Greg - Yes, you reinforce my impressions (online doco). Actually, I had two superceded help formats mixed - winhlp32.exe is for the older .HLP format.
I do see a number of authoring products that support .CHM (including Microsoft, and Sandcastle) but some have alternative output in PDF. Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (??????) Sent: Friday, 22 April 2016 7:59 AM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: RE: [OT] WinHlp32.exe and .CHM help file format The current trend is towards online doco only, I'm guessing mostly because it's so easy to keep up to date. The SQL Server team begrudgingly supplies offline doco but it's not a patch (no pun intended) on the online versions. They use their HelpViewer 2 mostly. Nothing is really coming in CHM any more. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Thursday, 21 April 2016 10:33 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: [OT] WinHlp32.exe and .CHM help file format I know that the .CHM file format has been deprecated / not recommended / not supported for 5 or more years, but I found that there is an installer for Windows 8/8.1 for its "reader", Winhlp32.exe - but not for Windows 10. MSDN Magazine abandoned the format in 2009 or 2010. I don't know if anyone writes help documentation for their Windows applications any more - unless it's PDF or some form of HTML. What's the experience and recommendsations of you folks on the ozdotnet list? There is a way to coerce the Windows 7 install package for Winhp32.exe to work for an install on Windows 10 64-bit (which is quite clever), but I'm intrigued to know if Microsoft has any replacement for its various generations of help file formats. For a decade or more (15+ years perhaps) it spawned an entire industry of third-party help authoring applications., including a couple of Australian ones Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia
