Documentation for the AscToHTM Text to HTML converter

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Ordering your copy

AscToHTM costs $30 per copy.

Anyone who buys a copy of AscToHTM may freely take backup copies, and install it on all their home machines, and one desktop and one portable at work.

Details on how to register AscToHTM can be found on the web page

http://www.jafsoft.com/asctohtm/register_online.html

This URL is also shown on the "About" window.

Discounts are available to anyone wishing to purchase multiple copies. Site licenses are also available. Users who register will also get access to the console version which may be better suited to batch processing or performing automated conversions

Software developers wishing to incorporate AscToHTM's functions into their own systems may be interested in the API version.

For more information, visit the web page, or email info<at>jafsoft.com

Contents of this section

What happens if I don't register the shareware version of AscToHTM?
Upgrade Policy
Other products by the same author
Contacts on the Web
Support

What happens if I don't register the shareware version of AscToHTM?

Originally I wanted to produce a fully-featured, but time-limited shareware version. However, for various reasons we've had to move to move to producing a largely-featured version with a 30 day time limit.

Sorry 'bout that.

At present the shareware version of the program expires 30 days after installation. Each time the program runs it will tell you how may days left you have.

There are other limitations of the shareware version :-

• If you don't register, it will cease to function properly after 30 days. Specifically after 30 days any conversions will convert all your text to UPPER case. This will still allow you to evaluate the software, but the resulting HTML will be of little use to you.
  
  
• In the shareware version you're limited to only the first 500 lines of any source file. After 1000 lines a warning is placed in the output, and all subsequent lines are converted to upper case. This allows you to gain an impression of what the HTML will look like for evaluation purposes.
  
  
• In the shareware version, wildcard conversions are limited to only 5 files
  
  
• In the shareware the output is "watermarked"

I don't like limiting the software, but people need reminding, so there you go.

Upgrade Policy

It is our intention to continue development of this product, and for as long as possible make upgrades available freely via the Internet to registered users at no cost.

We can't actually promise this, but this is our intention.

In any case we will reward early commitment by ensuring the cumulative cost of upgrades is never more that making a fresh first-time purchase.

For example, this windowed version is offered as a free upgrade to those who bought the console version (at a lower price).

Updates are listed on the web at

http://www.jafsoft.com/asctohtm/updates.html

Other products by the same author

Other products by the same author include

There's a lot of common technology between the three products (in terms of the conversion engine and the user interface), so if you like one, you should try the others.

For more details visit the web site at

http://www.jafsoft.com/products/

or email the author at info<at>jafsoft.com

Contacts on the Web

The home page
The AscToHTM home page is hosted on the JafSoft Limited web site.

Feedback
E-mail any feedback to info<at>jafsoft.com (replace the "<at>" by "@"). Most people are pleasantly surprised to get a reply. Some are amazed at the short response time.

Sadly, we cannot guarantee either :-)

Support

A limited amount of support is available to registered users by emailing info<at>jafsoft.com (replace the "<at>" by "@"). Any enquiries should be directed to the same address.

Sadly, we cannot guarantee any replies, though we do try to be helpful. Priority is given to people who have registered copies.

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