Generate HTML Help file (chm) tool (beta)

[Takeshi K]

Hi all,

I make HTML Help maker, which generate .chm file from
EA HTML report.

After generate HTML report from your model by EA,
this tool can help you to make .chm file.

Please check and try the tool from:
(You can download beta version now.)

http://www.sparxsystems.jp/HtmlHelpMaker/

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t-kouno

[bollwahnk]

This is great news.  I've been working to implement EA HTML reports as Web-Based Help on my project here for some time.  I look forward to seeing you approach.

[Takeshi K]

Just now I updated the tool.
Now this tool can generate .chm file directly.

And I also uploaded sample .chm file of EAExample.eap.

Please try it!

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t-kouno

[Jeff Odell]

Thanks for providing this tool!

My feedback would be:

1) Don't automatically close the dialog after generating the help file (pressing the Generate button).

2) When automatcally generating the .chm, put a pause on the cmd window that comes up so any errors can be read (perhaps make it optional).

3) Make a command line version.  Having this as part of an automated build would be awesome.

Again - thanks!

Jeff Odell

[Martin Terreni]

grate!!

[Takeshi K]

Thank you for your use and feedback.

About Jeff's post:

1. It's easy to change.
2. It's difficult because I just call HTMLHelp exe file.
   I can do like it to change calling batch file (contains 'pause')
   instead of exe file.
3. It's also easy. If user specify parameters, I don't
   show dialog and just making HTML help.

I'll update it until end of this week.

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t-kouno

[Jeff Odell]

Sounds great!

Do you know a way to get EA to generate the HTML for a particular package via the automation interface?  I was looking for that functionality but could not find it, at least using the C# assembly Interop.EA from C#.

With that, regenerating the design documentation to a web site could be automated,

jlo

[Takeshi K]

Hello,

To get HTML report by Automation Interface, Project.RunHTMLReport
method is the answer.

With this method, generating .CHM from EA (maybe it's Add-in) but now I don't think
it's important because we don't generate HTML report
so often.

I already changed the tool to be able to run with
command line, so you can do by registering it
to EA Tool menu.
(I'll update the website soon).

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t-kouno