INFO: Reference List of KB Articles about the Help Compiler

ID: Q139143

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 5.0, 6.0

SUMMARY

With the advent of Visual FoxPro 3.0, developers are more inclined to move to Windows-style help files to maintain the Windows look-and-feel. The FoxPro Knowledge Base does not offer a substantial amount of information on this subject. However, you can find many articles on this topic in the SDK/Windows Programming Knowledge Base.

The listing of articles in the "More Information" section of this article is by no means exhaustive, but it should prove to be a useful reference for help-compiler related topics and issues. All the Knowledge Base articles listed, with the exception of

Q122141,

can be found in the Windows/SDK collection. Article

Q122141

can be found in the FoxPro collection.

For additional information, you can query the complete Microsoft FoxPro Knowledge Base on The Microsoft Network or the Internet. Additionally, you can contact Microsoft Technical Support and request that the articles be faxed to you at no charge.

MORE INFORMATION

To find out how to contact Microsoft Technical Support you may refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q113173 Technical Support Numbers for Fox Developers

The following list represents many of the common issues and topics that are relevant to the Windows Help Compiler.

Q64050 Use Uppercase "K" for Keywords in Windows Help Files

Q66494 Help Compiler Internal Error Possible Causes

Q67884 Graphics as Jumps in Windows Help Files

Q67895 Multiple Columns of Text in Windows Help Files

Q69882 Windows Help (HLP) File Format Is Not Available

Q71761 PRB: Search Button Disabled in Windows Help

Q74283 WIN.INI Settings for Windows Help Hypertext Colors

Q74937 Authoring Windows Help Files for Performance

Q75010 Rich Text Format Subset Supported by Windows Help

Q75111 Changing Hypertext Jump Color in Windows Help

Q76493 Creating a Nonscrollable Region in Windows Help 3.1

Q76534 Conditionally Activating a Button in Windows Help

Q77748 Nesting Quotation Marks Inside Windows Help Macros

Q77841 PRB: Vertical Scroll Bars Missing from Windows Help

Q77931 Sample Help File Demonstrates Win 3.1 Help Macros

Q77935 PRB: Causes of Help Compiler "Table Too Complex" Warning

Q78119 PRB: Help Compiler Warning "Using Old Key Phrase Table" Cause

Q78242 Help Does Not Support Side-by-Side Paragraphs

Q81233 Creating Autosized Tables with Windows Help

Q83010 SAMPLE: Navigating a Windows Help File Topic Hierarchy

Q83020 Semicolons Cannot Separate Macros in .HPJ File

Q84931 Use Extended Memory to Build Larger Windows Help Files

Q85490 PRB: Number Causes Help Compiler Invalid Context ID Error

Q85594 Application Cannot Clear the Windows Help History List

Q85676 Windows Help and Help Compiler Capacity Limits

Q86332 PRB: Bitmap Causes Windows Help Compiler Out-of-Memory Error

Q86718 PRB: Special Characters Missing from Compiled Help File

Q87007 BUG: Help Compiler Hangs When .HPJ File [MAP] Section Too Big

Q87343 SAMPLE: Creating a Glossary Button in Windows Help

Q87342 PRB: Small Caps Text Unchanged in Windows Help

Q88126 BUG: HC Error 2050 from #include in Help Project File (.HPJ)

Q88128 BUG: Minimized Windows Help Yields Incorrect Icon

Q88142 Preventing Word Wrap in Microsoft Windows Help Files

Q88191 Using the Microsoft Windows Help Compiler

Q85677 Sources of Information about the Windows Help Compiler

Q90291 Using Graphics Within a Help File

Q90292 Causes of Help Compiler Error 5059

Q91025 Creating Help Files Compatible with Windows 3.0 and 3.1

Q92422 Help Fonts Must Use ANSI Character Set

Q93918 Help Topic Margins Always 1 Inch When Printed

Q93919 New SHED.EXE Preserves Hot Spot Information

Q93645 Windows Help Internal Variables

Q94611 Jumping to a Keyword in the Middle of a Help Topic

Q115183 Running WINHELP.EXE with Command Line Switches

Q120251 How to Specify Filenames/Paths in Viewer/WinHelp Commands

Q122141 How to Build a Sample Windows-Style Help File

Q125670 How to Implement Context-Sensitive Help in Windows 95 Dialogs

Q110540 PRB: Quotation Marks Missing from Compiled Help File

Q114604 PRB: Smart Quotes Not in Help Files Compiled From Word 6 RTF

Q111095 BUG: Nonscrolling Region in Help File Topic Does Scroll

Q138782 How to Call Windows Help Search Macro in FoxPro 2.x

Q138781 How to Call a Windows Help Search Macro by Using Code

REFERENCES

For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q121931 KB Articles Answer Frequently-Asked FoxPro Questions

This article may also prove to be useful as a reference guide.

For a list of companies that provide access to the Internet, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q107420 Gaining Internet Access

Additional query words: Winhelp files hpj rtf

Keywords : kbVFp300 kbVFp500 kbVFp600
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,5.0,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo