EzView as a Help/Documentation Viewer

If you have ever used HTML Help, you know how hard it is to produce even a simple help file.  Besides that, HTML Help is probably overkill for most projects where you only have a few help pages.  That's why you should consider EzView/EzWeb Compiler to create a custom Help file system, that can be used to view your help web pages in either EzView, Internet Explorer or your own program. (see the "How To" page for creating a custom help system).

Help File Viewer

If you have a Microsoft Windows program or product to distribute that requires a help file, you may have tried to use Microsoft HTML Help. The help compiler is free, and it produces the .CHM file that the HTML Help file viewer uses. You would have also discovered that it is difficult to use. If your program or product requires a full featured help system, with indexing and search capabilities, then this is what you should use. But what if you don't need any of the advanced search and indexing features of HTML Help? What if you only need a simple HTML-based help system that mainly uses hyperlinks and file selection? Many people are doing just this. But the problem is that you must distribute all of those files! What is needed is something like HTML Help, but easier to use. This is what EzWeb Compiler is. The screenshot below shows a sample EzWeb Compiler Help file.