RE: Files to deliver with WinHelp Help File...

["Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>]

On Wednesday, October 11, 2006, Paul Hanson wrote: 

> At the *bare* minimum, you need the .cnt and .hlp file. If you are using
> something proprietary to your HAT, you may have additional DLL files to
> include, such as RoboEx32.dll if you're working with RoboHelp, or
> additional external .hlp files that are linked to from the first file. 

If you are generating a full text search file when the project is 
compiled, you'll also want to ship the FTS file. However, if you don't 
it's no big deal, since the FTS will be generated when the user 
opens the search for the first time.

Also, you may want to ship a 0 byte GID file, if your company is 
worried about clean un-installs. The FTS files are generated in the 
Windows\Help directory, but the GIDs are generated in the folder in 
which the help file resides. In most instances an installation cannot 
uninstall a file it didn't install, so shipping a 0 byte GID ensures that 
your application directory is empty, and thus removed, when an 
uninstall is performed. I just create the 0 byte GID in notepad -- 
open notepad, and save the empty file as helpfilename.GID.

Regards,

Dana W.

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Dana Worley
Software Product Manager, Marketing
Campbell Scientific, Inc. 
Microsoft MVP, Windows Help 2002-2007


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