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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Dr.Explain 3.1 - Make Help Documentation For Software Applications Automatically

« on: September 15, 2008, 01:16 PM »

Great! I'm looking forward to your feedback on the latest release!

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Dr.Explain 3.1 - Make Help Documentation For Software Applications Automatically

« on: September 15, 2008, 02:04 AM »

Make Help Documentation For Software Applications Automatically With Dr.Explain Tool

Indigo Byte Systems announces that the new version of its software help-authoring tool, Dr.Explain 3.1 is available

http://www.drexplain.com 

The Dr.Explain is the only software documentation tool that captures snapshots of live application screens and automatically recognizes and annotates all significant controls: buttons, text fields, menus, options, and other ones. Until the version 3.1, many software developers and vendors have been using the Dr.Explain to document their Windows software, HTML pages, or Flash (SWF) applications. Now, the Dr.Explain 3.1 enters the Java world. Java developers can benefit from the same technology, and automatically generate professional documentation for their Java applications made with Swing components.

With old common approach, software developers spent hours editing screenshots and formatting text for their documentation files. Dr.Explain trims the help file writing time by automating those boring and time-consuming operations. It captures screens from a live application, analyzes them, and creates stunning screenshots that make it easy for users to understand how the application works. Each screenshot contains numbered references to all buttons, edit fields, options, menus, radio buttons, dropdown lists, toolbars, trees, and other controls. Dr.Explain also creates a numbered paragraph for each of these numbered controls. Simply tweak the automatically generated text of descriptions and the program produces everything needed for professional help files in CHM or HTML format, as well as RTF documentation files that can be printed or loaded online.

Besides the support of Java applications, Dr.Explain 3.1 brings more new functions that will help software vendors produce astonishing documentation even faster. The customizable capturing scenarios allow to precisely specify which window element or HTML tag to analyze or to skip, how to handle its child elements, and how to name and to annotate it. Other gems of the new version are new graphical effects and image rendering technology. All screenshot images, callout lines, text label fonts, shadow and blending effects are drawn with high precision which leaves no chance for fuzzy edges, making documentation illustrations look clean, realistic and nice (beautifully clear).

Dr.Explain takes the pain out of creating documentation. By automating the process, the creation of manuals, user guides, and help files becomes an enjoyable part of developing software or creating web sites. The savings in time and tedium on a single development project will pay for the software many times over.

Dr.Explain version 3.1 runs under Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. The single user license price starts from $125(US). Multi-user bundles and discounts are available. You can download a free trial version from the company's web site - http://www.drexplain.com/ .

For more information, contact Indigo Byte Systems.

Email: info-at-drexplain-dot-com 
Internet: http://www.drexplain.com 

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NOTE TO EDITORS:
Please, let us know if you have questions or would like to review Dr.Explain 3.1. Contact Dennis Crane at info-at-drexplain-dot-com to get more information or request a license key for review

ABOUT INDIGO BYTE SYSTEMS:
Since 2003, Indigo Byte Systems has been providing Windows and PDA tools to software developers, as well as business and home computer users. In addition to Dr.Explain, the company also offers a line of UTS software, handy data tracking applications for Windows desktop or Palm OS PDA devices. Indigo Byte Systems also offers custom software design and development services to corporate and individual clients, worldwide.

RELATED LINKS:
Product page: http://www.drexplain.com 
Download: http://www.drexplain.com/download 
Press kit: http://www.drexplain.com/press 
Live Demo: http://www.drexplain.com/live_demo

E-mail: info-at-drexplain-dot-com   
Company website: http://www.indigobyte.com

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Dr.Explain 3.0 : Software Documentation and Help Files Writing Gets Easy

« on: March 09, 2008, 06:28 AM »

Thanks Curt.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Dr.Explain 3.0 : Software Documentation and Help Files Writing Gets Easy

« on: March 08, 2008, 01:24 PM »

Dr.Explain v.3.0 is an innovative software documentation tool.

What benefits will the Dr.Explain bring to you as software vendor
Thanks to unique technology, with Dr.Explain you can produce attractive and professional looking help files just in a few hours, not in days.

The Dr.Explain captures windows, dialogs, and forms from live application and web pages, makes screenshots, and automatically adds interactive references to all controls. You have not to spend hours annotating your software GUI. Focus on your content - Dr.Explain will do all the tedious work for you.

The program can produce CHM, RTF and HTML help files with annotated screenshots, live menus, cross-references, and navigation from a single source file. The tool will easily pay for itself on the first project.

Read more: http://www.drexplain.com

What's new in v.3.0
Let's name just the most important:

New capturing engine

• Captures and automatically documents windows, menus, GUI elements, web pages, flash applications

Revamped text editor

• Supports pictures, tables, lists, fonts, RTL mode, etc...

Enhanced topic management

• Topic statuses, marking and locking\unlocking

Lots of other improvements

• Optimized export routines
  
• Google sitemap generator
  
• Predefined macro variables
  
• ... and several dozens of smaller improvements and tweaks.

The new version download: http://www.drexplain.com/download

The review of previous version on Donationcoder may be found here.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / TBS Cover Editor : The software box shot creator with template library

« on: February 28, 2008, 07:54 AM »

True BoxShot Software and Indigo Byte Systems in partnership, have recently introduced TBS Cover Editor, a full featured software box cover creator with 3D rendering and template library.

http://www.trueboxsh.../TBSCoverEditor.html

Save yourself time: reduce overheads and eliminate superfluous operations and files

With the TBS Cover Editor you can create your 3D box shot design in a single flat worksheet. Say goodbye to separate designs for each side; no more design slices in many image files. The single-sheet concept of the TBS Cover Editor allows you editing of all box sides on a single screen. The real time 3D preview immediately shows how your 3D box shot output image looks like without switching between different windows or applications.

Save yourself money:  no extra designers or tools are require

With the TBS Cover Editor no additional expensive third party tools are required. The program supports all the steps of box shot creation:  from drafting and design, to 3D scene setting and image rendering. The TBS Cover Editor has a rich toolkit for graphics creation and processing, including simple shapes, text labels, bitmap images, artistic texts and vector objects. You can quickly create a nice looking box cover by combining special effects that were previously only available in high-priced professional image processing programs. The TBS Cover Editor comes with a large clipart library of common shapes and signs. You can create professional-quality 3D box shots with no extra expense in a single program.

Get instant results:  quick start, easy work, and immediate output

The TBS Cover Editor comes with a brilliant collection of software cover design templates for various types of software. The Design Wizard helps you to get started quickly. You can make a box cover in less than two minutes. Choose a template and just add your software info such as your product name, company, and web site URL to create a custom box cover design. You can easily tweak the templates or create new templates with your corporate identity style. In two clicks you can set up a 3D scene and render your box shot image.



Professional output: create realistic looking box shots without designer skills

The TBS Cover Editor has a powerful rendering engine that produces realistic 3D box shots by applying original 3D rendering and ray casting algorithms. The advanced mechanisms of the TBS Cover Editor produce box shot images with high precision which leaves no chance for fuzzy edges, making images look clean and nice (beautifully clear). Your design and image processing skills don't matter when creating eye-catching box shots for your products with the TBS Cover Editor. Your every box shot will look as if it is made by a studio.

http://www.trueboxsh.../TBSCoverEditor.html

--
Dennis Crane
Indigo Byte Systems

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Dr.Explain 2.5 released

« on: March 09, 2007, 07:05 AM »

Indigo Byte Systems introduces the Dr.Explain v.2.5

:::: What is Dr.Explain:
~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
Dr.Explain is a help authoring tool that captures windows, dialogs, forms, and menus from live application, makes screenshots, and automatically adds references to all controls. The program can produce CHM, RTF and HTML help files with interactive screenshots, dynamic menus, cross-references, and navigation. Dr.Explain is easy to use and produces attractive and professional looking help files that would otherwise take days to create manually.

More info: http://www.drexplain.com

:::: New benefits of  Dr.Explain 2.5:
~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
Let's name just a few of 40 new features:

* Menu capturing and auto-capturing: document all your menus with a couple of clicks
* Dynamic menu for online manuals: navigate easily through your manual
* Validation tool: find all issues in your project in just seconds
* Screenshot editor: add text to your screenshots
* Context Help ID support: integrate help files into your applications fast
* Command line mode: automate your help compiling processes
* Windows Vista support: run your favorite tool on the new OS.
… and many more improvements: http://www.drexplain.com/versions/

Free copy: http://www.drexplain.com/download/

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Found Deals and Discounts / The Mutual Discount Program from Dr.Explain and True BoxShot

« on: January 22, 2007, 07:13 AM »

Hi,

DISCLAIMER: I'm affiliated with this special offer for ISV, shareware vendors, and commercial software developers.

Dr.Explain and True BoxShot have launched the mutual discount program. Today, if you order either Dr.Explain or True BoxShot software you will receive $15 discount for the second product.

Now you may add two useful products to your ISV toolbox and save money.
* Dr.Explain ( http://www.drexplain.com ) is a new generation help authoring tool to create CHM help files, HTML on-line manuals, and printable documentation.
* True BoxShot ( http://www.trueboxshot.com/ ) is an easy tool to create quality box shot of your software box cover.

Don’t miss this offer. It’s time limited!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Promotion from Dr.Explain software - one month left!

« on: November 08, 2006, 02:10 AM »

Reminder: Only one month left!

During this Fall we offer significant discounts on Dr.Explain software and even free licenses (value of $125). You may choose a discount you want: 25%, 50% or even 100%!

Join our promotion at http://www.drexplain.com/photo-contest/

Dr.Explain 2.0 is the newest version of a help authoring tool for rapid creation of help files and user guides. Using its unique auto capture and annotation technology, developers can document their software interfaces almost hands down.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Special offer from Dr.Explain: discounts from 15% to 100%

« on: September 30, 2006, 07:11 AM »

I will see if I can enter something, but unfortunately members of my team would be scattered around the world.
- Oshyan

-JavaJones (September 29, 2006, 09:59 PM)

I thinks it's a good chance to kick-start your fantasy

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Special offer from Dr.Explain: discounts from 15% to 100%

« on: September 25, 2006, 07:59 AM »

Wow, that's a very cool promotion!

-Hirudin (September 25, 2006, 03:04 AM)

Would you like to participate, Hirudin? You're welcome.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Special offer from Dr.Explain: discounts from 15% to 100%

« on: September 19, 2006, 07:50 AM »

DISCLAIMER: I'm affiliated with the Dr.Explain.

Recently we've started a new unusual promotion for our Dr.Explain software.

In the next three months almost everyone can receive a significant discount on Dr.Explain or even receive a free license (value of $125).
Moreover, in December we'll reward the most creative applicant with $100 Amazon Gift Certificate.
Details: http://www.drexplain.com/photo-contest/

Everyone is welcome to participate. :-)

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Dr.Explain 2.0 released

« on: September 05, 2006, 07:50 AM »

Today we've started a new unusual promotion for our Dr.Explain software.

In the next three months almost everyone can receive a significant discount on Dr.Explain or even receive a free license (value of $125).
Moreover, in December we'll reward the most creative applicant with $100 Amazon Gift Certificate.
Details: http://www.drexplain.com/photo-contest/

Everyone is welcome to participate. :-)

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Dr.Explain 2.0 released

« on: August 04, 2006, 12:59 PM »

The file copy is free though.   

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Dr.Explain 2.0 released

« on: August 04, 2006, 04:47 AM »

Dr.Explain v.2.0 is a software documentation tool.

What is Dr.Explain:

It captures windows, dialogs, and forms from live application, makes screenshots, automatically adds references to all controls.
The program can produce CHM, RTF and HTML help files with interactive screenshots, menus, cross-references, and navigation.
Dr.Explain is easy to use and produces attractive and professional looking help files, that would otherwise take days to create manually.

http://www.drexplain.com

What new benefits v.2.0 brings to you:

Let's name just a few:

[Multi-tier document structure] - Create documents of any level of complexity.

[Hyperlinks in descriptions / Cross-linking] - Link your help pages and create cross-references.

[Spell checking] - No more typos.

[Custom name for page files] - Name your pages.

[New visual themes] - Adjust the document look easily.

[Custom CSS setup] - Apply your corporate style to the document.

[Intellectual orientation of bullets] - Dr.Explain arranges bullets the best way.

[Standard Windows toolbars parsing] - Capture your toolbar. Dr.Explain will do the rest.

[Indexes keywords in CHM] - Create index table for your CHM file.

[Search for text in nodes and descriptions (Find\Find Next)] - Navigate through the project quickly.

  ... more info about other 50+ improvements: http://www.drexplain.com/versions

Free copy: http://www.drexplain.com/download

--
Dennis Crane
___________________________
Dr.Explain : documenting your software in minutes
http://www.drexplain.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help authoring

« on: February 05, 2006, 03:10 PM »

Look at Dr.Explain : http://www.drexplain.com

Dr.Explain saves lots of time for making help files for your software application.
Dr.Explain captures windows from a live application, creates screenshots and automatically adds references to all window's controls: buttons, edit fields, radio buttons, dropdown lists, and other elements. You must just add some description if needed.
You may export a documentation project at once into HTML, CHM, or RTF help files with screenshots, color callouts, menus, and index page.


We offer 30% discount on Dr.Explain for the DC members: https://www.donation...Discounts/index.html