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Offline program4

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Manual Applications
« on: December 29, 2010, 08:26:48 pm »
Are there any tools to easily make "manual applications" like the one attached for Mimas? I don't have any experience programming applications, but I really want to make a simple application that can hold a LOT of text.

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Re: Manual Applications
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2010, 08:43:37 pm »
You could try flashbook:
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/418/41870.html

I haven't personally used it before, but I think it fits all of your requirements.
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Re: Manual Applications
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2010, 08:46:38 pm »
I'll try it, since it seems like the right kind of program. Thanks!
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Re: Manual Applications
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2011, 06:50:47 pm »
That's exactly what Flashbook does.  (In fact, I used Flashbook to generate the manual there, using an extremely kludgy perl script to convert the HTML user's manual into Flashbook XML format.  I don't recommend my exact method. :P)