• Why doesn't StrongHelp use HTML to describe its pages?
       When I started writing StrongHelp I looked at HTML, but found it largely unreadable and decided to make my own syntax. If I had done today, I would've used HTML. Not because it has gotten any better, but because it is so well known.
 
  • When I save a help page from !Zap, the manual is corrupted! Why?
       Earlier versions of Zap created files in a way that StrongHelp isn't designed to support. Later versions of Zap work fine.
 
  • Why does the Manual file become so big when something inside is edited? (and then shrink again when StrongHelp quits)
       StrongHelp uses something called an Image Filing System (a service provided by the OS) and such files allocate disc space in large chunks to be more efficient. I don't know why the OS decides they have to grow with as much as they do (Several 100 K's in some cases). It might be a bug in the OS.
 
  • When I quit StrongHelp and then doubleclick on a Manual, I get the error "Error when reading xxxx - xxxx is a file." Is this a bug?
       Yes, it is a bug, but not in StrongHelp. The filer caches directory info, and hasn't discovered that these files no longer are images/directories. It will be updated the next time it reads the directory.
 
  • After crashing StrongHelp my Manual still works, but it is *huge*. How can I fix this?
       First take a backup, then drag it to Stronghelp's iconbar icon and select "CleanCopy". In most cases this will fix it.