Converting WinHelp projects to HTMLHelp
HHPMod is a software tool created by Sid Penstone for converting WinHelp projects to HTML Help format. It rewrites the project created by HTML Workshop to restore the original Context IDs and the context-sensitive support files.
As a result of a contact from a user with a very large WinHelp project Sid has modified HHPMod to remove the limit on the number of topic files that it will handle. It has been tested with more than 2000 topics, and should handle as many as HTML Workshop can process. As well as handling much large numbers of topic files, it identifies files containing graphical “hot spots” for manual editing, and has fixed some display bugs.
The new version is 2.5.9, replacing 2.4.8. Download from Sid’s web site http://post.queensu.ca/~penstone/ .
Februar 21st, 2009 at 18:30
I have successfully followed the instructions at http://www.help-info.de/en/Help_Info_WinHelp/hw_converting.htm to convert my WinHelp file. I also used Sid Penstone’s HHPMod.
Only one query at the moment: Why does the Contents page in the .chm file have a question mark preceding every entry? What must I do to remove these? I have so far not found anything helpful on the web. Thanks.
Februar 21st, 2009 at 20:53
What kind of question mark? Do you speak about the question mark preceding every topic in the “Table of Content (TOC)” on left side of the CHM viewer window?
If so, you can change the icon when you first create headings and pages by clicking the Advanced tab on the Table of Contents Entry dialog box.
See Char’s Tutorial, page 33. Download:
http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/htmlhelp/hhtutorials.html
HTH
Ulrich