HELPMAKE Version 1.05 May Not Decode All Formatting

ID Number: Q64792

1.05 | 1.05

MS-DOS | OS/2

buglist1.05 fixlist1.06

Summary:

HELPMAKE version 1.05 (shipped with Microsoft C version 6.00 and the

Basic PDS 7.10) does not decode all formatting information in help files

decoded with the /D option. HELPMAKE version 1.03 (shipped with the OS/2

1.20 SDK) works as expected.

This lack of decoding will result in no bold, green, italic, or

underline formatting in help files that are compressed again with

HELPMAKE.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in HELPMAKE version 1.05.

This problem was corrected in HELPMAKE version 1.06. HELPMAKE 1.06 was

shipped with the Microsoft Advisor Library.

Example

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The "\i" and "\p" options are not decoded in the sample below. This

excerpt is from PWB 1.00 version of the PWB.HLP file.

Note: Nonprintable characters are removed from these examples.

From HELPMAKE version 1.03:

+------- Browse Menu ---------+

| \i\a\pGoto Definition...\v@L8001\v\i\p | Finds definition of symbol

From HELPMAKE version 1.05:

+------- Browse Menu ---------+

| \aGoto Definition...\v@L8001\v | Finds definition of symbol