ComponentSource Topic | ComponentOne Doc-To-Help Enterprise 2011

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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:
http://www.componentone.com/SuperPages/PressReleases/?newsID=44

About ComponentOne

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.

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).

For more information visit:
http://www.componentone.com/SuperPages/PressReleases/?newsID=41

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.