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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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<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="4">Working With the File List</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">After an archive or disk image is successfully opened you will be presented with a list of files found inside.&nbsp; The list is divided into several columns:</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2"><A HREF="t59.htm">Pathname</A></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2"><A HREF="t60.htm">File type</A></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2"><A HREF="t61.htm">Aux type</A></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2"><A HREF="t62.htm">Modification date</A></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2"><A HREF="t63.htm">Format</A></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2"><A HREF="t64.htm">Size</A></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2"><A HREF="t65.htm">Ratio</A></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2"><A HREF="t66.htm">Packed size</A></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2"><A HREF="t67.htm">Access</A></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">Columns can be hidden or returned to default sizes with buttons in the <A HREF="t19.htm">preferences screens</A>.&nbsp; You can resize them by clicking and dragging on the space between items in the column header.&nbsp; Hide columns by shrinking them down until they disappear.</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">Any column can be sorted.&nbsp; Click on the column header once to sort on that column.&nbsp; Click on it a second time to change the direction of the sort.&nbsp; You can also use the "Sort" feature in the "Edit" menu to choose a column to sort on, or choose to return to the original order of the files.</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">Column widths and sort order are retained across invocations.&nbsp; If you change the screen font sizes with the Windows "appearances" settings, use the "Defaults" button in the preferences screen to adjust the widths for the new font size.</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">Select entries in the list by clicking on them.&nbsp; To select multiple entries, click on the first item and then shift-click on the last item.&nbsp; You can control-click to add or remove items from the selection list.&nbsp; To select all items, type Ctrl-A, or use the "Select all" function from the "Edit" menu.&nbsp; The "Invert selection" feature selects everything that isn't selected, and un-selects everything that is.</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">Double-clicking on most items will immediately bring up the <A HREF="t25.htm">file viewer</A>.&nbsp; Double-clicking on ShrinkIt archives, Binary II archives, or archived disk images will cause the file to be copied into the temp folder and opened in a new instance of CiderPress.&nbsp; (The opened copy will be marked read-only because the file in the temp folder is thrown out as soon as CiderPress exits.)</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">If you double-click on multiple files (click, hold the shift key down, then double-click), the file viewer is opened for all of them regardless of what they contain.</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">Right-clicking brings up an abbreviated "actions" menu.</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">You can search for entries in large archives or disk images with the "Find" feature.&nbsp; Hit Ctrl-F, or select "Find" from the "Edit" menu.&nbsp; You can make the search case-sensitive if you like, and if you select "whole words" it will only match complete filenames or filename components.&nbsp; The search begins from the currently selected item, and wraps around when it reaches the end of the list.
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