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                                HyperAct, Inc.                             
                                P.O.Box. 5517                              
                          Coralville IA 52241 U.S.A                        
                           Compuserve - 76350,333                          
                         Phone/Fax - (319) 351-8413                        
                                                                           
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Last Update : Sep 05 1994.

                                List of products
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This file contains a list of the currently available HyperAct, Inc. 
Commercial, Shareware and Freeware products, with a description of 
functionality, and the version available at the moment.

Contact :
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	HyperAct, Inc.  
	P.O.Box 5517
	Coralville IA 52241 
	U.S.A

	E-Mail      : Compuserve - 76350,333
	Phone/Fax   : (319) 351-8413

To contact the author directly please write to : 

	E-Mail      : Compuserve - 100274,162

Applications
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General Applications include :

Commecial:
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HLPDK Professional Author - The next generation of HLPDK, based on the
        proven HLPDK HDF language, but with an improved compiler, and 
        includes the new HLPDK Editor - A Fast HLPDK Sensitive editor,
        that allows you to create and manage your HLPDK databases with
        a multiple window editor, fast search and replace, built in
        spell checker, quick topic verification, integrated database
        generator, built-in help compiler and hypermedia file
        management. You have never been able to create HLPDK documents
        that easy!

        Version : 12.0 (Builds on HLPDK - standard).

Shareware:
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HLPDK	Help Development Kit - Sound & Vision Edition.
	A hyper-text help database development kit that includes 2 royalty 
	free help engines, and a help compiler with a built in cross 
	reference tool, supports creation of DOS help databases, popular 
	source files, Windows (winHelp & Multimedia Viewer), OS/2 (IPF), WWW 
        and DESQview/X help source files!. Creates text and word processors 
        documents with automatic table of contents, glossary and index from the 
        same source. Now with Multimedia support!  Write once, help many!
	Currently at version 11.5.

	Features :
	Topics, PopUps, Links, Keywords, Text Formats, Navigational and 
	Structural facilities, Target Code insertion, Multiple module files, 
        Automatic Pascal/C/C++ reference generation, Exception handling, 
	Multiple file target databases, Graphics, Sound, Groups, Application 
	Launch, Automatic exports creation, user defined link templates and 
	more.

    	Targets :
	Native(PX), Native(MEM), winHelp 3.0, winHelp 3.1, Multimedia Viewer,
	THELP, QuickHelp, TVHC, PopHelp, DESQview/X, OS/2, Text, Word 
	Processors Documentation (Via RTF), Sony MM Player (Via MM Viewer),
        World Wide Web HTML supported readers (Windows, Macintosh, Unix-Motif, 
        VMS and more).

        Platforms :
        Help Compilers are available for DOS, DPMI, Windows and OS/2 platforms.

NewsDB	News Hypertext Database generator - The tool that allows you to enjoy 
        "Other People's Wizdom" - Create sophisticated hypertext databases 
        from Usenet News articles. A companion to HLPDK, allows you to store 
        the news articles that are of value to you, with smart news groups 
        directories, automatic keywords generation for fast search, user 
        defined groups, automatic article association from articles textual 
        information to user groups, Author directories and references, 
        article references to other (previous) and from other (later) articles 
        and more. Database can be compiled to all the targets supported by 
        HLPDK, including Windows, OS/2, DOS (several targets), DESQview/X and 
        documents. Can even handle non Usenet text articles, with user groups 
        links as well. 
        Currently at version 1.0.

RC2HDK	Generate Help Templates for Windows Programs from RC resource 
        description files. User's interaction with your application is done 
        through the resources described in the RC file. With this tool, Your 
        RC files are parsed, and a help template for your project is created.
        All you need to do is feel in your application options specific help,
        compile, and go! 
	Currently at version 3.0.

WH2HDK  winHelp -> HLPDK Conversion Tool. With WH2HDK you can port your 
        Windows Help Databases to other platforms such as OS/2, World Wide
	Web, DOS, DESQview/X and more. Use WH2HDK (with HLPDK) to save the
	additional investment required for multiple target development !
 
        Now you can create your Help Databases in your favorite winHelp 
        authoring tool, and still benefit from HLPDK cross-platform portability, 
        and enhanced navigation and code generation tools.
        Currently at version 1.0.

UDH     The Universal Directory Handler - A swiss army knife like tool for 
        handling and manipulating files and directories. The Universal
        Directory Handler can be expanded, by power users and programmers,
        using the built in PASTERP language interpreter, with special support
        for file and directory handling, reporting, and execution.
        Users that do not want to mess with writing new UDH commands, can
        still use all the UDH commands that are supplied with the package,
        or, that other users wrote. 
        The UDH System gives you the key to writing all these utilities 
        that you always need, no-one ever wrote, and you do not have the 
        time to implement yourself.
        Both Dos, DPMI and Windows versions are supplied with the package.
        Currently at version 1.1.

RSS	Ron's Smart Search - A command line extension of TXS to allow FAST, 
        SMART, LOGIC searches on multi-variable-record files. Supports keys, 
        separators etc.., Used to scan mail files, problem indexes, etc.. 
        Can extract the original data using fast index techniques. 
        Now with support for huge database. 
	Currently at version 3.0.

RPTP	Ron's Print To Printer - A text file formatter and printer support 
        program. Supports page breaks, line numbering, standard and 
        customizable headers and footers, any combination of page length and 
        page width etc.. Now can print multiple file documents, and support 
        printer formatting commands. Now includes a DOS front-end RPTPF 
        program, and Windows front-end RPTPWF program.
	Currently at version 4.0.

RFFSRT	Ron's Flexible Fast Sort - Command line sort program for HUGE files, 
        supporting text and Fixed sized records, up to 10 sort keys. 
	Currently at version 2.3.

Programming Units (Libraries)
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Commercial:
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PASTERP Pascal like interpreted application extension language, 
        with an embedding interface to Borland PASCAL programs. 
        Now you can enhance your applications by providing an easy to 
        use and powerful extension language to your projects.

        The language parsed by the interpreter is a subset of PASCAL, with 
        syntax enhancements that make it easier to read. In most of the 
        constructs the PASTERP language is also more forgiving than PASCAL.

        Available for DOS, DPMI, Windows (BPW) and Windows (DLL).
        Source code can also be purchased.

        Currently at version 1.1

PASTERP Control for WinHelp (PC4WH) - A WinHelp extension DLL, based on the 
        PASTERP Technology. With the PASTERP Control for WinHelp DLL
        WinHelp extensions can be written without creating custom DLLs.

        PC4WH can trap WinHelp events, and respond to them via user
        programmable procedures, The WinHelp macros are not limited to
        255 characters, and can be used in complex logical structures that
        are not available in the standard WinHelp macros, and the internal
        WinHelp callback functions are exposed to be used without writing
        custom DLLs.

        Currently at version 1.0
Shareware:
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3dLIB	C++ & Pascal 3D graphic animation package. FAST Wire-Mesh 3D objects,
        with a macro to Pascal/C++ language translator !. Supports Turbo Pascal
        for DOS, Turbo Pascal for Windows, Borland C++/4 for DOS.
        includes a DOS & windows hosted macro Translator and Animator, and a 
        new DOS object compiler.
	Currently at version 3.0.

3DMania A Windows 3.1 Screen Saver module (.SCR) that displays rotating 
	Boxes and Pyramids on your screen. 
	This product is available free with source to registered 3dLIB
	users. Currently at version 2.0

mousLib	Turbo (Borland) Pascal event driven mouse library. Supports the 
        standard mouse API, plus extensions for event driven programming, 
        support for DPMI mode, Text, Graphic and TRUE VGA cursor!. Bonuses 
        include DESQview support unit and video hardware support functions. 
        Now with on-line help.
	Currently at version 8.0.

mouCLib	Turbo C, C++, Borland C++ port of mousLib6, support most of the mouse 
        API with extensions for event driven programming.
	Currently at version 6.0.

parseTP Turbo Pascal math. expression parser unit. Supports many functions, 
        natural expressions, constants and normal 5 math. operators, dynamic 
        symbol table.
        Now with a DLL version, and interface files for C++!
	Currently at version 2.5.


Also Available (Free to registered users)
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il2HDK	Ralf Brown's Interrupt List to HLPDK converter. Read the interrupt 
        list and create HLPDK source with cross references and hierarchy 
        navigation. 
	Currently at version 3.5 for DOS and OS/2.

ng2HDK	Norton Guides to HLPDK converter. Currently at version 1.0.

tpfHDK  Convert Timo Salmi's Pascal FAQ to HLPDK.  Currently at version 1.0.

HDKLIB	An extension library to HLPDK V10.0+. It adds functionality to HLPDK 
        by including special "User Link Templates" to support special links, 
        special graphics, enhanced text attributes etc. HDKLIB offers simple 
        methods to create graphic and normal text links, 256 color bit map 
        support, video, CDAudio, Multimedia MCI interface etc. winHelp users 
        have access to the complete macro API, using !xxx user links. HDKLIB 
        adds 68 new link types to the winHelp target, 77 to the MS multimedia 
        Viewer target and 5 new RTF Word Processor link types. Included with
        HLPDK V11.5.


HPCHDK10.ZIP - HelpPC 2 HLPDK converter, and 
POPHDK10.ZIP - POPHelp 2 HLPDK Converter 
are available for free to HLPDK registered users with the permission of 
Yaniv Golan.

