RoboAuthor

Every application or website you develop needs to be supported by a comprehensive help documentation that lays out all the technical and procedural assistance to the user. If you are a developer, you must have been spending a lot of time in development of such a help document because your task is not only limited to composing the content but goes way ahead to the core programming tasks. Now this can be a really cumbersome and time consuming task if you start developing the help feature yourself right from the scratch. RoboAuthor v.2009.25.242 is a powerful platform that completely assists you in the development of Help documentation for Windows applications. With this application, you are largely saved from the core development tasks and you can just keep your concentration towards the content of the entire documentation.

RoboAuthor v.2009.25.242 has an intuitive GUI (Graphical User Interface) which provides a complete platform for creating pretty useful Help files where the whole process is free from dependencies on any external editors. The whole task gets more and more visual which is easy to learn and use. The program provides easy features for creating your help files where the output file can be in .HLP or CHM format. With this software, you have the freedom to present your help topic from any language platform like C++, MFS, Delphi, Java, Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic, MS Access, Clarion, APL and many others. The whole documentation is supported by links and intuitive navigational abilities with complete support from keywords list and table of contents.

RoboAuthor v.2009.25.242 provides a perfect platform for creating help files in HLP and CHM formats in a snap. The program especially gains good points on its developer friendly features, leading it to score a nice rating of four and a half points on the scale of five.

RoboAuthor is a powerful visual HTMLHelp (.CHM) and WinHelp (.HLP) creator software: the easy way for creating professional Help systems and documentation for web-based and desktop software applications.
Creating a software manual with RoboAuthor is really a snap! A quick, powerful all-in-one environment for creating stunning Help files! It doesn't require any external editor, it is visual, easy to learn and to use.
Main benefits:
- HTML Help with one click (requires Microsoft HTML Help workshop installed);
- both .CHM and .HLP (old WinHelp format) and Website with a single tool;
- Delphi, C++ MFC, Borland C++ Builder, Visual Basic, Visual C, Java, even Microsoft Access, Visual Objects, Clarion, APL, Visual FoxPro... - you can show a single topic from within any language;
- one manual, one source file;
- easy Table of Contents; easy keyword list; topics (pages) easy to add and to link
- frames, text styles, hot spots, popup windows, mouse over sensitive images, sounds, video, visual linking (no broken links, ever!): all without coding!
- optimized for large works (with the quick link feature you can manage 1000 pages with ease: no file names to remember, everything visual and damn fast);
- want to make the same change to every page of your manual? No problem, there is the global search and replace, or you can use headers and footers;
- CHM or HLP file is free for distribution, i.e. no royalties;
- easy to learn and easy to start; (and we are always here for fast support, please ask us any questions! www.roboauthor.com);
- HTML export compatible with any browser
- small and smart: does run on MSWindows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7; even an old Pentium I 100Mhz with 16MB RAM and Win95 is fine;
- new! supports external plugins (such as 3D Buttons)
The program is very easy to use and will allow you to create your manual / Help system in an extremely short time.