The goal was to develop an
in-house multi-target publishing system for the end-user manuals of this company. From a
common source document, the printed manuals, each about thousand pages long, and two
different context sensitive on-line help systems (ASCII-DOS and Windows-HLP) should be
generated automatically. Transition (data import) from the existing manuals (Ventura) had
to be guaranteed.
TECHNOLOGIES
extensive WordBasic programming (over 10'000 lines of code!)
integration with existing WinHelp solution (Doc-To-Help, WexTech)
conversion tool in C
LOOKING
BACK
The goals of the project have
been met and the system is still in use. It is currently evaluated for possible future
support of HTML and/or PDF as additional target platforms. Check out the Discussion about alternatives.
I learnt a lot
about how a software company runs by just keeping my eyes open at ABACUS. I would like to
thank ABACUS for allowing me this expierence!