PWB Menu Hyperlink in PWB.HLP is Inconsistent in Version 1.1

ID Number: Q67614

1.10 | 1.10

MS-DOS | OS/2

Summary:

When selecting help on the Programmer's WorkBench (PWB) version 1.1

from the Categories menu in QuickHelp version 1.7, the help screen for

Microsoft Advisor Help System is presented instead. This behavior may

be duplicated by following the procedure outlined below:

1. Start QuickHelp without an argument to get help on any topic. This

will bring up the main help screen.

2. Select the Programmer's WorkBench choice under the Categories menu.

Instead of bringing up the help screen for Programmer's WorkBench, you

will see the screen for the Microsoft Advisor Help System.

More Information:

If the PWB.HLP help file is decoded using helpmake as follows

helpmake /D /T /Opwb.doc pwb.hlp

we can see that the reason for this is that the .context directive for

Programmer's WorkBench appears in the wrong section in the decoded

help file. The following line

.context Programmer's Workbench

appears above the section for "Microsoft Advisor Contents." To correct

the problem, move the .context directive for Programmer's WorkBench to

the proper section, which is the "Programmer's WorkBench Contents."

The helpfile must then be recompressed, as follows:

helpmake /E7 /T /Opwb.hlp pwb.doc

The choice of /E7 is shown here for demonstration purposes only, and

is strictly arbitrary in this case. If maximum compression is desired,

the numerical argument to the /E switch may be left off, or /E15 may

be specified. Maximum compression will restore the database as close

to its original size and state as possible.