What's new

Version 2.4.0.15 - Jan 31st, 2010
  • Improved JavaScript search engine which can now search multiple words
  • JavaScript search engine words are now highlighted
  • Added missing edit popup menus throughout the application
  • HTML and Word importers now correctly set up links to external URLs and anchors
  • PDF generator did draw curly underlines under substituted variables
  • PDF generator did not correctly export anchors in some cases
  • Report generator did not always resize images to fit in page's width
  • HTML generator now correctly sets up the default topic even if the directory is not purged
Version 2.3.0.11 - Dec 9th, 2009
  • Added PDF font embedding configuration to control how the fonts are embedded in the PDF documentation
  • Left and Right floating images support (only in CHM, HTML and PDF documentation)
  • Text appeared with black background in the PDF option panel
  • Variables were not always correctly substituted in PDF and Word documentation
  • First implementation: PDF export now resizes images to fit in the content page
  • Improved spell checker
  • HelpNDoc program file and setup are now signed EXE files
  • Improved memory usage
  • Maximum picture size in dialog was too small
  • Fixed 32-bit PNG image handling
Version 2.2.0.3 - Sep 5th, 2009
  • Extended Table of content: Easily and rapidly edit topic ID and Context number
  • HTML Table of content can now optionaly be collapsed when generated
  • Advanced PDF output options: document encryption, compression and fine layout tuning
  • Possibility to insert / remove extra page breaks within the documentation
  • HTML search engine did not provide search results for numeric characters
  • HTML keywords would not always correctly show up with quoted topic titles
  • Incorrect character escaping in HTML table of content
  • Topic ID field didn't allow the underscore character
Version 2.1.0.2 - Aug 2nd, 2009
  • Search functionality in HTML documentation
  • PDF Encoding bug
  • PDF Generation exception when bookmarks were not correctly set
  • Word generator produces smaller file sizes
  • External file's DOC import is more robust
  • External file's HTML import wasn't working properly
  • Fixed relative links in CHM generation so it behaves the same way as HTML documentation
Version 2.0.1.4 - Jun 7th, 2009
  • PDF generator creates the documentation's table of content
  • HTML documentation generator outputs the project Keywords
  • Spell checker button wasn't always enabled
  • Fixed the check for updates link
  • Access violation in some rare conditions when exporting Word and PDF documents
  • Exported PDF documentation wasn't always generated in the specified path
Version 2.0.0.25 - May 16th, 2009
  • Microsoft Word DOC and RTF export formats
  • Adobe Acrobat PDF export format
  • Find and replace now allows the replacement of text by a variable
  • New variable kind: Topic title
  • Main form's caption now include the currently opened file's name
  • Added Variable panel in the topic editor: manage variables and quickly add them
  • Added enum output to the Visual Basic code generation
  • Better spell checking option dialog and various spell checking enhancements: New and improved UI for spelling and configuration dialogs; Greatly improved phonetic suggestions; Unicode dictionary support
  • Enhanced HTML Export with a better table of content, Search engine optimization (SEO), old browser fallback...
  • Better CHM unicode support
  • RSS Feed reader in the welcome page to keep informed of HelpNDoc news
  • "Purge HTML Files" is now saved with the project
  • Download dictionary link was incorrect
  • Anchors were badly displayed in the topic editor
Version 1.16 - Oct 4th, 2008
  • New options for CHM export: window size, position, visible buttons and navigation options are now customizable
  • CHM Topic HTML file wasn't standard compliant
  • Added the /silent command line switch to avoid user inputs during batch compilation
  • Fixed the spell checker to be more Windows Vista compliant
  • Default font and default table of content font were not correctly saved with the project
Version 1.15 - Jul 22nd, 2008
  • Keyword index was not working with new file names
  • Specific links to relative topics were not working with new file names
  • Command line was not working anymore
  • Various fixes and enhancements in the Topic Editor
Version 1.14 - Jun 1st, 2008
  • Exported HTML files can now optionally have its topic ID as a name
  • Smart popup in the topic editor to easily change a variable
  • Fixed a bug when assigning an image to a topic and moving with the arrow keys
  • Better handling of PNG images: some transparent PNG were not resizable
Version 1.13 - Apr 6th, 2008
  • Completely redesigned spell checker with enhanced options and better integration. The English dictionary is now bundled by default
  • Middle mouse scroll (middle click) in various parts of the application
  • Fixed application crashing when topics were deleted
  • Better HTML export
  • Various optimisations and bug fixes