The TOOLS directory contains the very valuable HTML2IPF tool by Andrew Pavel Zabolotny. This REXX script is capable of creating a single .IPF file from a list of linked HTML files, which can then be passed to IBM's IPFC.EXE for creating .HLP and .INF files.

I have slightly modified this tool (see notes below).

Even if you don't know what I'm talking about, in this directory, you need to open HTML2IPF.CMD and change three, maybe four things:

Additional information (not obligatory)

I have included HTML2IPF.INF, which describes how the tool works. You need not bother with this though, because everything is already set up properly.

I have changed HTML2IPF.CMD in a few places to allow for IPF window positioning and certain extra character formatting. These changes are only documented here, in case you're interested -- you will NOT find these changes in the INF file (you don't have to know this, just if you're curious):