If you are not going to use the standalone EXE format, which is Windows-only and no longer recommended, you need the eViewer app for displaying eWriter Help. This is available in three different versions for Windows and one version for MacOS.
Available eViewer versions
You can find the eWriter web page for all downloads here: https://www.helpandmanual.com/ewriter/
Windows Store app: |
Windows 10 and 11 users are prompted to download this when they open an eWriter Help file with the .ewriter extension. This is recommended for eWriter files that you distribute directly for the users to read on their computers. Once the Windows Store app is installed, .ewriter files open with it automatically. Windows Store location: https://www.microsoft.com/de-at/p/ewriter-viewer/9mzd18c6288w
![]() Prompt to download the Store app |
32-bit and 64-bit versions of eViewer.exe: |
This is the regular Windows version of eViewer. It is available in three locations: •Installers for end users on the eWriter web page •Included in the Developer Package on the eWriter web page •Included as the regular eViewer.exe in the Help+Manual program directory |
MacOS version: |
This is available in two locations: •In the Developer Package on the eWriter web page •As an installer for end users on the eWriter web page |
The eViewer developer package
This is recommended if you are creating application help with eWriter. It includes the Windows and MacOS versions of the eViewer application, a package installer for the MacOS version, documentation, and test applications for both Windows and MacOS, with an installer for the MacOS version.
Download it on the eWriter web page, where you can find it under the eWriter as Application Help heading.
Windows and
MacOS installation
The Windows executables are ready to run. You just need to include the eViewer.exe file and make your calls to it.
The \MACOS64\eViewer.pkg included in the developer package installs the MacOS version of eViewer.
Requirements and capabilities
|
•Windows 7 or higher •32 and 64 bit executables •Compatible with all eWriter Help data files created with Help+Manual and HelpXplain, including old versions •Customization in Help+Manual (eViewer app menu, app button color, book icon) •Command line interface for application help •Tester application in the developer package to simulate application help calls •6 ready-to-use UI languages, text strings editable for additional languages |
|
•MacOS 11.0 Big Sur or later •Universal binary for Intel and Apple Silicon (M1, M2 and later) •Compatible with all eWriter Help files created with Help+Manual and HelpXplain, including old versions •Customization in Help+Manual (eViewer app menu) •Command line interface for application help •Tester application in the developer package to simulate application help calls •6 ready-to-use UI languages, text strings editable for additional languages |