Archive for category eWriter
Premium Pack 5.2.2 for SnipSVG 2.0
Posted by tim green in Browsers, CHM HTML Help, Documentation Authoring, eWriter, Help+Manual, Skins, Software Updates on April 14, 2025
We have just released a small update to Premium Pack 5 that basically just adds compatibility with the new SnipSVG 2.0. All the skins in the Premium Pack now support the new animated SVGs and SVGs with embedded web video created by SnipSVG 2.0. There are just a couple of other small fixes.
How to get the update:
You can download and install the update with the link and credentials you received when you purchased. If you no longer have these, just contact support by email and we will help you out.
Changes in 5.2.2
- SVG support:
Adds support for the animated SVG files and SVG files with embedded videos that can be created with SnipSVG version 2.0 and above. - Videos with captions in lightbox mode:
To comply with accessibility standards, Help+Manual now includes a <figure> tag around the video placeholder image. This prevented videos with captions from being displayed correctly in lightbox mode, which has now been corrected. - Link errors in V2 Modern skins:
Some V2 Modern skins included debug code that displayed an alert when any link was clicked in a topic page. - Social sharing link:
In individual skins, the social sharing link window opened could close instantly if it was opened a second time in a new topic.
eWriter Viewer v5.3.1 Update
Posted by Alexander Halser in eWriter on February 13, 2025
This is a maintenance update for the eWriter Viewer 5 with support for Microsoft Edge.
Changes in Version 5.3.1
eViewer for Windows (32/64 bit)
- One small fix for the Webview2 (Microsoft Edge) version.
Download of all packages:
eWriter Viewer v5.3 Update
Posted by Alexander Halser in eWriter on December 13, 2024
This is a maintenance update for the eWriter Viewer 5 with support for Microsoft Edge.
Changes in Version 5.3
eViewer for Windows (32/64 bit)
- Bug fix for configuration storage: in some cases, the eViewer did not store the last user settings. As a result, it always started with default size and position.
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eWriter Viewer v5.2 Update
Posted by Alexander Halser in eWriter on September 12, 2024
This is a maintenance update for the eWriter Viewer 5 with support for Microsoft Edge.
Changes in Version 5.2
eViewer for Windows (32/64 bit)
- Start problems fixed: when started without a help file, the viewer sometimes did not start at all
- HTML dark mode for Internet Explorer implemented (the Microsoft Edge display engine does support dark mode anyway). For details, see the documentation in the developer distribution package.
Download of all packages:
eWriter Viewer v5.1 with Microsoft Edge
Posted by Alexander Halser in eWriter on August 2, 2024
We officially released eWriter Viewer version 5 with full support for Microsoft Edge (Windows version).
Changes in Version 5
eViewer for macOS
- Accessibility improvements and better support for screen readers and macOS VoiceOver.
eViewer for Windows (32/64 bit)
- Accessibility improvements and better support for screen readers
- Supports Microsoft Edge as display engine, with a silent fallback to MS Internet Explorer if the Edge runtime is not available
- Compared to the beta version released in April, the Edge display engine is now significantly faster and supports custom context menus.
- Update v5.1 (Aug 7, 24): with MS Edge, external file links did not work when they were executed from an <iframe>. This was the case with external file links were included in ebooks compiled with standard skins.
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Maintenance Updates in May
Posted by Alexander Halser in eWriter, Help+Manual, Software Updates on May 6, 2024
We are glad to announce the immediate availability of Help+Manual 9.5 and an updated Translation Assistant.
Help+Manual 9.5 comes with OCR
BETA: eWriter Viewer v5 with Microsoft Edge
Posted by Alexander Halser in eWriter, Software Updates on April 25, 2024
Many of you have been waiting for this, some asked for it. Here you go:
eWriter Viewer v5 with support for Microsoft Edge
This is a beta version! We ask you do download and try the redistributable package and report back any problems you might find.
Download:
https://www.helpandmanual.com/download/eviewer-v5-developer-redist.zip (beta)
Premium Pack 5.2 Update
Posted by tim green in Browsers, CHM HTML Help, Documentation Authoring, eWriter, Help+Manual, Skins, Software Updates, Uncategorized, Utilities on March 4, 2024
This was originally planned to be a relatively small maintenance update, but the changes and improvements kept piling up so we have turned it into a full point update after all.
How to get the update:
You can download and install the update with the link and credentials you received when you purchased. If you no longer have these, just contact support by email and we will help you out.
See the rest of this post below the fold for full details on the update.
eWriter Viewer 4.0 with Ziphelp Support
Posted by Alexander Halser in eWriter, Help+Manual, WebHelp, Ziphelp on September 18, 2023
We have updated eWriter Viewer to version 4. Both, the Windows and MacOS versions are available from the eWriter download page. Viewer redistributables have been updated as well:
https://www.helpandmanual.com/ewriter/
About Ziphelp
On the surface, Ziphelp is HTML5 in a zip archive. Pack any folder with HTML pages into a regular zip file, rename the extension to “.zhelp” and the eWriter viewer will open it. This not just works for Help+Manual’s Webhelp output, but for any HTML.
But Ziphelp is more than that, it is a protocol based on the standard sitemap protocol, designed to give a help viewer extended information about the content of the help system, in order to provide context-sensitive help to an application. Locally, on the web, and mixed.
Premium Pack 5.1.0 maintenance update
Posted by tim green in Browsers, CHM HTML Help, Documentation Authoring, eWriter, Help+Manual, Skins, Software Updates, Technical Writing, Utilities on July 12, 2023
We’re glad to announce the update of the Help+Manual Premium Pack add-on to version 5.1.0. This update includes a number of small but significant improvements to almost all the skins and is recommended for all users.
How to get the update:
You can download and install the update with the link and credentials you received when you purchased. If you no longer have these, just contact support by email and we will help you out.