Article 127266 of comp.os.vms:
This is to announce that Yezerski Roper are making the ASCII->HTML conversion
utility AscToHTM free to VMS users.  This software is available under Windows
as shareware.

see 

	http://www.yrl.co.uk/~jaf/ASC2html.html 

for details.  Downloads can be got from

	http://www.yrl.co.uk/~jaf/A2Hdownload.html 

WHAT IT DOES
============

AscToHTM attempts to recognise the overall structure of a text document, 
rather than "just" transcribing it line-by-line to HTML.  It can deal with 
large, structured documents as well as small files, and can turn a single 
text file into one or more HTML files, complete with added titles, background 
colour and images, headers and footers and navigation bar. 

The program is designed to work with your existing text files, attempting
to recognise your document's style, rather than requiring you to write your 
documents in a style that suits AscToHTM (although if you can do this you 
will get better results).


WHERE TO GET IT
===============

The home page is

      http://www.yrl.co.uk/~jaf/ASC2html.html

Downloads are available from

      http://www.yrl.co.uk/~JaF/a2hdownload.html

Full on-line documentation is available at

      http://www.yrl.co.uk/~JaF/a2h.htm

and is included (as text ready to be converted :-) in the .ZIP files.


HOW IT WORKS
============

The program makes only one assumption; namely that the author has laid out
their document in a self-consistant, and human-readable form.  AscToHTM
attempts to determine this layout using pattern recognition algorithms
so that it can generate HTML to match.

The use of this two-stage approach is crucial in reducing error rates (e.g.
in the detection of numbered headings), and allowing more ambitious HTML to 
be generated.

The HTML generated will

        - convert URLs, email addresses, most newsgroups etc to hyperlinks
      	- recognised underlined, capitalized and numbered section headings
        - insert anchors before each section heading
        - convert cross-referenced section numbers to hyperlinks
        - match the original indentaion levels
        - mark up bullet points
        - spot pre-formatted text such as tables and ascii art and preserve 
          it (in <PRE>...</PRE> markups)

Users can override any or all of the document policy to correct any mistakes 
in the analysis, though hopefully that won't be necessary.

The user's document policy can also be used to "add value" to the HTML, 
allowing the program to:

        - add title, colour and background images
        - split the document into smaller pages
        - generate a hyperlink contents list
        - add hyperlinks to key phrases and words through a "link dictionary"
        - add standard HTML headers, footers and Javascript to the generated
          pages.
        - generate files with DOS-compatible names (useful for PATHW**KS)

Batch processing of multiple files is available.


PRICING ETC.
============

The software is free to VMS users and FAQ maintainers.

Thanks for reading this far, Jaf

-- 
John A Fotheringham (or JAF for short :^)            http://www.yrl.co.uk/~JAf