RoboHelp white papers

RoboHelp® has been the leading help authoring tool for over a decade. Adobe leverages this experience and expertise to provide you with white papers that offer in-depth information about important, industry-related issues.

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WebHelp white paper — The Power of Browser-Based Help

Since web applications run on different platforms using different browsers, the help systems of these web applications need to follow suit. A browser-based help format that runs on multiple platforms, such as WebHelp, has the flexibility to solve this problem.

FlashHelp white paper — A New Breakthrough Help Format

FlashHelp® is a revolutionary, Flash® based help format for use with desktop and web-based applications, including .NET and rich Internet applications. FlashHelp combines Adobe® Flash and XML into a bandwidth-efficient and firewall-friendly help format that provides complete consistency across popular browsers and platforms.

Server-based help white paper — Improving Usability with Intelligent, Server-Based Help

Feedback and reporting technologies in server-based help can take most of the guesswork and frustration out of developing help systems and applications. These technologies provide valuable information on help system usage and effectiveness and can act as a continuous usability study. Developers can use this unique usability data to determine which features and enhancements end users really demand.

.NET white paper — Do You Need Help with .NET?

The current .NET framework does not offer a dedicated help format for web applications. However, .NET developers can use WebHelp to easily create help systems for all their applications — even ASP.NET.

JavaHelp white paper — User Assistance in Java Technology for the Office Pro and the Web

JavaHelp is Sun Microsystems' help format for Java™ applets and applications. JavaHelp integrates HTML, XML, and Java technology to create help systems that are integrated with Java Office Pro applications or provided alone. This white paper gives an overview of the capabilities of JavaHelp and answers frequently asked questions.