Use Extended Memory to Build Larger Windows Help Files

ID: Q84931

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1

SUMMARY

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.

MORE INFORMATION

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file names below to download the files:

HC505.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

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 query words: update new newest latest updated softlib

Keywords : kbfile TlsHlp
Version : WINDOWS:3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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