DocsMaker

3 simple steps to creating a modern documentation for your IDL code in the XML,HTML, and HTML Help formats!
DocsMaker scans and analyzes the source code in the interface description language, IDL, thus obtaining names of interfaces, methods, etc. described in the code. Those essences are then, with the reference to their inter-dependence, included in an extensive xml document that stores the hierarchy of relations between the essences.

The document also includes additional information regarding the project, comments and descriptions on the program's object, code examples. That document will become the foundation for the creation of the HTML files. The next step in using the DocsMaker is applying the so-called xsl-conversion to the xml document. The conversion lies in the serial DocsMaker of *.xsl templates with configurable internal parameters to document.

The results of these steps will be the *.htm files organized in a certain hierarchy and containing cross links between them. Besides that, the DocsMaker generates and prepares HTML Help project files (*.hhc,*.hhk,*.hhp), which you can use to build a documentation file in the *chm format with, for instance, Microsoft HTML Help Workshop.

As well as program's objects, you can also include in the help file your own descriptions like comments to returned values, methods or interface, peculiarities of calling, purpose etc.

Main features of DocsMaker:

Besides the documentation on COM server interfaces' methods, DocsMaker generates usage examples (in C++, VB, C#, Delphi, and JavaScript) ready to be placed in your source code.

Placing the examples and comments in the code is very easy.

DocsMaker creates xml descriptions of objects; that allows the objects to be used regardless of the platform.

HTML editing of help files being created is done with the reference to W3C recommendations on the creation of cross-browser, safe, and compact and quick HTML code.

DocsMaker contains the minimum configurable properties and does not require much time for learning.


Requirements of DocsMaker:

500 MHz processor or faster

64 MB RAM


Limitations of DocsMaker:

30 days trial

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