Overview: Online Links are organized by product categories which include Archive Management Tools, Auction Tools, Backup-Archive Software, Blog Tools

Business Software, Clipboard Tools, Educational Programs - Tools, Email Client, File Submission Tools

FTP Clients, FTP Server, Help Authoring Tools, Image Tools, Newsgroup and Email Reader

Programmers Editor, Programmers Tools, RSS Readers, Search Engine Tools, Web Site Promotion and more!

Online links include direct links to MFG product information and online stores, dated price quotes, and extended description.

Web Update Shareware Profiles includes much more information; up to three price quotes, narrative description of products, MSRP prices, and more!

This profile exchange will feature Shareware or Trial based software. This is software that offers a "try before you buy" capability. Demonstration software that limits functionality, code-locking based software, etc. are examples of shareware software. Users are able to try the actual product.

Another companion profile exchange that will be of interest to Shareware users is the Search Engine Profile Exchange.

Shareware authors can include their products using one of three methods:

1. Preferred - Send an email with your online PAD URL and suggested product category to pe@encouragersoftware.com and we will try to include your entry as soon as possible in this collection. Example of online PAD URL - http://www.encouragersoftware.com/downloads/productscope.xml

2. Send an email with your product URL and suggested product category to pe@encouragersoftware.com and we will try to include your entry as soon as possible in this collection.

3. IF you have a license for Product Scope 7, use it to develop your product profiles for your software, zip the products.tps and vendors.tps and send to the email address listed above.

An example Product Scope 7 data set is available for developing shareware profiles for this profile exchange. Available for download at: product-pe-submission.zip

Near the bottom of this profile exchange page, some example screens shots are displayed for the Product Scope 7 update form used to develop the profiles - The highlighted (blue) fields are the ones needed for this profile exchange.

The NEW Standard in Technical Documentation

Help & Manual is a documentation tool and content management system for both single and multi-author editing. While it is as easy to use like a normal word processor, Help & Manual gives you the full power of a true WYSIWYG XML editor.

Import From - Output To

Import from - HTML Help, Winhelp, HTML files, Text files, Word Documents, RoboHelp * Output to HTML Help, Cross-platform Help, Adobe PDF, Visual Studio Help, Winhelp, Word documents, e-Books, Print manuals

 

Revolutionary new user interface

Built around the revolutionary new Microsoft Office ribbon interface, The new interface features beautiful large icons, dropdown galleries for quick access and clear command buttons that are not hidden somewhere in a menu where you can't find them.

Concurrent multi-user authoring

Multiple users can work on the same help project at the same time. No database or server software is required, everything is built in.

A built-in screen capture function, a full featured image editor and a visual print manual designer, the project report, the syntax highlighter, and more...

World-wide industry leaders count on Lindersoft to deliver! With support for Microsoft Windows Vista!

Create single-file, compact, and bulletproof professional software installations. Package deployment via diskette, CD-ROM, LAN, email or Web.

State of the Art Setup Features

• Full drag-and-drop support for installer creation, and contextual right-click menus for rapid access.
• International Language Support - One installation compiled with the Developer Edition can automatically handle up to 29 "runtime" languages.
• Delta Update (Binary Patching) - smallest software packages consisting of only the changes occurring between versions.
• Windows x64 Support - Build installations for both pure 64-bit applications and hybrid (mix 32-bit and 64-bit code).
• iDeploy - allows you to very easily deploy and update your applications over the Internet.

Setup Types - Selective Installations

Setup Types Support for Selective Installations (Setup Types). Group your files into components and assign them to a type of install (e.g. Complete, Typical, Minimum and Custom).

Drag and Drop Setup Scripting Language

At its heart is a complete drag and drop setup scripting language with a full set of looping and flow-control statements as well as commands to do everything from creating shortcuts, registry entries, and directories, to reading and writing text files.