Date:  Wednesday, November 6, 1996 10:43:31 AM
Author:  Apple Computer, Inc.
Subject:  Apple Guide 2.1 Update

Equipment:  Macintosh

This folder contains updates to the Apple Guide SDK.

€ Apple Guide:  the 2.1 version of the Apple Guide system extension 
(Apple Guide is part of System 7.5. or greater and will now work with 
System 7.0 and greater as well as OpenDoc)!

€ Apple Guide Debug:  an alternate 2.0.2 version of the Apple Guide 
system extension that allows you to debug guide files with the Guide 
Maker diagnose utility. This version is intended for use by authors using 
Guide Maker;  it provides no additional benefit for end users.

€ Apple Guide 2.1 Dev Rel Notes:  Apple Guide 2.1 Developer Release 
Notes.  See this file and the Develop article below for what's new in 
Apple Guide 2.1.

€ PowerMacs w/Sys 7.1.2:  Apple Guide Support for PowerMacs with System  
7.1.2.

€ all pre-7.5 systems:  Apple Guide Support for System 7.0 and greater.  
Not required for System 7.5 or greater.

€ SharedLibs:  Apple Guide shared library Support for CFM 68K & PPC.

€ Apple GuidePlugIn 1.0:  Apple Guide Support for OpenDoc.

€ Using Apple Guide 2.1:  Develop issue 27 article explaining the new 
features in Apple Guide 2.1.

€ Apple Guide 2.1 Resources:  New Apple Guide 2.1 resources types 
explained in the article above.


NEW FEATURES IN APPLE GUIDE 2.1

€ Apple Guide now supports help access from OpenDoc processes, which 
involves numerous parts and not a single application process as in the 
previous help environment.  For information on providing guide files for 
OpenDoc parts, please see the Develop Issue 27 Article titled "Using 
Apple Guide 2.1, OpenDoc".

€ Now supports the ability to access multiple guide files combining the 
topic areas, index, and look for content across all open guide files.  

€ There is now CFM 68k glue code present for 68k apps that want to link 
with the 'AppleGuideGlueLib.68K' shared library code.

€Applications no longer have to build and handle the Help menu if they 
want their guide files to reside in a folder other than the application's 
folder.  By including a Guide Directory resource (type = 'gdir'; id = 
-16384) in their application, they can specify a directory for AG to 
search for guide files other than the application's directory.  See 
'Guide Directory Resource' topic below.

€ Whether an application has guide files or not, Apple Guide was 
searching through the app's directory 5 different times for guide files.  
This is now a single search and is much faster. Any guide file 
information found is cached for performance.

Requires:  MacOS 7.0 or greater.

Keywords:  Apple Guide, Help Systems
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