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Alternative to CHM
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22/01/2007 10:51:25
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01187216
Message ID:
01187686
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17
>>Ok, I have seen the reasons why our CHM help files no longer work on our client installations. I know that I can have the users copy the help file to their local drive and it will work when run from Windows Explorer. From an installation standpoint, this seems to be a little awkward. What is everyone else doing about their online help documentation if they are not copying the CHM files to local drives? Are there any other solutions where the help information can be stored on a network and called from a VFP application, possibly something other than CHM?
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>>Tim
>
>Excellent question. I am thinking about an approach where my application will look for the CHM file in a folder on a local drive. For example, if you place the CHM file in the TEMP folder of the PC. Then, at start up, the application will check if the CHM file is in the TEMP folder of the drive and use it from there. I have not tested this approach though. If this approach works, I will tell my customers to copy the CHM file to the TEMP folder of the PC.

Thanks, Dmitry

I also thought of that, but then we have copies of help on everyones local drive. Just seems like alot of unnecessary maintenance.

Tim
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