AmigaGuide™ • A HyperText Documentation System
Copyright © 1989-1994 Commodore-Amiga, Inc.

AmigaGuide provides a system-standard for on-line hypertext documentation. Developers can incorporate AmigaGuide into their applications to offer full context-sensitive help to the user.

An AmigaGuide window consist of a tool bar containing frequently used navigation aids and a view into the current node of the hypertext database. Figure 1 provides an example of what a typical AmigaGuide window looks like.

AmigaGuide

AmigaGuide features include:

  • Supports a truly hierarchical hypertext database.

  • Dynamic node host feature provides the application developer with the ability to incorporate live application data into their help system.

  • Multi-level table of contents.

  • Unlimited history of nodes visited, allowing a complete path retrace.

  • Rich hypertext support.

  • Supports multiple font attributes.

  • Sophisticated paragraph layout.

  • Allows links to be made to external AmigaGuide or text files.

  • Clipboard support.

  • Multi-colored text support.

  • Advanced scripting support via ARexx.

  • Utilizes DataTypes to provide picture, sound and animation support.

AmigaGuide is currently available for the Amiga and requires a minimum of AmigaDOS 1.3.


Trademarks
ARexx is a trademark of Wishful Thinking, Inc.
Amiga, AmigaDOS, AmigaGuide and DataTypes are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga, Inc.


 
Reality Check
Copyright © 1993-2011 Reality Check Incorporated. All rights reserved. Reality Check, Inc. and the Reality Check logo are trademarks of Reality Check Incorporated. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.