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TechPub Tools Features

The TechPubTools described in this document create an online HTML system with appropriate links to the associated PDF files. The features of the online HTML system include:

• HTML suitable for a website or CD-ROM.

• A modular design with multiple mini-HTML systems coming from various sources.

• (Mif2Go/WWP) FrameMaker books each can be in their own directory with their own mini-HTML system.

• (Doxygen/JavaDoc) Code reference components each can be in their own directory with their own mini-HTML system.

• Flexible bi-pane design that can be easily customized; the two panes are the navigation frame and the data frame.

• The navigation frame controls the information that is displayed in the data frame. The navigation frame supports:

• a comprehensive table of contents with collapsing/expanding levels using an award-winning Java applet. Input to the applet are multiple, generated-from-these-tools script files that are nested and very flexible. The Java applet is available at www.better-homepage.com/java/java-applets-toc.html.

• a comprehensive index covering all HTML files in the system as well as word-chunking.

• (DevaSearch) a comprehensive full-text search. This is available at www.devahelp.com.

• navigation in the index implemented using multiple, generated HTML files and no Javascript.

• The data frame displays the individual HTML topic. The two supported types of HTML topics are “descriptive” topics (books) and “reference” topics (code). Each HTML topic has:

• a common navigation bar at the top.

• a second navigation bar that changes depending on whether it is a descriptive topic or a code reference topic.

• links to the table of contents, index, and its associated PDF file.

• The individual HTML topics as well as the index each have their own template documents. As such, changes to the look-and-feel or navigation can be made in one place and propagated quickly throughout the whole system.



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Open-Source tools compliments of Voyant Technologies, Inc. and Glenn C. Maxey.
01/13/2003

TP Tools v2-00-0a

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