Doc-O-Matic
 

This table lists all major features of all editions. Doc-O-Matic for Authoring is listed separately because as a pure Help Authoring Tool it does not have source documentation related features. Features related to source code documentation are marked with N/A for Doc-O-Matic for Authoring.

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  Feature Matrix 
 
  Professional SRC Express Authoring
Programming Languages and Input Processing  
Supports Unicode source files and Unicode identifiers Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included
Language group I: C/C++, C++/CLI, C#, Delphi, VB.NET Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Language group II: IDL, ASP.NET, Java, JavaScript, JSP, MATLAB, PHP Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Support for in-source documentation Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Support for XML documentation source files Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Supports off-source documentation Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Supports Unicode external documentation Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Master projects and external TOC files Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Translation dictionary for output in other languages Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Customizable source code parser configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Extended C++ parser features (system includes, prototype-less functions, setter/getter conversion, macro expansion) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Namespace layout configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Extended Pascal parser features (implementation section parsing, system auto-using) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Conditional define handling Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Code skipping Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Basic comment finding configuration (comment Token configuration, comment location, lists, walls, etc) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Extended comment processing (triple-slash comments only, parameter list description parsing, ignored lines, Comment Skip Tokens) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Configure topic processing options (ignore empty topics, auto-combine overloads, inherited documentation, multi-location configuration) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Automatic text setup (automated snippets, automatic text for undocumented symbols) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Support for XMLDoc, JavaDoc and native comments Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Basic section configuration (changing types and adding starter strings) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included
Advanced section options (adding, deleting, starter delimiter configuration, white-space processing) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Integrated editor configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Color setup Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Managing Features  
Content Designer for TOC design and individual topic selection Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Visual control over export of individual topics, topic groups and hierarchies Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Project Manager Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Symbol and topic filtering Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Import project tool for team development Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
QuickDoc Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Move documentation tool Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Reports Manager Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
QA Manager Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included N/A
Class hierarchy view Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included N/A
Code translation matrix editor Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included N/A
Light-weight project configuration utility Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included Not included
Editor and Authoring  
Fully visual WYSIWYG Topic Editor Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Standard word processing features including bold, italic, underline, mono-type, subscript and superscript Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Color configuration using color names Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Lists, tables, images, checked links, code blocks, headings, paragraph alignment Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Fast Topic creation and navigation Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Easy image management Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Quick edit features like "Follow Link" Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Conditional text using sections Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Snippets Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Text variables Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Live spell checking and project spell checking Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Automatic formatting for text variables Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Text Labels Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Conditional text using label exclusion Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Automated formatting, replacement and markup using text labels Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
General Output Features  
Automatically generated navigation tables Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included
Automatically generated navigation pages Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Full automatic cross-linking within projects and links to external projects Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Automatically generated symbol overviews Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Reports Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Glossary Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Local class hierarchies Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Class hierarchy for project Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included N/A
Class hierarchies for all modules Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included N/A
Visual table of contents designer Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Modules for project partitioning Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included N/A
Project database for cross project linking Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Auto linking and linking aliases Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Automatic text snippet insertion into all topics Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
AutoDoc Features  
Automatic export set selection based on symbol type (class, type, function, ...) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Automatic export set selection based on member visibility (public, protected, private) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Automatic export set selection based on documentation status Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Advanced export set selection (topic status, topic version information) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
AutoDoc folder configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
AutoDoc page text configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Navigation description configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Navigation description word count limits Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Navigation table layout configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Extended member table configuration (inherited members, sub-categories, visibility-type combination, overloads configuration) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Extended file section configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Indicator image configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Default title configuration (page titles, TOC titles, index titles) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
AutoDoc title configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Automatic index generation Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included
Advanced index configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Index prefix removal Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Extended navigation section and additional information section options (naming, declaration text listing kind, table layout) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Automated summary section generation Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Declaration source code auto-generation Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Declaration code options and syntax highlighting configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Multi-language syntax output Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Body source code output for functions Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Body source code output for files Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Local graphical class hierarchy output Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included N/A
Text class hierarchy output Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Graphical class hierarchy layout and styling configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Project Databases for automated interlinking of Doc-O-Matic projects Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Automatic linking Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included
Advanced auto-linker options (minimum word length, forbidden words list) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Auto-linking aliases Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Topic Flags Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Automated QA checks (documentation status, parameter description, parameter names, return value description) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included N/A
Custom build steps Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
HTML, HTML Help, Help 2, Web Help  
Basic file and folder options (output path, file names) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included
Additional HTML output file options (custom file naming, template files, additional files, frames, custom welcome page) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Section order and heading configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Advanced section output configuration (automated table configuration, navigation links and section configuration) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Collapsible sections Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Complete control over layout and formatting Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Page header and footer configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Topics paths Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Advanced output options (welcome page, TOC, index, copy links, ...) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Dynamic expanding TOC page Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included
Custom header information Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
HTML page encoding Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Big and hover-highlight images Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Custom search page integration Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
HTML file template for easy integration into existing layouts Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
PDF  
Customizable PDF output Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Double-page printing Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Watermarks Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Hyperlinks within the document and external links Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Section order and heading configuration Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Advanced section output configuration (Automated table configuration, Navigation links and section configuration) Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Complete control over layout and formatting Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Page header and footer configuration Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Complete control over automatic page and topic numbering Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Advanced PDF features (bookmarks, title page, copyright page, table of contents, numbering, index, chapter tabs) Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Title page graphic Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Topic title configuration Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Advanced output options (image resolution, output images, flag display) Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Windows Help  
Basic file and folder options (output path, file names) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Section order and heading configuration Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Advanced section output configuration (Automated table configuration, Navigation links and section configuration) Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Complete control over layout and formatting Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Advanced options Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
XML  
Basic file and folder options (output path, file names) Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Encoding Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Structure options Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Tag options Yes, this feature is included Not included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Support  
Peer support forums Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included
Customer support forums Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included
Customer support via email Yes, this feature is included Yes, this feature is included Not included Yes, this feature is included