ComponentOne will release Doc-To-Help 2005 on the 1st August. New features include the ability to use any HTML editor, import filters for RoboHelp and other HTML Help projects and NetHelp (a Web based Help system à la ForeHelp’s NetHelp). The Enterprise edition will include Doc-To-Help Markup Language and FrontPage Integration. NetHelp is a certainly welcome… Read more »

In our July newsletter, we mentioned that Microsoft had released a new version of HTML Help, in order to address a security issue. Unfortunately, the update has major implications for running HTML Help(.CHM) files across a network. A .CHM file can now only be viewed if it is located on your local hard disk. The… Read more »

The Cherryleaf club – for exchange, mentoring and training – moved into the user acceptance testing phase today (18 July). We will be inviting our founder members to use and test the system over the forthcoming weeks, and the signing-on instructions should be emailed out towards the end of this week. Members will be initially… Read more »

Last night’s networking event went very well with 20 people attending and a fair chunk staying the whole evening. In fact, there were still some there as we left to catch our trains at just before 11. We’ve received lots of positive feedback on the event. People liked the location, helped by the lovely evening,… Read more »

The UK could become one of the world’s hi-tech titans, according to a report by Deloitte. it says the UK could be a world-beater in technology if it harnessed strengths in basic science, research and finance. However, this chance would disappear without better co-operation between technologists, academics, financiers and government. Better communication would also help… Read more »