OK, no more Winhelp32.exe ... what's the replacement for it?

[Mike]

Ok, out with the old ... in with the new ... Microsoft's help files work with
Vista ... where's the solution for programmer's using Microsoft products such
as Visual Studio?

 

[Windy]

You just need a update from Microsoft to open some old help files in Vista.
Download it using the link below:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d9-d3f5-4365-8070-334cd175d4bb&DisplayLang=en

p.s: It's validation required.

 

[BillD]

Ok, out with the old ... in with the new ... Microsoft's help files work with
Vista ... where's the solution for programmer's using Microsoft products such
as Visual Studio?

,HLP format is an obsolete format.
..CHM format has replaced .HLP since Win98

 

[BillD]

You just need a update from Microsoft to open some old help files in Vista.
Download it using the link below:

,HLP format is an obsolete format.
..CHM format has replaced .HLP since Win98! There're no valid reasons to
install winhelp32.exe on Vista unless you have a very very very old
application

 

[Jon]

Ok, out with the old ... in with the new ... Microsoft's help files work
with
Vista ... where's the solution for programmer's using Microsoft products
such
as Visual Studio?

This is an old issue, so a bit of googling will turn up a host of solutions.
You can use the older winhlp32.exe from an XP installation to view your .hlp
files

 

[mayayana]

That's probably a question for a programming
newsgroup. I know that there are HTML help
compilers available, and MS has a primitive
version of such a thing as a free download. I don't
have a link offhand, but it should be easy enough
to find. The gist of it is that you have to write each
page as a webpage, then the CHM compiler puts
those together.

Personally I use Shalom, the free and convenient
..HLP editor/creator. As Windy said, you can direct
people to a support download for the .HLP files. Many
Vista users are likely to need that anyway, as .hlp files
are still very common. (Ironically, the .hlp file I use the
most is the one for Win32 API documentation. I don't
know of a CHM version of that in a single file.) And .hlp
files have the advantage of not carrying the security
risks that have plagued HTML help.

On the downside, I seem to remember hearing of people
having trouble with installing the .hlp update patch.

Then again, no one ever reads help files, so not to worry.

 

[mayayana]

That's probably a question for a programming
newsgroup. I know that there are HTML help
compilers available, and MS has a primitive
version of such a thing as a free download. I don't
have a link offhand, but it should be easy enough
to find. The gist of it is that you have to write each
page as a webpage, then the CHM compiler puts
those together.

Personally I use Shalom, the free and convenient
..HLP editor/creator. As Windy said, you can direct
people to a support download for the .HLP files. Many
Vista users are likely to need that anyway, as .hlp files
are still very common. (Ironically, the .hlp file I use the
most is the one for Win32 API documentation. I don't
know of a CHM version of that in a single file.) And .hlp
files have the advantage of not carrying the security
risks that have plagued HTML help.

On the downside, I seem to remember hearing of people
having trouble with installing the .hlp update patch.

Then again, no one ever reads help files, so not to worry.