Guest Franc Zabkar Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 I need to edit/translate a Russian language .hlp file. Does anyone know of a suitable freeware help file editor that runs under Windows 98? Is it even possible to do this? I'd rather not re-create the help file from scratch as the original has some embedded graphics. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Re: Editing Windows .hlp files Check this Franc: http://www.helpscribble.com/decompiler.html See section titles "Decompiling Existing HLP Files". It suggests that HLP files are compiled from HPJ and RTF files, plus any image files. Suggests that the text first section provides for a HLP compiler. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message news:jj4do3d95q12fpcbat0plcfmbi2fgae68u@4ax.com... >I need to edit/translate a Russian language .hlp file. Does anyone > know of a suitable freeware help file editor that runs under Windows > 98? Is it even possible to do this? I'd rather not re-create the help > file from scratch as the original has some embedded graphics. > > - Franc Zabkar > -- > Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
Guest Alan Edwards Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Re: Editing Windows .hlp files Not exactly what you asked for as it is not freeware but I played about with this a long time ago with Win98. Help to RTF - http://www.herdsoft.com/catalog/ehlp2rtf.html I see I still have 2.12 installed on a Win98 machine though I didn't ever seriously use it. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:08:31 +1100, in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote: >I need to edit/translate a Russian language .hlp file. Does anyone >know of a suitable freeware help file editor that runs under Windows >98? Is it even possible to do this? I'd rather not re-create the help >file from scratch as the original has some embedded graphics. > >- Franc Zabkar
Guest Franc Zabkar Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: Editing Windows .hlp files On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:06:53 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> put finger to keyboard and composed: >Check this Franc: >http://www.helpscribble.com/decompiler.html See section titles "Decompiling >Existing HLP Files". It suggests that HLP files are compiled from HPJ and >RTF files, plus any image files. Suggests that the text first section >provides for a HLP compiler. Thanks, that worked! The decompiler extracted the HPJ and RTF files, as well as the WMF images. Thanks to Alan as well. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: Editing Windows .hlp files Well, I THOUGHT I'd posted an update, but it's disappeared (not even in my Sent box). Microsoft has it's own "Microsoft Help Workshop". It works very nicely. http://download.microsoft.com/download/office97dev/helpws97/4.03/win98/en-us/hcwsetup.exe I had problems with the compiler provided by that other site, so I went looking some more. While playing with the above, I found a cute one. If you Cancel the installation of the above, after accepting the EULA (when it offers a WinHelp dialogue with Cancel or Next), the final dialogue has a button that says, "Darn!" instead of "OK". Had me wondering until I found the file at MS and checked it out. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message news:d9ffo31v5rl08k6fanq0is3md5fd9mc3uo@4ax.com... > On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:06:53 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> put > finger to keyboard and composed: > >>Check this Franc: >>http://www.helpscribble.com/decompiler.html See section titles >>"Decompiling >>Existing HLP Files". It suggests that HLP files are compiled from HPJ and >>RTF files, plus any image files. Suggests that the text first section >>provides for a HLP compiler. > > Thanks, that worked! The decompiler extracted the HPJ and RTF files, > as well as the WMF images. > > Thanks to Alan as well. > > - Franc Zabkar > -- > Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
Guest Franc Zabkar Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: Editing Windows .hlp files On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:47:16 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> put finger to keyboard and composed: >Well, I THOUGHT I'd posted an update, but it's disappeared (not even in my >Sent box). > >Microsoft has it's own "Microsoft Help Workshop". It works very nicely. >http://download.microsoft.com/download/office97dev/helpws97/4.03/win98/en-us/hcwsetup.exe > >I had problems with the compiler provided by that other site, so I went >looking some more. While playing with the above, I found a cute one. If you >Cancel the installation of the above, after accepting the EULA (when it >offers a WinHelp dialogue with Cancel or Next), the final dialogue has a >button that says, "Darn!" instead of "OK". Had me wondering until I found >the file at MS and checked it out. Thanks. I had already found that freeware compiler and used it to create a new HLP file after translating the original Russian RTF to English. BTW, Google's "translator" still has a looong way to go. For anyone interested in creating their own help documentation (in ..hlp format, not .chm), this freeware looks promising: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Authoring-tools/Help-e-book-creators/Shalom-Help-Maker.shtml - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
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