IDE for JavaHelp

Is there a free or inexpensive IDE for developing JavaHelp files? http://java.sun.com/products/javahelp/industry.html is horribly out of date - most of the links are broken.

[187 byte] By [ptoyea] at [2007-10-3 11:49:08]

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# 1

I am looking for the same thing. Being a one-man development shop, I got to do everything, so any tools to make it easier are welcome. I'll post anything I find here.

jagoocha at 2007-7-15 14:22:34 >

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# 2

I'm a one-man shop too. It seems that JavaHelp is not for us.

ptoyea at 2007-7-15 14:22:34 >

# 3

Perhaps try HelpSetMaker:

http://www.cantamen.com/helpsetmaker.php?lang=en

It's GPL and allows creating a complete HelpSet without even writing HTML (not to say TOC or HS files). You can not only create HelpSets, but also Stand-Alone HTML pages and (with the help of pdfLaTeX) PDF documents.

Best regards,

Dirk Hillbrecht

(main programmer of HelpSetMaker)

DirkHillbrechta at 2007-7-15 14:22:34 >

# 4

Thanks Dirk,It's a bit late now but I'll check it out next week. Sounds good.Peter

ptoyea at 2007-7-15 14:22:34 >

# 5

I use the expensive, but fabulous, WebWorks Publisher, since I wanted to do extensive customizations on the generated output from a single source format.

Still, there is a list of JavaHelp tools on: http://java.sun.com/products/javahelp/industry.html

As well as HelpSetMaker (already posted) here are a few (in no particular order) that I have used that are inexpensive (or free) and very good:

Helen: http://www.software7.biz/

JHelpBuilder: http://www.javio.com/jhelpbuilder/jhelpbuilder

SimplyHTML with JavaHelp Plug-in: http://www.lightdev.com/

JHelpDev: http://www.mk-home.de/

HelpBreeze HTML Help and JavaHelp Edition 3.0: http://www.solutionsoft.com/javahelp.htm

AnetHelpTool: http://www.anetsoft.com/

Take a look at all of them, since each offers slightly different features and may have a better match with your own development requirements.

All the best.

Jon_Bodgea at 2007-7-15 14:22:34 >

# 6

Thanks for these.But the list on http://java.sun.com/products/javahelp/industry.html is very out of date.The need may have gone away, but I'll look at the others if it doesn't.

ptoyea at 2007-7-15 14:22:34 >

# 7

I tried out HelpBreeze and liked it. Unfortunately, my reques to purchase it is not going to be approved, so I am up the creek as far as JavaHelp goes.Heck, I can't even get them to purchase a book on Netbeans( $40 ). Sigh...

jagoocha at 2007-7-15 14:22:34 >

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