Support for viewing .chm & .hlp files...?, Can anyone help me add the support for viewing these ... External links Options

[proton]

Hello everyone,

I made a script to view .hlp files.It opens the .hlp files created for win16 applications that is any .hlp file that comes with a win16 application opens fine.But if i try to open a .hlp file that comes with a win32 application then i get a messagebox saying "This xxx.hlp was created for a language not supported by your version of windows".


I would also like to add support for .chm files as well.These two file formats are very much usefull as all the apps comes with these help file.So i would like to view these files.


Thanks

proton

[psc]

Hello everyone,

I made a script to view .hlp files.It opens the .hlp files created for win16 applications that is any .hlp file that comes with a win16 application opens fine.But if i try to open a .hlp file that comes with a win32 application then i get a messagebox saying "This xxx.hlp was created for a language not supported by your version of windows".


I would also like to add support for .chm files as well.These two file formats are very much usefull as all the apps comes with these help file.So i would like to view these files.


Thanks

proton

Copy the files to your target and associate:

*.chm > hh.exe
*.hlp > winhlp32.exe

Peter

[proton]

Copy the files to your target and associate:

*.chm > hh.exe
*.hlp > winhlp32.exe

Peter

Thnks for your reply,

But it does not work,In fact i used filemon to monitor what are the files it tries to load before failing and copied all those files but still it could not open .hlp files for win32 & .chm file.

The WinHlp32.exe opens win16's .hlp files but not win32's .hlp files.Also the HH.exe could not open .chm files.

I think it needs some .nls files and some registry settings or somthing.... In fact i booted using winbuilderCD and copied the winhlp32.exe & hh.exe to my c:\windows\system32\ then i copied a .hlp file & paseted it on to winhlp32.exe (Also i tried to open it from within winhlp32.exe as well)but if the .hlp file was a file that came with 16bit apps then it opens but not if it came with win32 apps.Also the .chm file could not be opened by hh.exe.

proton

[was_jaclaz]

Handling of .chm files on standard Windows is "interconnected" with Internet Explorer, and, consequently, it needs some more files/emtries in Registry.

Do have a look at Fred de vorck's pages:
http://www.vorck.com/ie-cleanup.html
http://www.vorck.com/2ksp4-old.html

He suggests the use of the free XCHM:
http://xchm.sourceforge.net/

or the Oleg II solution on MSFN (I seem to already have heard this name ):
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=65147


http://www.vorck.com/done.html

I've done this for five years now almost to the day. There isn't much left to improve on. In October 2006, Oleg II discovered an elegant fix to the problem of displaying help files. It still requires MSHTML.DLL, but uses it more as display only. The ties between the DLL and the operating system are still damaged to the point where I would guess that if you choose to use the fileset and this DLL, your risks are minimal and your OS still stays pretty lean. It'll be in the fileset in the next few days if you want to use it (it isn't installed by default). For CHM files, there is always a CHM plugin for Firefox.

or the firefox plugin:
https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/3235

jaclaz

[proton]

Hello all Thanks,

Now i could open the .chm files but NOT .hlp for win32.That is winhlp32.exe gives the same error as it is not created for version of my windows.

Any suggetions !!


proton

[was_jaclaz]

Proton, try double checking this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607/en-us

jaclaz

[proton]

Proton, try double checking this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607/en-us

jaclaz

Hello Mr.Jaclaz,

Thanks for your reply,

I downloaded the file from the above link but the file extension is .msu.
I searched the web for .msu and it a microsoft update file and i could not open it in windows XP.Maybe it would open in windows vista.

Any other idea please.

Thanks

proton

[was_jaclaz]

Yep, that is Vista specific, sorry if I mislead you, for the record, .msu files can be opened easily with 7-zip, the problem is interpreting their contents....

Try following the links/methods on this page:
http://www.ee.ucla.edu/~shervin/win/help.htm

jaclaz