Use Extended Memory to Build Larger Windows Help Files

 Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q84931
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

A version of the Windows 3.1 Help Compiler which has been enhanced to use extended memory is now available in the Microsoft Software Library. The extended memory version of the Windows 3.1 Help Compiler (HCP.EXE) generates files for the Windows 3.1 Help application. As with all previous versions of the Windows Help Compiler, the new version runs under MS-DOS. However, the new version requires extended memory and is best run in an MS- DOS session under Windows.

Download HC505.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download HC505.EXE (size: 229960 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get HC505.EXE (size: 229960 bytes)

The size and complexity of the files processed by earlier versions of the Windows Help Compiler is constrained by the amount of free MS-DOS memory available at compile time. This capacity constraint has caused difficulties for some developers creating very large files for Windows Help. The HCP.EXE application removes this capacity constraint.

For more information on the Windows Help Compiler, see Chapter 3 of the "Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit: Programming Tools" for version 3.1 manual.

Additional reference words: 3.10 update new newest latest updated softlib
HC505.EXE
KBCategory: kbtool kbfile
KBSubcategory: TlsHlp

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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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