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Help+Manual 2 Go
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Version
1.0
HM2Go is a free local webserver that is only 1.7 mb in
size and does not require installation. It is designed
to serve a Webhelp system locally or from CD/DVD. You
can use and redistribute HM2Go royalty-free. Technical
documentation, online help and manuals are
increasingly distributed as HTML on CD or DVD, or
installed locally together with the software. The HTML-
based "WebHelp" generated by modern documentation
tools like Help+Manual, RoboHelp and Doc-to-Help comes
with powerful navigation, search and other features
and displays in standard web browsers, making it very
user-friendly and accessible. The problem is that
browsers are increasingly implementing security
features that prevent WebHelp from running properly
when it is opened from local drives or optical media
without a web server. It used to be possible to get
Internet Explorer to run JavaScript locally with the
help of proprietary tags. However, the latest versions
of modern browsers like Google Chrome are now making
it all but impossible to use scripts that communicate
between the frames or iFrames needed to display a
scrolling table of contents, topics and other elements
on the same page. Help+Manual 2 Go is a mini web
server that solves this problem: It consists of a
single 1.7MB file that contains everything needed to
serve a complete WebHelp system to the local browser -
even when opened from optical media. The browser sees
a normal web server and behaves accordingly, opening
the WebHelp with full functionality. You just need to
store the HM2GO.EXE file on the CD or install it along
with your software and start it together with the
WebHelp documentation.
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