Does LabView Help exist in ereader format?

[mgustin]

I am looking for LabVIEW help in an ereader format. Not to concerned with which format. I can easily convert the format using Calibre.

I tried converting the chm files but that was turning into a major effort.

Appreciate the help.

Mike

[altenbach]

The help is also online right here.

[mgustin]

Thanks, I will give that a try.

My preferred solution is to have it in a ereader format so that I can study it on my kindle without the need to be connected to the internet. I prefer it to be as portable as possible so when I am at the airport, on a plane or waiting for my kids sporting event to finish I can access it. Any time I have idle time I would like to be able to research a possible solution.

[PhillipBrooks]

Export the help to a PDF, using this Knowledgebase article:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/ABBE63AD0050200386256FAA0063E049

As a companion, I would reccommend getting the e-book version of "LabVIEW for Everyone"

[mgustin]

I have tried that. The down side is that on only get one topic and the sub-topics at a time. You can not get the whole help file.

If the help file existed as one HTML file it could be converted into an ereader format.

[altenbach]

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@mgustin wrote:

If the help file existed as one HTML file it could be converted into an ereader format.

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I thought that the help on LabVIEw for mac and linux is HTML based. Not completely sure.

[Hornless.Rhino]

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@mgustin wrote:

If the help file existed as one HTML file it could be converted into an ereader format.

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If you're on a windows box in the run box (or from a command line window) type

Hh.exe -decompile <folder> <chm>

where <chm> is the chm file and <folder> is where you want to put the contents.

This splits out the individual .html files and images in the chm file into that folder. You should then be able to go through them and do with them what you wish.

edit: I see you've already done this. Never mind.

[johnsold]

The help on the Mac is in html but not one file. The help folder (directory) contains 16705 items, many of which are html files but there are also VIs, .llbs, .png files, .txt files, .chm files (which is interesting in that no native Mac application reads them), and other folders with names like "gmath.chm" and probably a few items I did not list.

In the Help >> html folder is a file called contents.htm. Opening that in a browser brings up the table of contents list which appears when opening VL Help from within LV. The links work, so this might be a step toward what mgustin wants.

Some items such as DAQmx help are not included (why not?), so this is not a complete solution for LV Windows users.

Lynn