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WinHelp to HtmlHelp conversion, part 1 The original version of CiderPress used a WinHelp help file, built with an application called HelpMatic Pro. This app used a proprietary format, and had no facility for exporting to "raw" HPJ + RTF files, so I decompiled the HLP and imported it into HelpScribble. Using HelpScribble, I cleaned up the help file formatting a little, fixed up the table of contents, and exported as "raw" HtmlHelp (HHP, HHK, HHC, and a whole bunch of HTML). I also split the pop-up help text, which isn't supported by HelpScribble, into a separate text file that Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop understands. I'm checking in the files that HTML Help Workshop needs to generate a CHM, so anyone can update the help text. I'm also checking in the CHM file, rather than adding the help workshop to the build, so that it's not necessary to download and configure the help workshop to build CiderPress. This change adds all of the updated help, but only updates the Help and question mark button actions for one specific dialog. A subsequent change will update the rest of the dialogs. This change is essentially upgrading us from a totally obsolete help system to a nearly-obsolete help system, but the systems are similar enough to make this a useful half-step on the way to something else. The code will centralize help activation in a pair of functions in the main app class, so any future improvements should be more limited in scope. This also adds a build step to copy the CHM to the execution directory.
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<TITLE>Edit Comment</TITLE>
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<PARAM NAME="Keyword" VALUE="comment">
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<META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="Copyright (C) 2014 by CiderPress authors">
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="HelpScribble 7.8.8">
<STYLE> span { display: inline-block; }</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#800080" ALINK="#FF0000">
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="4">Edit Comment</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">This feature only works for NuFX archives, because that is the only Apple II format CiderPress supports that allows file comments.&nbsp; It will be disabled for archives opened read-only.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">To add, edit, or delete a comment, select the entry you want to modify.&nbsp; You may only select one entry at a time.&nbsp; Activate the "Edit comment..." command.&nbsp; If the entry does not already have a comment attached, you will be asked if you want to add one.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">The dialog that appears allows you to edit the text of the comment or delete it entirely.&nbsp; If you hit "Cancel", your changes will be discarded.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Comments in NuFX archives use a "pre-sized" buffer.&nbsp; For example, when GS/ShrinkIt adds files or disks to an archive, the first entry has space set aside for a 200-character comment.&nbsp; The idea was to allow comments to be updated without having to shift lots of data around to make room.&nbsp; This space is allocated by GS/ShrinkIt whether you choose to write a comment or not.&nbsp; Any comments you add with CiderPress will also be "over-sized".</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">If you enable the "Mimic ShrinkIt" feature on the <A HREF="t19.htm">General Preferences</A> screen, CiderPress will behave like GS/ShrinkIt and add an empty comment to the first entry whenever you add files or disks to an archive.</FONT></P>
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