based output designed for display on mobile devices.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2012 v1

Mobile Help - Just select and build HTML 5-based output and your content will be formatted for mobile use. This output works on all major mobile browsers, smart phones and tablets
Right-to-Left Output - Automatically publish NetHelp in right-to-left (RTL) format
Eclipse Help - Produce Help in the Eclipse format by choosing Eclipse Help and clicking "Build"
Microsoft Office 365 Support - Use Office 365 versions of Word and SharePoint to create documentation
NetHelp Files Customization - The JavaScript that controls the behavior of NetHelp is contained in an easy-to-access file
Automatic Index Navigation for NetHelp 2.0 - The index tab is automatically displayed or hidden depending on whether or not you have an index
Section 508 Compliance for NetHelp 2.0 - NetHelp 2.0 is now Section 508 compliant. Keyboard shortcuts and screen reader compatibility have been added.
Topic XHTML Wizard - Specify boilerplate content or code to insert in every topic

About ComponentOne

ComponentOne provides a wide range of Microsoft Visual Studio components, IDE platform development tools and applications. This includes ComponentOne Studio Enterprise, which represents a broad and complete set of tools and solutions for Microsoft Windows, Web and Mobile application developers. ComponentOne has received numerous industry and user accolades including awards from SDTimes, The Code Project, TechWeb, Software Development Magazine, Visual Studio Magazine, Society for Technical Communication and SQL Server Magazine. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, ComponentOne is a privately held company with offices throughout the world.

HelpSmith updated to V3.5.3

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:04:00 GMT

HelpSmith user interface.

HelpSmith is an innovative help authoring tool allowing you to create CHM HTML Help files, Web Help, Printed Manuals, and PDF documents from the same source help project. The stand-alone and easy-to-use environment includes a Unicode word-processor with dynamic styles and live spell checker, support for Templates and Variables, an advanced approach to working with graphical and video files, automatic correction system, and many other useful tools.

Updates in V3.5.3

Added support for the new video format MP4
Fixed an issue when using Asian languages (Chinese, Korean, Japanese) in the Table of Contents of an HTML Help system (CHM)

About Divcom Software

Divcom Software joins ComponentSource

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:52:00 GMT

HelpSmith user interface.

HelpSmith is a help authoring tool allowing you to create CHM HTML Help files, Web Help, Printed Manuals, and PDF docs.

HelpSmith is a visual help authoring tool for creating CHM, HTML, and PDF help documents from the same source help project. The stand-alone and easy-to-use environment includes a Unicode word-processor with dynamic styles and live spell checker, support for Templates and Variables, an advanced approach to working with graphical and video files, automatic correction system, and many other useful tools.

HelpSmith includes a professional feature-set, which is combined with an easy-to-use interface. Using the built-in editors, you can easily create the Table of Contents and alphabetical Index of your help systems in minutes. You will also be able to integrate your HTML Help or Web Help system with your application and provide context-sensitive Help.

Designed as a regular office application, HelpSmith enables the creation of high quality help systems and documents without the knowledge of many technical details. For example, you do not have to manually code HTML or CSS in order to create technical documentation. At the same time, experienced technical writers still have the possibility to insert custom HTML code.

Features

The ability to create HTML Help, Web Help, Printed Manuals, and PDFs from a single source project
Built-in Unicode word processor
Live spell checker with dictionaries for many languages
Support for Topic Templates and Variables
Full-featured dynamic styles
No need to deal with HTML or CSS coding (though it is possible to insert custom HTML code when needed)
Single media repository for better management of graphical and video used in a help project
Smart Project Merge feature for collaborative working on the same help system, for translation purposes, and for creating libraries of topics or templates
A slight learning-curve and easy-to-use interface

About Divcom Software

Divcom Software is a privately-held software development company specializing in help authoring solutions. Their products are licensed in more than 80 countries and are acknowledged worldwide for their simplicity of usage, excellent customer service, and, mainly, for their power and efficiency. The company is a member of the Intel(R) Software Partner program. Divcom Software's customer-base includes Microsoft, Intel, General Motors, Toshiba, Alcatel, Hitachi, Dell, Siemens, and other notable companies.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2011 V2 released

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:27:17 GMT

Doc-To-Help's start page showing common tasks and recent projects.

Now you can publish Help to SharePoint or a SharePoint Wiki, plus new NetHelp 2.0 and improved multi-language support.

Whether you are converting from RoboHelp or creating new projects, ComponentOne Doc-To-Help empowers you to create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert it to virtually every popular Help file format or printed documentation. Doc-To-Help Enterprise can produce help files in popular formats including HTML Help, Cross-Platform HTML-based Help, JavaHelp, WinHelp, Visual Studio .NET-style Help, and printed documentation. Since Doc-To-Help Enterprise uses a simple style markup to create Help systems, you have the freedom to use any editor. Doc-To-Help Enterprise supports Windows 7, Vista and the 2010 Microsoft Office System including seamless integration with Word 2010. Doc-To-Help Enterprise offers integration with SharePoint which allows you to upload your content to a SharePoint library and take advantage of SharePoint's management and workflow features. It also includes exclusive features such as one-click RoboHelp project conversions. Doc-To-Help includes updates and upgrades for 1 year and if you purchase with Platinum Support you also get 1 year of unlimited phone support.

The following editions are available:

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help is also available as part of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise Doc Edition.

Updates in 2011 v2

NetHelp 2.0 - Redesigned Web-based output, NetHelp. It is more lightweight, SEO friendly, easier to customize, and looks great. It is jQuery-based, so you can do virtually anything with it
Industry first: Publish Help to SharePoint or a SharePoint Wiki - Automatically publish NetHelp to Microsoft SharePoint or create a SharePoint Wiki. The first uploads your NetHelp system to a SharePoint library. You can then link to it or show it in a Web Part. The second creates an editable SharePoint wiki while keeping your links, related topics, and TOC intact
Improved Image Maps - ComponentOne have included a brand new image map editor in both the built-in editor and Microsoft Word. It is simple to make your images interactive
Improved Multi-Language Support - Doc-To-Help will handle virtually any combination of languages you need to use. ComponentOne have added three powerful features in this version.

When using the build-in editor, you can set a default spell checking language for each file
Doc-To-Help will read the styles on your template no matter what language you are using
Choose from the language for your NetHelp theme

More User Experience Improvements
Every release contains a number of features and enhancements Doc-To-Help users are asking for. Other improvements you will find in this release include:

Easier upgrade process: It is easier to preserve your custom themes and templates when upgrading your Doc-To-Help version
Improved project storage: Keep your project files anywhere on your network. Doc-To-Help will build with no problems
Build from Microsoft Team Foundation Server: It is easier to perform automatic builds when you store your Doc-To-Help project in Team Foundation Server

About ComponentOne

ComponentOne has provided a wide range of Microsoft Visual Studio components, IDE platform development tools and applications for over 22 years. This includes ComponentOne Studio Enterprise, which represents a broad and complete set of tools and solutions for Microsoft Windows, Web and Mobile application developers. ComponentOne has continued leadership in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry and is a premier partner of Microsoft. It also offers ComponentOne SharePoint Web Parts, custom Web Parts that enable you to deliver rich, compelling SharePoint sites without writing a line of code; ComponentOne Doc-To-Help, a long-recognized product for technical communicators who write and develop Help systems; and ComponentOne DemoWorks, a screen recording tool to produce WMV, Flash, GIF, AVI, EXE and Java files.

ComponentOne has received numerous industry and user accolades including awards from SDTimes, The Code Project, TechWeb, Software Development Magazine, Visual Studio Magazine, Society for Technical Communication and SQL Server Magazine.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, ComponentOne is a privately held company with offices throughout the world.

Easily upload images to your exxDoc documents

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:01:00 GMT

Editing documents using exxDoc.

Version 1.5 also includes lots of small extensions and enhancements.

exxDoc is a Web application that helps you create any kind of technical documentation, such as manuals, help files, and FAQs. A multi-user, multi-language, and multi-database system, exxDoc allows editing of content by multiple authors at the same time and additionally allows editing in multiple languages. The exxDoc backend supports Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access (for review purposes only) and MySQL databases. Author Mode is used by authors to edit content. User Mode is used to read content released by authors. Pintexx also makes pinEdit, the WYSIWYG XHTML editor that is included in exxDoc. As a result pinEdit works seamlessly within exxDoc offering you a variety of design options for your content. Completing the high-level user interface is an integrated spell checker and style editor allowing you to work intuitively.

Updates in V1.5

Now includes an ImageUploader tool which allows uploading from the local clipboard to the exxDoc editor
Lots of small extensions and enhancements

About Pintexx

Pintexx is an IT service company focused on consulting, realization of individual software solutions, development and sales of high quality products for trade, banks, insurance and authorities. The name Pintexx comes from: Platform INdependent TECHnologieS. Our name encompases our mission to develop individual conceptions and products independently of platform and to make possible independence between platforms.

exxDoc updated

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:22:00 GMT

Using exxDoc to create documentation.

Updates in V1.2

V1.2 includes several improvements and bug fixes

About Pintexx

Pintexx is an IT service company focused on consulting, realization of individual software solutions, development and sales of high quality products for trade, banks, insurance and authorities. The name Pintexx comes from: Platform INdependent TECHnologieS. The name encompases our mission to develop individual conceptions and products independently of platform and to make possible independence between platforms.

Doc-To-Help patched to 2011 version 1

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:23:00 GMT

Doc-To-Help's start page showing common tasks and recent projects.

Whether you are converting from RoboHelp or creating new projects, Doc-To-Help empowers you to create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert it to virtually every popular Help file format or printed documentation. Doc-To-Help Enterprise can produce help files in popular formats including HTML Help, Cross-Platform HTML-based Help, JavaHelp, WinHelp, Visual Studio .NET-style Help, and printed documentation. Since Doc-To-Help Enterprise uses a simple style markup to create Help systems, you have the freedom to use any editor. Doc-To-Help Enterprise supports Windows 7, Vista and the 2010 Microsoft Office System including seamless integration with Word 2010. Doc-To-Help Enterprise now offers integration with SharePoint which allows you to upload your content to a SharePoint library and take advantage of SharePoint's management and workflow features. Doc-To-Help Enterprise also includes exclusive features such as one-click RoboHelp project conversions. Doc-To-Help for Enterprise includes updates and upgrades for 1 year. Platinum Support including 1 year of unlimited phone support also available.

The following editions are available:

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help is also available as part of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise Doc Edition.

Updates in 2011 version 1

NetHelp JavaScript search

The conjunction OR could return incorrect results if the search query contained a word that was absent in topics
Compound words such as "Doc-To-Help" couldn't found
If a word ended with a special German character, "highlight search hits" did not work as expected
Special characters (% $ @, etc.) couldn't be searched for
Firefox couldn't load the search engine in NetHelp targets and always displayed "Loading search engine." (This issue only occurred in Firefox and only when the NetHelp target was hosted on Unix operating system)
Optimized memory usage by search engine
Optimized speed of generating an index when building a target

Manual targets

The numbered lists before headings were not displayed correctly
If cross-reference links had numbering, it didn't updating in LiveLinks mode and displayed incorrect numbers

Translation

Not all documents could be displayed in the Document Import wizard when creating a new target translation project
An unhandled exception could be thrown in the Share wizard when pressing next after showing list of files to share

Building targets

Themes weren't upgraded without errors when building a target with UAC enabled in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
When building NetHelp or HTMLHelp target, a compilation error could occur if project folders contained ".svn" folders.

Dynamic Help has been updated for the "Movie in Flash Format Properties" dialog and for the Translation tab page.

Fixed SharePoint access through HTTPS.

About ComponentOne

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, ComponentOne is a privately held company with offices throughout the world.

Doc-To-Help adds translation support

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:15:00 GMT

Doc-To-Help's start page showing common tasks and recent projects.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2011 also adds NetHelp search engine, build scheduler and user experience improvements.

Whether you are converting from RoboHelp or creating new projects, Doc-To-Help empowers you to create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert it to virtually every popular Help file format or printed documentation. Doc-To-Help Enterprise can produce help files in popular formats including HTML Help, Cross-Platform HTML-based Help, JavaHelp, WinHelp, Visual Studio .NET-style Help, and printed documentation. Since Doc-To-Help Enterprise uses a simple style markup to create Help systems, you have the freedom to use any editor. Doc-To-Help Enterprise 2010 supports Windows 7, Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System including seamless integration with Word 2007. Doc-To-Help Enterprise now offers integration with SharePoint which allows you to upload your content to a SharePoint library and take advantage of SharePoint's management and workflow features. Doc-To-Help Enterprise also includes exclusive features such as one-click RoboHelp project conversions. Doc-To-Help for Enterprise includes updates and upgrades for 1 year. Platinum Support including 1 year of unlimited phone support also available.

The following editions are available:

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help is also available as part of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise Doc Edition.

Updates in 2011

New NetHelp Search Engine
Doc-To-Help's NetHelp output has a new search engine with exact phrase, fuzzy, Boolean, and synonym search. The best part is that you don't have to do anything. It is automatically built into every NetHelp output.

Build Scheduler
Doc-To-Help always allowed you to schedule builds via command line, but now there is a convenient interface to schedule one-off or recurring builds. Run your builds at night or start them and do something else while you wait.

Translation Support
Doc-To-Help integrates with SharePoint's translation management features to help you manage and track translations.

User Experience Improvements
Every release contains a number of features and enhancements Doc-To-Help users are asking for. More items you will find in this release include:

Mark of the Web in NetHelp. Users will not get Internet Explorer warnings when running NetHelp on a local machine.
Improved picture resizing and a "close all documents" button in the editor. These two built-in editor enhancements help ensure that you will love to use Doc-To-Help.
New PDF Converter. You can now generate outputs using 64-bit operating systems.

For more information visit:
http://www.componentone.com/SuperPages/PressReleases/?newsID=63

About ComponentOne

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, ComponentOne is a privately held company with offices throughout the world.

Elsasoft joins ComponentSource

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:15:00 GMT

Database documentation created with SqlSpec.

SqlSpec lets you generate easy-to-read database documentation for a wide range of platforms.

SqlSpec is a database documentation tool that will generate easy-to-read database documentation. SqlSpec generates documentation in two formats: HTML or CHM. HTML is useful for publishing your documents on the Web or an intranet site. CHM is useful if you want a single, compact file containing all your documentation about one or more databases. The CHM is indexed so it is easily searchable for any keyword. This way you can easily determine which objects reference the "EmployeeID" column, for example. SqlSpec supports every major DBMS including Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Analysis Server, Microsoft Report Server, Microsoft Integration Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Teradata, SQLite, DB2, Sybase ASE, Sybase SQL Anywhere, Informix, VistaDB and ENEA Polyhedra.

Features

Extended property/comment editor supporting SQL Server, Oracle, and more
Show scripts for all objects documented.
Ability to add your own branding logo (headers and footers) to each page in the documentation.
Run as a console application, useful for automating SqlSpec to generate documentation for your databases on a schedule, or integrating SqlSpec into your development process.
Supports XML comments added to your stored procedures, user defined functions, views, and triggers, similar to XML comments in C# code. These comments are parsed by SqlSpec and the content is placed in your documentation.
Include external objects (such as web services, web pages, and other components) in the documentation. Specify dependencies of external objects on database objects and they will be included in the dependency graphs.
Creates data model diagrams where any database object (or external object) can be represented.
Specify an exclusion list so that certain objects (or just the SQL code for them) can be excluded from the documentation.
Specify a custom navigation hierarchy to include arbitrary HTML files in the generated CHM.
Generate dependency and primary/foreign key graphs. Such diagrams are much easier to understand at a glance than a flat list of dependent objects.
Generate a call graph for sprocs and udfs that call other sprocs and udfs.
Fine control over what object types are documented.
Support for every major DBMS in a single tool

About Elsasoft

Elsasoft was founded in Seattle, in 2006, by Jesse Hersch, Ph.D. Its SqlSpec product helps you understand your data by generating easy-to-read and comprehensive documentation for any database, on any platform. Over the years, SqlSpec has grown into a powerful database documentation application with impressive features, currently supporting 17 different platforms. Elsasoft donates free licenses to charities, non-profits and open source projects. Its goal is simply to provide a useful product at an affordable price with exceptional customer service.

Doc-To-Help adds SharePoint integration

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:42:00 GMT

Doc-To-Help's start page showing common tasks and recent projects.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help Enterprise 2010 v3 takes advantage of SharePoint's workflow features and translation support.

Write or import content in Microsoft Word, HTML, or Doc-To-Help's editor and then publish professional quality outputs for desktop, Web and print use. Whether you are converting from RoboHelp or creating new projects, Doc-To-Help empowers you to create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert it to virtually every popular Help file format or printed documentation. Doc-To-Help Enterprise can produce help files in popular formats including HTML Help, Cross-Platform HTML-based Help, JavaHelp, WinHelp, Visual Studio .NET-style Help and printed documentation.Doc-To-Help for Word lets you to author content in Microsoft® Word to create online Help files and professional manuals. Doc-To-Help supports Windows 7, Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System including seamless integration with Word 2007.

The following editions are available:

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help Enterprise is also available as part of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise Doc Edition.

Updates in 2010 v3

Integration with SharePoint (Doc-To-Help Enterprise only):
This release introduces the industry's first integration with Microsoft SharePoint for content and document management. This integration brings many benefits to the user:

Provides an easy way to use SharePoint, an industry standard technology, for documentation management
Provides translation support
SharePoint users can publish outputs from the documents that they have stored in SharePoint
Works with all editions of SharePoint (including free editions) 2007 and 2010.

Several Enhancements to improve User Experience:
Doc-To-Help 2010 V3 includes many enhancements designed to make the user more productive and efficient, save time and provide overall a more pleasant user experience:

Build Progress Bar provides valuable feedback to the user
Page Break Control allows users to determine where page breaks should fall in printed output. More control over print output ensures users can print their manuals with no formatting required.
Icon for Bookmarks provides a visual indicator when working in the Doc-To-Help Editor's design view, improving the user experience
New button/menu on the editor tool bar allows users to easily insert special characters

For more information visit:
http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/PressReleases/?newsID=58

About ComponentOne

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, ComponentOne is a privately held company with offices throughout the world.

Create MS Help Viewer 1.0 documentation

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:52:00 GMT

The start page showing common tasks and recent projects in Doc-To-Help.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2010 v2 adds support for VS2010's new help format and Team Explorer 2010.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2010 v2

Output Visual Studio's newest Help output, Microsoft Help Viewer 1.0: This is a great feature for developers using Visual Studio and creating their own documentation.
Supports Team Explorer 2010, which interfaces with Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Word Counts will now appear for individual files in the editor
NEW Topic Placeholders feature automatically adds the topic and the subtopic to new projects to reduce the learning curve for new users
Custom Table of Contents (TOC) will now automatically update with any new topics that are added

About ComponentOne

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, ComponentOne is a privately held company with offices throughout the world.

exxDoc adds page numbering and ToC

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:26:00 GMT

exxDoc's edit view running within Internet Explorer.

New version adds table of contents, chapter and page numbering, and templates for start and end pages.

Updates in V1.1

The ability to create PDF and HTML output with more flexibility.
The output creates documents with a table of contents, and chapter and page numbering.
Templates for start/end pages, table of contents and for headers/footers can be defined by any text or image.
The layout can be designed using style sheets.

About Pintexx

Pintexx is an IT service company focused on consulting, realization of individual software solutions, development and sales of high quality products for trade, banks, insurance and authorities. The name Pintexx comes from: Platform INdependent TECHnologieS - which encompases the company's mission to develop individual conceptions and products independently of platform and to make possible independence between platforms.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help updated

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:06:00 GMT

Doc-To-Help provides an easy way to get started with your project.

2010 v1 release adds Team Foundation Server integration, improved user experience and enhanced conversion tools.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help allows you to create professional help systems and manuals from HTML or Micrsoft Word. Whether you are converting from RoboHelp or creating new projects, Doc-To-Help empowers you to create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert it to virtually every popular Help file format or printed documentation. Doc-To-Help Enterprise can produce help files in popular formats including HTML Help, Cross-Platform HTML-based Help, JavaHelp, WinHelp, Visual Studio .NET-style Help, and printed documentation. Since Doc-To-Help Enterprise uses a simple style markup to create Help systems, you have the freedom to use any editor. Doc-To-Help 2010 includes features such as Documenter for .NET for automatic reference document creation and support for Windows 7, Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System including seamless integration with Word 2007.

Doc-To-Help Enterprise also includes exclusive features such as one-click RoboHelp project conversions.

The following editions are available:

Doc-To-Help is also available in a bundle with ComponentOne Studio Enterprise:

ComponentOne Studio Enterprise Doc Edition

Updates in 2010 v1

Team Foundation Server (TFS) Integration

Doc-To-Help 2010 will integrate and provide an interface for TFS. This provides better workflow and support for a team environment and makes collaboration easier.

Better User Experience

Collapsing Sections Interface: The user can easily organize online content without knowing how to code.
Nested Lists: Most HTML/XML/XHTML editors (including FrontPage) do not handle nested lists well.
Doc-To-Help 2010 allows the user to create nested lists painlessly right in its editor.
Page Break Control: The user can now easily specify where page breaks should fall. Typically this is a big challenge when single-sourcing. Not anymore! This enhancement will save a lot of time and make the output more polished.

Enhanced Conversion Tools

Improved Converter for RoboHelp: Until now Doc-To-Help would only convert RoboHelp Word projects to Word and RoboHelp HTML projects to HTML. Now the user can take any RoboHelp project and convert it directly to Doc-To-Help's XHTML format.
Improved Converter for Lists to XHTML. The user can now seamlessly convert lists to XHTML

For more information visit:
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ComponentOne has been a leader in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry for over 20 years. ComponentOne's flagship product, ComponentOne Studio Enterprise is a complete suite of development components for developing all layers of Windows, Web, WPF and Mobile applications. Studio Enterprise delivers the tools developers need to produce next-generation UIs for Windows and the Web. Studio Enterprise allows developers to create rich user experiences with enterprise-level .NET Windows Forms applications, ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Web interfaces, as well as newly emerging WPF and Silverlight technologies with less code and in less time. ComponentOne is also the provider of Doc-To-Help, DemoWorks, and FrontLine. ComponentOne's innovation and long standing commitment to the development community is recognized by the numerous industry and user accolades from ComponentSource, SD Times, Visual Studio Magazine, Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine, Info World, PC Magazine, Software Development Magazine, Dr. Dobbs, .NET Developer Journal, Society for Technical Communication, and Visual Systems Journal. ComponentOne is a privately held company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Pintexx launches exxDoc

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

exxDoc's edit view running within Internet Explorer.

New all-in-one online documentation system with no client installation required.

Features

Online
exxDoc is a web based application with all benefits of working online. There is no client installation required and there are no administration issues. You can access at any time from any location
All-In-One
exxDoc includes all tools and components for online editing. No other external applications like MS Word are required.
Multiple authors
exxDoc allows multiple authors to work on the same document.
Multiple languages
exxDoc allows creation of documentation (content) in up to 5 different languages. Users can choose between 4 GUI languages.
Multiple databases
exxDoc is a database driven application and supports Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and Microsoft Access (used for evaluation purposes only).
No publishing required
All content is created and edited online. Therefore there is no publishing or upload process required.
User and author mode
User Mode displays all pages released by the author(s). Author Mode edit the entire content.
Paste content
Paste content from many external sources to use in exxDoc.
High level user interface
The user interface GUI is based on the latest standards for desktop applications and offers you an intuitive interface.
Built-in WYSIWYG XHTML editor
A powerful editor let you easily format your content.
Multi-language spell checker
The built-in spell checker corrects your content quickly in different languages.
Style sheets
exxDoc supports working with style sheets and offers a built-in style editor.
Full text search
Words can be easily found by a full text search.
Formatting of Table of Contents (TOC)
In contrast to standard help systems the TOC elements can be individually formatted.
Multiple file upload
A special upload tool is included that allows easy uploading of multiple files.
Text block support
Create reusable blocks of text for reuse later. Quickly build new pages by inserting the reusable blocks of text.
Import/export exxDoc content
Easily import and export exxDoc content using XML. Share exxDoc content between multiple exxDoc installations.
Browser independent
exxDoc can be used by Internet Explorer version 7 or greater and Firefox version 3 or greater.

About Pintexx

Pintexx is an IT service company focused on consulting, realization of individual software solutions, development and sales of high quality products for trade, banks, insurance and authorities. The name Pintexx comes from: Platform INdependent TECHnologieS - which encompases the company's mission to develop individual conceptions and products independently of platform and to make possible independence between platforms.

Doc-To-Help 2009 V3 released

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Creating a new project in Doc-To-Help 2009.

Latest release adds Windows 7 support, editor upgrades, and optimization for Google Chrome and Apple Safari.

Doc-To-Help empowers you to create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert it to virtually every popular Help file format or printed documentation. Doc-To-Help can produce help files in popular formats including HTML Help, Cross-Platform HTML-based Help, JavaHelp, WinHelp, Visual Studio .NET-style Help, and printed documentation. Since Doc-To-Help Enterprise uses a simple style markup to create Help systems, you have the freedom to use any editor. Doc-To-Help Enterprise supports Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System including seamless integration with Word 2007. Doc-To-Help Enterprise also includes exclusive features such as one-click RoboHelp project conversions. Doc-To-Help includes updates and upgrades for 1 year. Platinum Support including 1 year of unlimited phone support also available.

Doc-To-Help is also available in a bundle with ComponentOne Studio Enterprise:

ComponentOne Studio Enterprise Doc Edition

Updates in 2009 V3

Microsoft Windows 7 Support
Doc-To-Help always has and always will support Microsoft's latest technology. The latest release works with Windows 7.
Editor Upgrades
We keep making Doc-To-Help's built-in editor better. The latest release gives you enhancements such as easier list creation, the ability to print files and align tables.
Local Formatting Mode in Doc-To-Help's Editor
Choose whether to allow local formatting in your documents or not. You can either force the creation of styles for formatting or allow ad-hoc formatting such as on-the-spot font selection and alignment.
Preserve Local Formatting When Converting Word Documents to XHTML
If you prefer to convert your documents to XHTML for editing in Doc-To-Help's editor, you can preserve local formatting.
Global Search and Replace
Edit text once and propagate the change throughout the project with global search and replace.
Improved Project Management
Enjoy more efficient project management with the features to make copies of entire projects, open multiple projects at once, and backup your themes and templates on upgrade.
Google Chrome and Apple Safari Optimization
Rest easy when creating web-based output. We have made sure NetHelp, our browser-based system, is optimized for Chrome and Safari (in addition to Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox).

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About ComponentOne

ComponentOne is the provider of the most comprehensive suite of visual components available anywhere and has been the leader in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry for over 20 years. ComponentOne's flagship product, ComponentOne Studio Enterprise is the industry's broadest and most complete suite of development components for developing all layers of Windows, Web, WPF and Mobile applications. With the most powerful components designed for the .NET framework, Studio Enterprise delivers the tools developers need to produce next-generation UIs for Windows and the Web. Studio Enterprise allows developers to create rich user experiences with enterprise-level .NET Windows Forms applications, ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Web interfaces, as well as newly emerging WPF and Silverlight technologies with less code and in less time. ComponentOne is also the provider of Doc-To-Help, DemoWorks, and FrontLine. ComponentOne's innovation and long standing commitment to the development community is recognized by the numerous industry and user accolades from ComponentSource, SD Times, Visual Studio Magazine, Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine, Info World, PC Magazine, Software Development Magazine, Dr. Dobbs, .NET Developer Journal, Society for Technical Communication, and Visual Systems Journal. ComponentOne is a privately held company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.