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Robert Balla Member |
posted February 06, 2007 03:00 PM
  
I am currently using Windows Vista Home Premium. PB is running just fine so far except for the help system. It is no longer supported by Windows Vista. Will there be an update soon? I am using PB 7.04 ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Mike Stefanik Member |
posted February 06, 2007 03:35 PM
The PowerBASIC folks would have to completely re-author the old WinHelp RTF files to HTML Help. There are tools out there to help with the process, but no conversion tool that I've ever seen has done the job 100%. Usually there's a lot of manual editing involved. It can also complicate things if they used WinHelp extensions to add specific kinds of functionality to their help. They'd also have to modify their IDE to support HTML Help, so it wouldn't just be a matter of issuing replacement helpfiles. They'd have to publish a new version of PowerBASIC. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Robert Balla Member |
posted February 06, 2007 04:02 PM
I did find a temporary solution that does work. I copied my winhlp32.exe from XP to the Windows Vista directory and now it works. The winhlp32.exe that comes with Vista is only a dummy file. Replacing it with the Windows XP version works perfectly  ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Steve Rossell Administrator |
posted February 06, 2007 04:45 PM
Hi, Microsoft has promised that they would place Winhlp32.exe on there downloads site before Vista was released. Microsoft has stated that when Winhlp32.exe is available for download that this will be announced at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607. Winhlp32.exe cannot be distributed and must be downloaded by the consumer. We are aware that using older versions of Winhlp32.exe on Vista appears to function correctly. We have heard no reports of problems. We are currently working on HTMLHelp versions of our help files. Unfortunately, as you did, we relied on Microsoft's promise to make this available before Vista was released. Sincerely, IP: Logged |
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Mike Stefanik Member |
posted February 06, 2007 05:59 PM
Keep in mind that if you use the version of WinHlp32.exe from XP, most WinHelp files will work correctly but context-sensitive help may not. It's an "at your own risk" kind of thing. If you want to replace WinHlp32.exe, you can't just copy it, you have to also do some permissions related stuff: 1. In Explorer, right-click on C:\Windows\WinHlp32.exe and select Properties > Security > Advanced > Owner. Click on the Edit button and take ownership of the file. Acknowledge the dire warnings displayed by Windows. Click on OK to close all of the open property dialogs. 2. Right-click on the same file again, this time selecting Properties > Security and click Edit. Select Administrators and check Full Control under the Allow column. Acknowledge it, and then click OK to close out all of the dialogs. 3. Rename the WinHlp32.exe to something like WinHlp32.Vista and copy WinHlp32.exe from XP to the C:\Windows folder (it should be 283,648 bytes).
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