Posts Tagged eWriter
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.
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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 v5.1 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
December Updates
Posted by Alexander Halser in eWriter, Help+Manual, Software Updates on December 16, 2022
We are glad to announce the immediate availability of Help+Manual 9.02 and Translation Assistant 9.02.
Maintenant, Help+Manual parle français
Version 9.0.2 comes with an optional French user interface. This is a somewhat risky step for us, because nobody here speaks French and we neither can evaluate the quality of the translation, nor can we provide email support in French. But we wanted to give to a try, though. Please consider the French user interface as “beta test”, you can always switch back to English, if something doesn’t work. The translation is courtesy of Christophe Willefert, a French user of Help+Manual. Translation errors are courtesy of EC Software.
We expect this to be the last update for 2022 and wish all our customers around the world a happy and peaceful holiday season! Read the rest of this entry »
eWriter Viewer v3 for Windows and More…
Posted by Alexander Halser in Help+Manual, HelpXplain, Software Updates, Utilities on July 14, 2022
We are happy to announce the immediate release of eWriter Viewer Version 3. This is an update to the Windows version, a MacOS version is coming soon.
What’s New in eViewer Version 3?
The updated viewer has a slightly redesigned and even more reduced user interface – it integrates the toolbar into the title bar. The UI supports Windows light mode, dark mode, high-contrast modes and, of course, high-dpi monitors.
Multiple languages: the UI languages English, German, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish are built-in. When you redistribute the viewer for application online help, you can supply a custom language file to match the language of your application. Further customization of the UI is still possible in Help+Manual.
Beneath the surface, pretty much everything is new.
There is a new application design: while the old version created one instance per .ewriter file, version 3.0 creates just one single instance but opens a separate window for each file displayed. This is a huge improvement, because when using the viewer to display application online help, you can close all help files that your application might have opened with one single call – a “/close” parameter.
The viewer also comes with a new command line interface. The old command line interface that you you might be using now is still supported – no changes required. The new command line interface offers additional features and is identical to the MacOS version – we’ll get to that later.
- Redesigned multi-language user interface with 6 languages built-in
- Individual localization possible with custom language file
- Single-instance & multi-window design makes it easier to control the app for displaying application online help
- New command line interface for application online help
- Windows 7 or higher
- 32 and 64 bit executables
- Compatible with all .ewriter books created with Help+Manual and HelpXplain, including old versions
- Customization in Help+Manual (eViewer app menu, app button color, book icon)
- Optional stand-alone EXE help files combining viewer and content
Download
Download the updated Windows eViewer directly from the eWriter website:
https://www.helpandmanual.com/ewriter/
Coming Soon…
We have been working on a MacOS version of the eWriter Viewer and it is getting close to release state. (Please contact support, if you are interested in testing the MacOS beta.)
Please watch this news feed for updates. The timetable for eWriter Viewer is approximately:
- Official eWriter Viewer v3 for MacOS (universal binary for Intel/ARM) in July 2022
- Developer package with redistributable viewers for Windows and MacOS including tester applications (Win/Mac) for the new command line interface. July/August 2022
- Help+Manual v8.5 with the updated Windows viewer and new/modified export options for eWriter files: August 2022
eWriter Viewer for Delphi
Posted by Alexander Halser in Software Updates on December 18, 2020
This is an implementation of the eWriter help format as a replacement for HTML Help (.chm) files in Delphi applications.
EWriter eBooks are the modern alternative to the obsolete CHM format for local application help. They offer full support for context-sensitive help and file links. They combine the benefits of CHM and WebHelp and eliminate the disadvantages of both. Read the rest of this entry »