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Helpful Solutions has provided unique custom solutions working around several limitations of the Windows help engines, winhelp.exe and winhlp32.exe, and custom add-on solutions for Help Authoring needs. Some of the companies they were designed for and the solutions provided include: Weisner Associates, Inc.& Deva Associates, Ltd. - Deva ToolsÔ for Dreamweaver. Deva ToolsÔ is a suite of integrated utilities that work with Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 (Windows PC version) to create navigation systems for your web site, intranet, or HTML-based help. Helpful Solutions developed the TOC and Index Editor and the engine supporting the TOC and Index data storage including various file format importing and exporting. Creative Solutions - An infinite Back button functionality across window types and topic/window enforcement, ensuring that a topic gets displayed in the window it was designed for. ViaData Incorporated - A custom annotation editor and annotations that are persistent across builds of a help system. FMPlus - a shareware add-on for WinHelp that allows deletion/disabling/enabling of the standard WinHelp floating context menu. Click here to download the latest version. Paul is responsible for discovering and documenting some of WinHelp 3.1's undocumented macros; in particular ExtInsertItem() and ExtInsertMenu(). (cf. Windows/DOS Developer's Journal, Vol.5, No.12, December 1994: "More Undocumented WinHelp Macros" by Jim Mischel), as well as the single WinHelp 4.0 undocumented macro - Tab(). Paul is well-known in the online-help industry for the online consultation he provides. He serves as one of the moderators for the new HATT egroup (which took over from the WINHLP-L listserv), and is also one of the sysops in the Microsoft DevApps Forum on CompuServe (GO MSDEVA), where he supports the WinHelp/MediaView/Viewer and HTML Help Authoring sections. Paul has done a thorough disassembly of the WinHelp 4.0 viewer (WINHLP32.EXE) for exploratory and consultation purposes. Helpful Solutions has discovered and given public lectures on several undocumented features of the WinHelp 4.0 viewer (WINHLP32.EXE) Paul has presented sessions at several WinWriters, Help University, and Influent online help conferences on the following topics: Deploying IE5 with your HTML Help System Implementing Context Sensitivity in WinHelp and HTML Help Undocumented Windows Help 3.1/4.0 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Programmer's Roundtables MVP Update