History of HelpExpert

The following history gives an overview of the development of HelpExpert

Date

Version

Description

June 9, 2001

start of the HelpExpert project

July 22, 2001

Version 1.0

initial release of HelpExpert

July 23, 2001

Version 1.0.1

some bugs fixed in initial release

July 29, 2001

Version 1.1

text formatting enhanced

'internal' topic names

tool bar

cross reference

chapter reference

path reference

September 15, 2001

Version 2.0

PDF output

JAR output

Enhanced 'Insert Image' dialog

limited styled text copy and paste (only character level)

enhanced focus handling in content pane

November 11, 2001

Version 3.0

Extensive drag and drop support

Cut and paste for HTML

Read native JavaHelp format

nested index entries support

January 6, 2002

Version 4.0

Named styles and cascading style sheets (CSS)

Rich table formatting support

Rich paragraph formatting support

User preferences and file/directory history

Enhanced list support and text formatting

Undo/Redo functionality

February 17, 2002

Version 4.2

Save operations (Save as, PDF, JAR) in separate threads

Progress bar for lengthy tasks

map target ID and map target URL in status bar

Look and feel now changeable

'Save style' acts correct

'Save as' fixed

April 14, 2002

Version 4.5

Java 2 v1.4 compliant

Full text search database

Find and replace dialog (chapter or project)

Major GUI enhancement

Tutorial reworked

Improved handling of nested index entries

Dynamic page breaks for PDF creation

Headers and footers in PDF documents

TOC icons can be set individually

Extended options dialog

Title page variable

Description of changes in detail

Version 4.5

Version 4.2

This version is a maintenance update rather than a full new version.

Version 4.0

Version 3.0

Version 2.0

Version 1.1