You need 2 more help specific files: foxhhelp9.exe and foxhhelpps9.dll and foxhhelp9.exe has to be registered: foxhhelp9.exe /regserver
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>I'm trying to use a help file based on a zero-install of VFP. What I mean by zero-install is that the application has been compiled, and in a stand-alone directory including
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>HelpTest.exe
>MyHelp.chm
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>and the minimum exe/dlls for VFP including
>MSVCR71.dll
>VFP9R.DLL
>VFP9ENU.DLL
>VFP9T.DLL
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>To eliminate any other possibilities of application requirements, I created a simple HelpTest.exe that has a simple form, button and read-events so it remains in VFP for the test.
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>In the CLICK of the button, I have
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>set help to fullpath( "MyHelp.chm" )
>help id 123
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>The help does NOT even open. Does VFP have some other launch exe that passes the activation to a different CHM file?
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>Thanks
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