User Manual/Help System

I'm writing a user manual and help system for my company's software product. I'm hoping that someone could give some starter pointers. For one, what tools are available to convert to PDF/HTML and other formats? If you ever used JBuilder, I'd like to create something similar to the Help Topics. Not sure. Help!

Could anyone explain the differences between AurigaDoc
and JavaHelp?JavaHelp is a specification for presentation of online help, implemented by a set of Java classes from Sun. It is not an authoring tool.
AurigaDoc is a tool for creating several output formats (JavaHelp is one) from a single XML source. You can do similar things with DocBook too.
/M

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Computers aren't like they are in the movies and are basically really stupid by themselves (and sometimes with help). When programming, you have to specify exactly what you are doing, what you are doing it with, how you want to do it, and handle other things such as the phases of the moon and various road traffic. The AppleScript Language Guide assumes a little bit of programming understanding (and even then some luck helps) - some other resources that might help get you started are the tutorials at macscripter.net.
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font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
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width: 720px;
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I want to check all functions of PCI 6534.I have read the user manual..I have some memory related questions.Please help me for that.

I want to check all functions of PCI 6534.I have read the user manual..I have some memory related questions.Please help me for that.
1.)If i am using the continuous output mode.and the size of generated data is less than 32 MB.If i want to preload the memory,what should i do?I want that first of all i load all my data to onboard memory & then i want to make start the transfer between 6534 & peripheral.Is it possible?As per me it should be.Plz tell me how should i do this?I think that in normal procedure the transfer between 6534-peripheral & outputting data from pc buffer to onboard memory works parallely.But i don't want this.Is it poss
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(3) One more question is there if i am using normal operation onboard memory will be used bydefault right?Now if i want to use DMA and if i have data of 512 bytes to acquire.How will it work and how should i do it?Please tell me the sequence of operations.As per my knowledge in normal DMA operation we have 32 Bytes FIFO is there so after acquisition of 32 bytes only i can read it.How it will known to me that 32 bytes acquisition is complete?Next,If i want to acquire each byte separately using DMA interrupts what should i do?Provide me the name of sourse from which i can get details about onboard memory & DMA process of 6534 specifically
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Hi Vishal,
I'll try to answer your questions as best I can.
1) It is definitely possible to preload data to the 32MB memory (per group) and start the acquisition after you have preloaded the memory. There are example programs on ni.com/support under Example Code for pattern generation and the 6534 that demonstrate which functions to use for this. Also, if your PC memory buffer is less than 32MB, it will automatically be loaded to the card. If you are in continuous mode however, you can choose to loop using the on-board memory or you can constantly be reading the PC memory buffer as you update it with your application environment.
2) Yes, your data will automatically be loaded into the card's onboard memory. It will however be transferred as quickly as possible to the DMA FIFO on the card and then transferred to the PC memory buffer through DMA. It is not going to wait until the whole onboard memory is filled before it transfers. It will transfer throughout the acquisition process.
3) Vishal, searching the example programs will give you many of the details of programming this type of application. I don't know you application software so I can't give you the exact functions but it is easiest to look at the examples on the net (or the shipping examples with your software). Now if you are acquiring 512 bytes of data, you will start to fill your onboard memory and at the same time, data will be sent to the DMA FIFO. When the FIFO is ready to send data to the PC memory buffer, it will (the exact algorithm is dependent on many things regarding how large the DMA packet is etc.).
4) If I understand you correctly, you want to know if you waste the other 6 bits if you only need to acquire on 10 lines. The answer to this is Yes. Although you are only acquiring 10 bits, it is acquired as a complete word (16bits) and packed and sent using DMA. You application software (NI-DAQ driver) will filter out the last 6 bits of non-data.
Hope that answers your questions. Once again, the example code on the NI site is a great place to start this type of project. Have a good day.
Ron

Creating "help" systems for users (not other LV programmers) - where to start?

How should one approach giving users a built-in "Help" system? Users, that is, of a distributed application written in LabVIEW.
These users ideally would have no way of knowing the application was written in LabVIEW. To them, this application is just another program. The way the LabVIEW Help system works would be fine, but all the content would be inappropriate.
From the docs I see we can write "Descriptions" that show up in context-sensitive help when the user puts the mouse over a control, and a "Tip" that shows up when the context-sensitive help isn't even enabled. Are these typically the only help features built into a distributed application?
In the LabVIEW Help there is an article called "Development Process Tips" discussing creating web pages that document the VIs that you create, and another article called "Linking VIs to HTML Files or Compiled Help Files. Another discusses Creating Compiled Help Files, but refers to third-party software for doing this. Is this a typical approach for doing a nice job of providing help?
Or is there some other way to create a Help system that works like the existing LabVIEW help but has content we create?

Hello,
Let me take your questions in order:
Q. How should one approach giving users a built-in "Help" system?
A. Here's one approach I have used:
a). Give all front panel controls and indicators a description so that the context help will show information for those front panel objects, and also for relevant front panel objects a tip - this will pop-up when the user hovers over the object, and can be annoying if it's used excessively, but nice if used where appropriate.
b). Create html files, one for each "Page" of your user interface, and place a Help button on your user interface which will launch the corresponding document for that "Page." I'm not sure what your UI is like, but basically if there are multiple front panels the user will see, a page describing each object on that panel, and the panel's purpose is nice. If you're using a tab control in any of those panels, then a page for each tab is nice as well.
A variation of b). is to use a so-called compiled help file - a .chm file. These are only relevant for Windows machines, so if you plan to deploy across multiple OSs, then this is out. The reason documentation suggests you need a third party tool is because those .chm files basically collect a set of html files together into a nice document, with the usual search, index, browse etc. capabilites and we don't have a product which does this. The LabVIEW Help on Windows is a nice example of a .chm file. You can do something SIMILAR with just HTML and javascript, creating at least a contents page which has organized links to the rest of the pages (which themselves can contain links back to the contents page), and even include the ability to search keywords etc. You'll find various free examples of such html and javascript on the web.
Once you have your html or compile help file, you can use the LabVIEW Help VIs to launch them. For chm files you can open the file and direct to a particular page of the chm file, and for html files all you really need to do is launch the relevant html file in the browser of your choice.
Q. In reference to descriptions and tips for controls/indicators: "Are these typically the only help features built into a distributed application?"
A. No, the html or chm idea is a nice touch, and can add a professional feel to the application.
Q. In reference to html or chm files: "Is this a typical approach for doing a nice job of providing help?"
A. Yes, it is used internally as a standard - chm for windows and html for linux and MAC.
Q. "Or is there some other way to create a Help system that works like the existing LabVIEW help but has content we create?"
A. One ideas is that you could implement your help entirely in LabVIEW if you'd like. Basically you would be launching your own VI or VIs which would show whatever documentation you wanted/created. You could use a tree structure or something to provide some convenient navigation by topic, and even a search - you would be coding this, and although I haven't done it, it seems like it would be pretty easy to do.
I hope this helps, and happy LabVIEW programming!
Best Regards,
JLS
Message Edited by JLS on 08-30-2006 01:57 PM
Best,
JLS
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or documentation that you consider to be good models
for future editions of the DVD Studio Pro User Manual
and onscreen help?
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application? For example: provided tutorials and
manuals, third-party tutorials or books, training
classes?
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feature/concept to grasp in DVD Studio Pro?
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Dear All,
I am configuring SAP Solution Manager 7.1. I am in stage of Managed System Configuration (for JAVA).
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Hi,
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<!LOGHEADER[START]/>
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<!NAME[SMDAgentAppLog]/>
<!PATTERN[SMDAgentApplication.log]/>
<!FORMATTER[com.sap.tc.logging.TraceFormatter(%d [%t] %10s %m)]/>
<!ENCODING[Cp1252]/>
<!FILESET[0, 10, 1000000]/>
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<!NEXTFILE[SMDAgentApplication.1.log]/>
<!LOGHEADER[END]/>
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java.rmi.RemoteException: Error to perform http request cause by java.io.IOException: Unable to open connection to host "FQDN:1128". The host is down or unavailable...; nested exception is:
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Dec 2, 2011 4:56:53 PM [Thread[Thread-368,5,main]] Warning    [Setup]Step Id 1051 has no step description
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Automatic Conversion of PR to PO.. Need User Manual for ME59 T code

Hai Sap Gurus,
I Got the following content from net. but kindly help me by sending me user manual for ME59.
You created purchase requisition for various material. During creation of purchase order you used the following path:
Purchase Requisition
.......Follow on function
.........Create Purchase Order
............automatic via purReq.
When you mentioned required purchase requisition number and execute, system give error that purchase requisition does not contain any suitable item.
Is there any setting in customization where you can monitor and use that function.
In an effort for you to successfully use the Transaction Code ME59 to automatically convert the current PR into PO, then the following criteria should be met:
1) In the Purchasing View of the material master data, the "Autom. PO" field must be clicked;
2) In the Purchasing View of the Vendor Master Data, the "Automatic Purchase Order" field must be clicked;
3) The Outline Agreement or Purchasing Info Record shall be maintained which will allow the automatic copying of unit price and other conditions into PO;
4) The Source List shall be maintained for the nominated vendor which was shown in either the Outline Agreement or Purchasing Info Record.
or
it might be PR subject to release strategy and not yet released
or
If you're not using a source list or automatic creation of PO, you may need to assign the requisition to a purchase information record using transaction ME56. Then it should appear in ME58
Thanks.. Reply me pls...
Edited by: Swetha SAP Girl on Jun 18, 2009 2:19 PM

Hi,
Step by step process for automatic PO creation from PR
1. Tick check box in purchasing view of Material Master(MM01/MM02)
2. Tick check box for auto PO in purchaisng data of Vendor Master record (MK02)
3.   Maintain Source list for Material,plant and Vendor combination in ME01
4.   In ME51N create PR and assign source of supply in "Source of supply" tab
5.   In ME59N key in Purchaisng Org., Vendor and Plant - execute
You will get POs created with reference to PR automatically.
Hope its clear
Regards,
Uzair Hussain

CS6 Help system problems

I have just downloaded and installed CS6 Master Collection and I have noticed that the help system in virtually all of the component programs does not operate either online or offline. Program by Program here are the results I received when attempting to launch "Help":
Adobe After Effects - no response at all
Adobe Audition - "Unable to display help for this topic - Error (10)"
Adobe Bridge - no response at all
Adobe Dreamweaver - "The help system cannot be launched because the help folder is missing. Reinstall Dreamweaver"
Adobe Encore - no response at all
Adobe Extension Manager - no response at all
Adobe Fireworks - no response at all
Adobe Flash Builder - Help Contents works however Flash Builder Help produces no response
Adobe Flash - no response at all
Adobe Illustrator - To access online help of to download help contents you need to be connected to the internet!
Adobe InDesign - Adobe Help Viewer is not installed and you are not connected to the internet. Re-Install!
Adobe Media Encoder - Adobe Help Client failed to launch
Adobe Photoshop - help could not be displayed because you are not connected to the internet
Adobe Prelude - no response at all
Adobe Premier Pro - no response at all
Adobe Speedgrade - No Help option is apparent
Needless to say - for all those warnings about not being connected to the internet - that I was connected!
Notes: I was running Comodo internet security so I uninstalled Comodo and CS6 and reinstalled the latter suite again without any security software in place whatsoever ... I got the same results as above both times.
I note several other posts on the internet about this same issue - all without resolution so far. Forgive me for being blunt but I would have thought that getting a help system in place and operating properly was critical for most users who will be unfamiliar with a new layout and interface or does Adobe just expect we are all going to rush out to purchase expensive instruction manuals?

Er ... surely there is a more appropriate answer than "the help client sucks" or doesn't anybody care that Adobe seem to be selling defective software at very high prices?
WRT PDF's - I would love to download these if only I could find out where to download them. Does anybody have a URL where these beasts may be found?

Documentation rant (slightly) -- no user manual in PDF?!?

I realize that in this day and age, manuals are bulky, extraneous and heavy. Oh, and not to mention they are also made out of paper. No big deal, honest.
I'm okay that there are no paper manuals, but why why WHY did they not include a standard PDF version of the user manual?
It's not even an option in the help menu anymore.
In looking at where the L8 manual is supposed to be, nested deep within the contents of the application package -- and voila -- instead of a simple, easy to use (and print) PDF file there are loads and loads of ... HTML files?!?
Does Apple really think that opening Safari (or Firefox) is going to be any faster than using Preview?
Who signed off on this?
Sorry, it's a rant I know. If there is another solution, like buying bound copies of the manuals, I will do it. But why did they take away the pdf?!?

The manual format is not acceptable it needs to be pdf, browsers suck at displaying manuals. Its like Apple is reverting to Adobe help system.
APPLE if you are listening, I do not want to access the manual using a web browser!
I want to be able to read the manual using a scroll wheel not clicking a mouse button every time I'm ready for a new paragraph.
I want search limited to the manual I am reading, not all Pro applications. Even when selecting Logic Pro from the drop down it still searches all pro apps.
When I search I want to see the context of the word, not the paragraph heading.
When I am reading the manual I do not care about all of the on-line links. I am not interested in going to the Apple Training Center on the web. Get the idea. I want the manual optimized for my use at learning about Logic.
There must be someone new in charge of manual creation at Apple. If so, they should be fired.

End User Manual

Hi SAP Gurus,
We are currently want to create the end user manual for the users at client.
I want to know what are the different details that should be maintained in the End User Training Manual.
Should we enter screen shots and any question answer in the same.
If any one has the template , can mail me at [email protected]
Also What is the concept Power User.?
Edited by: Kapil Joshi on Dec 27, 2007 7:27 PM

Hi Kapil,
You can use Info Pack for the documentation in that you just key in the data for the various transation and system capture all the screen shots as well as Path T codes and Settings to be entered it is very good tool.
Once you have that you can start from SPRO with Enterprise structure and all modules seprately and can prepare the documents.
Power Users are Super Users who have the authorisation for Modify, Update and Input and some timeCustomise also.
Cheers!!
Biren Agnihotri
Every customisation is diffrent from another so a standard template will not be of any help.

FCP User Manual viewer

OK, this seems like it wouldn't be a FCP question, but hopefully someone has the answer:
I needed to look something up in the manual, so I went Help --> User Manual and it opened up in Adobe Reader. It used to open up in Preview. Preview has a much faster search engine (and I like the interface better for this purpose). Any way to get the manual to open up in Preview again?
I tried looking for the manual (and the one for Motion) in my system (to try and do a "Open Always With" command) but didn't know where it's located (or if it will work). Thought it was in /Library/Application Support but it wasn't.
Any ideas? Or am I just being too picky?
Jonathan

The location should be /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Final Cut Pro Help
That is, with the Applications folder open in a Finder window, control-click on the Final Cut Pro icon and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu, then navigate. Once you've gotten to the Final Cut Pro Help subfolder, you can select the user manual and do the whole 'Open with' thing...

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how to open an IE window for a .html user manual?
I'm creating a user manual in .html format, and I want to open that file in an IE window when a user click on the "Help" menu (JMenuItem - using ActionPerformed event).
Is it possible to do that in java?
What class shall I use?

Call the following class from ur ActionPerformed();
     import java.io.IOException;
public class BrowserControl {
   private static final String WIN_ID = "Windows";
   private static final String WIN_PATH = "rundll32";
   private static final String WIN_FLAG = "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler";
   private static final String UNIX_PATH = "netscape";
   private static final String UNIX_FLAG = "-remote openURL";
public static void displayURL(String url) {
    boolean windows = isWindowsPlatform();
    String cmd = null;
    try {
      if (windows) {
        cmd = WIN_PATH + " " + WIN_FLAG + " " + url;
        Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
      else {
        cmd = UNIX_PATH + " " + UNIX_FLAG + "(" + url + ")";
        Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
        try {
          int exitCode = p.waitFor();
          if (exitCode != 0) {
            cmd = UNIX_PATH + " " + url;
            p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
        catch(InterruptedException x) {
          System.err.println("Error bringing up browser, cmd='"+cmd+"'");
          System.err.println("Caught: " + x);
    catch(IOException x) {
      // couldn't exec browser
      System.err.println("Could not invoke browser, command=" + cmd);
      System.err.println("Caught: " + x);
public static boolean isWindowsPlatform() {
    String os = System.getProperty("os.name");
    if ( os != null && os.startsWith(WIN_ID))
      return true;
    else
      return false;
}

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