>>>All,
>>>
>>>I need some advice on how to run CHM help files in Windows 98 (or Windows 98 SE). At one point they actually ran, but since reinstalling the Windows 98 I can not. I have also been unable to do so on several other machines running Win 98. I can use a hyperlink button to call up a browser to view the Chm file, but this is rather clumsy and not workable in a commercial application.
>>>
>>>Kenn Leland
>>>The Software Connection
>>>Orange County California
>>>www.occn.org/TSC
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>>I think you need to install HTML help reader. I believe it is automatically installed if you have IE 5.0 or later. Or you might want to look for a file HH.EXE (I am not sure about the file name but it seems that this is the file that installs html help engine).
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>>HTH.
>
>Dimitry,
>
>Bingo! In a Dos command window "hh.exe orig8.chm" works perfectly.
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>I also put "!hh.exe orig8.chm" into a command button on a test form. Except for a momentary "flash" of a Dos window it works again. I suppose I can just test for what version of Windows is being run and use HH explicitly when necessary.
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>The test was done with Windows 98 plain (not SE) and the latest version of IE. I presume that it will work with SE also. I will eventually test that.
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>Thanks
>
>Kenn Leland

"!/n hh.exe orig8.chm" works even better--no "black flash".

Some else has suggested that when you distributte, you only have to check an HTML button in the install program. I will check the VFP 8.0 installer to see what it does.

Kenn Leland