I've downloaded RoboHelp X5 from Macromedia. Apparently this is THE help editor.
I have to say that I'm a little disappointed. The user interface is clunky. Some forms need to be able to re-size, but can't. That's just plain lazy, sloppy coding. The error messages aren't helpful at all. Overall it was just a pain to work with.
In true movie-critic style - I give RoboHelp 2/5 stars.
Surely there must be something better out there?
My requirements are straight-forward. I've got an NDoc-generated help file. I want to write additional help documents that can link to the NDoc help file (yes, I know there are ways RoboHelp can do this, but going through RoboHelp's leeengthy process to achieve this is not worth the effort).
When you install Visual Studio, “Html Help Workshop” is added to your start menu. I thought it was an html tutorial of some sorts.
Wrong! Actually, Html Help Workshop is a CHM help file editor/compiler/decompiler.
It's actually very useful for decompiling NDoc-generated CHM files.