A tool to convert Windows Help files (*.hlp) to Rtf format.
Edit by : files directly. It is designed to Create printable,manual-quality RTF format documents or recompilable projects from Microsoft Windows Help
Features:
Generate all source files
Generate a single RTF file with or without page breaks
Generate a single content (*.CNT) file.
Split the output into several RTF files to easier handle.
SMART HLP 2 RTF is a tool to convert Windows Help files (*.hlp) to Rtf format As powerful as the WinHelp engine is as a hypertext display engine, it lacks the ability to allow the printing of entire helpfiles. It only allows printing on a Topic-by-topic basis. The printed output provides few of the formatting and visual cues you have come to expect from quality documentation. There are no page numbers, indexes, tables of contents or page references in standard WinHelp printouts.
This is especially troublesome for firms who rely on shareware as a distribution method. Most commercial programs include a printed handbook, but a shareware evaluation copy cant. If youre a serious user of a given piece of software, eventually youll want the same quality of documentation you would get from a store-bought software package.
The trend toward paperless delivery is growing too, leaving more and more publishers with a difficult choice...either include documentation as a separate file and make the shareware or floppy disk archive that much larger, costlier to download or reproduce and more cumbersome to store on your system, or provide a way to make the helpfile, which is usually compiled in a compressed format, serve double duty as both online help and documentation. Most shareware developers choose the latter solution, and so did we. you can free download Smart HLP 2 RTF 3.0 now.