Subj : Re: Accessing WinHelp files from application
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : David Ayre
Date : Tue Feb 08 2005 06:20 am


Hi ED,

Tried that, but it doesn't work. I can run the Help file, but
can't use the WinHelp command e.g.

WinHelp(hWnd,"help.hlp",HELP_CONTEXT,37);
I just get an error message saying "This file is not a windows
help file". I clear that and another box says "A newer version
of Help is needed to read this Help file".

Any ideas?

The alternative would be to be able to use a compiled HTML help
file if there was an alternative to WinHelp().

Cheers,

David Ayre


"Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <dont_email_me@bitbuc.ket> wrote:
>Try this:
>
>Right click the program name in Windows Explorer and select Properties and
>then Compatibility.  Select the oldest compatiblity setting (probably
>Windows 95).
>
>.  Ed
>
>> David Ayre wrote in message
>> news:42079023$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>>
>> I have a 16 bit application, compiled on 4.51 which allows the
>> help file to be accessed from the programme contextually.
>> Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work when run on Windows XP.
>> Any ideas?
>> I can also produce a compiled HTML file (.cht) but I don't know
>> how to access it from the application. Any suggestions would
>> be welcomed.
>
>
>

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