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CHM Security

help-info — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:49:03 +0000

Never ending story - CHM security …

Following link may help some admin’s because well described:
http://tinyurl.com/ylkdbza

MS Help Viewer 1.0 - New Help System in Visual Studio 2010

help-info — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:06:36 +0000

Kathleen McGrath recently interviewed Ryan Linton, a Senior Program Manager on the Library Experience team, about the new Help system in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. He demonstrates the new browser-based Help viewer, and how you can update content locally.

Enjoy!

Old WinHelp (WinHlp32.exe) for Windows 7

help-info — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:03:18 +0000

WinHlp32.exe is required to display 32-bit Help files that have the “.hlp” file name extension. To view .hlp files on Windows 7, you need to install this application.

Sure preview at:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/WinHelpDownloadWindows7

“Click-Once” loops to install .NET Framework

help-info — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:35:32 +0000

When starting a “Click-Once” published application from Internet URL a dialog keeps trying to install .NET Framework every time, and even if you run this install it keeps trying to install .NET Framework on subsequent “Click-Once” activations…

And you are sure - .NET Framework is installed on your PC. What’s this?

This is caused when you opened a .application file in e.g. Notepad and set Notepad to be the default handler for .application files. (It needs to be the ClickOnce client runtime component). Resetting this back to the default handler corrected the problem.

HHC.exe command process hangs indefinitely

help-info — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:56:09 +0000

Having all the needed files to compile a chm, but when you run the hhc.exe command, the process hangs indefinitely.

We learned that some Windows updates caused the hhc.exe to unregister itself. A batch file that re-registered the server .dlls for the HTMLHelp workshop may work for you. Ran it every Wednesday morning. Rebooting the server also clears this situation.

Help 3 on Facebook

help-info — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:57:28 +0000

Belong to Facebook? Want to know what’s happening with Microsoft’s Help 3? Join the “Help3″ Facebook group at:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70197449895

Tech Comm Toolbox

help-info — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:03:49 +0000

JTF Associates announced the Tech Comm Toolbox. One of the most common questions heard on many forums is “What tool do you use for [purpose]?” Answers vary, of course, because everyone has their own favorites and some folks will even answer that the right tool is “the one that best meets your needs”.

Sometimes, many people will answer that you need to look at the different tools, download trial versions, and test. But where is the list of tools to choose from?

It’s at TechComm Toolbox, your online resource for all applications, services, and consultants related to technical communication.

For further information please see:
http://techcommtoolbox.com

Convert PDF to Word document

help-info — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:16:56 +0000

Easy to use online PDF to Word doc converter. To start click on “Browse” button and select the PDF file you want to convert. Then click on “Convert and Download” and wait for conversion to complete. Download the ready Microsoft Word document to your computer.

Features:

Convert PDF to Word online.
Convert as many files as you like.
No restriction on the individual PDF file size.
No registration required.

Check out www.convertpdftoword.net

Converting WinHelp projects to HTMLHelp

help-info — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:41:56 +0000

HHPMod is a software tool created by Sid Penstone for converting WinHelp projects to HTML Help format. It rewrites the project created by HTML Workshop to restore the original Context IDs and the context-sensitive support files.

As a result of a contact from a user with a very large WinHelp project Sid has modified HHPMod to remove the limit on the number of topic files that it will handle. It has been tested with more than 2000 topics, and should handle as many as HTML Workshop can process. As well as handling much large numbers of topic files, it identifies files containing graphical “hot spots” for manual editing, and has fixed some display bugs.

The new version is 2.5.9, replacing 2.4.8. Download from Sid’s web site http://post.queensu.ca/~penstone/ .

ms-its jumps with target bug

help-info — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:32:49 +0000

When the user clicks an ms-its jump that includes a target in another CHM file, the topic appears at the correct target location, but the css styles are not applied and the graphics do not appear. Clicking refresh loads the graphics and styles.
Here’s an example jump:

You can work around the css problem by referencing the css in the section of your HTML files using the ms-its protocol but that doesn’t fix the graphic issue.
The solution is to replace “ms-its:” with the older “mk:@MSITStore:” scheme.