Dick,

Back in Feb 2016 - I sent out the following info

((NOTE!!  -- I have NOT done this, so I have nothing to add - but, you can try))

//quote//


I forgot that K9TRV had posted an email to the DXbase reflector about how
you CAN get the Windows 10 Help Files to work all ok..

His email was dated January 14, 2016  and here are the contents of that email:

//quote//

I have found a way to install and run WinHlp32 on Windows 10. In my case it is 
Windows 10
Pro 64 bit. It allows DXBase 2007 to open its help for the user.
 
Roughly:
>From this webpage:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_install/winhlp32-do
-we-have-to-go-through-this-again/ddcc2f40-e4f3-407b-9672-ee8a2b08a71e
 
Here is a solution (thanks to Komeil Bahmanpour):
 
 
 
Go to his site:
 
http://www.komeil.com/blog/windows-help-program-winhelp-winhlp32-exe (he has a 
blog
posting on 2015/12/31 saying that he's working on a revised version that doesn't
need to be edited to work on Windows 10 (and may not also for Windows 8/8.1 as 
well. Keep
checking!)
 
 
Download winhlp32-windows-7-x86-x64-komeil.cab:
 
http://www.komeil.com/download/1230
 
I needed a solution in order to get help working for Delphi Studio Architect on 
Windows
10.
 Komeil's install.cmd file didn't work as is (its pre Win10) so I simply 
modified it.
 Unpack the download (Install.cmd, winhlp32.exe, winhlp32.exe.mui) to a new 
directory.
Edit the install.cmd and add the following two lines to the 'settings' section:
 
 
set WindowsVersion=7
goto :BypassVersionError
 
 
(yes, 'WindowsVersion=7' is correct.) Save the file and execute as 
administrator. 
 All should go without error. Delphi help, and every other help file I've 
tried, now works
exactly as it should!
___________________
I would add:
 
 
'execute as administrator' means: open a command prompt window AS ADMINISTRATOR 
(right
click, run/open as administrator), change directory to where the Install.cmd 
file is
located, along with the 2 WinHlp32 files,
(use 'CD' to do that), then run Install.cmd. If you have this instructions 
file, the
above-described changes have already been made to Install.cmd. They are provided
in case you want to go back to the source (www.komeil.com), get the latest, and 
do it
yourself.
 
I have made a modified version of install.cmd that I could provide, but the 
suggested mod
goes early in the file, just after the ':: setup' line.
 
73,
George K9TRV

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73 Joe wa6axe



 

 

Joseph Glockner
wa6...@verizon.net

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Solomon <dickw1...@gmail.com>
To: DXBase <Dxbase@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tue, Feb 6, 2018 5:31 pm
Subject: [Dxbase] DXBase 2007 Help File

It's been a while since I
last used the Help File
(several computers ago).

I tried it today and got an
error message about an
"incomplete" link.

This probably has been
discussed before, but I
missed it.

How do I get to view the
Help File in WIN10 PRO,
64 bit O/S ?

Tnx, Dick, W1KSZ
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