A Strange one. Send me the old and the new .HHP if you like.

  > "remember window position and size" and
compiled - "unable to open chm" message.

Maybe an invalid width got stuck in the HH persistent data store. Dunno.

Thanks
Rob


At 01:32 AM 6/11/2009, jsigren wrote:
>
>
>I ended up creating a new hhp file with the
>existing files in the help project, and have no
>problems changing hhp settings now. Thanks Paul and Rob for your responses :)
>
>

I ended up creating a new hhp file with the existing files in the help project,
and have no problems changing hhp settings now. Thanks Paul and Rob for your
responses :)

Hi,
I was changing the "Navigation pane width" on the TriPane dialog from 0 to 250.
If I change any hhp setting and compile then the chm won't open. I just now
opened the 05/09 hhp and unchecked "remember window position and size" and
compiled - "unable to open chm" message.
I think I may try creating a new project with the existing files - this hhp will
need to change eventually I'm sure.

 

The nav pane width was 0 (which is odd) and I changed it to 250. The nav pane on the chm has always had a decent width (why i don't know since 0 indicates no nav width).
I can open and close the 5/09 hhp and compile without any problems. But if I change anything - even open-save-close- w/out any changes at all - I am unable to view the chm. (anything that changes the save date is a problem. Lots of html files in the project have changed since may 09, just not any project settings - till today!
Thanks for the quick response
-janet

--- In FARHTML@yahoogroups.com, Paul Hanson <phanson@...> wrote:
>
> What did you change the window position and size values to?
>
> It was ____, and now it is ______ (tell us)
>
> I'm thinking that there is something incorrect in the syntax of what you changed the position and size to. If you take the 05/09 file and open it, without making any changes, close it, compile, do you get the same error?
>
>
> Paul Hanson
> Technical Writer
> Quintrex Data Systems http://www.quintrex.com < http://www.quintrex.com/>
> email: phanson at quintrex.com
>
>
>
>
> From: FARHTML@yahoogroups.com [ mailto:FARHTML@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jsigren
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:37 PM
> To: FARHTML@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [FARHTML] unable to open chm after changes to hhp via hh project editor
>
>
>
> Hi,
> Weird problem. I opened the project editor and changed the window position and size values to increase the width of the navigation pane. The hhp has not changed since may 09. I am unable to open the chm after compiling again. No error number is reported and it appears to compile ok. just when i try to view the chm a dialog states "cannot open the file"...and lists the path. If I restore the may 09 hhp and compile the chm opens fine.
> It seems any change to the hhp before compiling - even opening and saving without any changes - affects the chm in that it cannot be viewed. Always when I restore the hhp may 09 version and compile i am able to open and view the chm. If the hhp was corrupt than I would not be able to compile at all - any thoughts?
> Thanks
> janet
>

The nav pane width was 0 (which is odd) and I changed it to 250. The nav pane on
the chm has always had a decent width (why i don't know since 0 indicates no nav
width).
I can open and close the 5/09 hhp and compile without any problems. But if I
change anything - even open-save-close- w/out any changes at all - I am unable
to view the chm. (anything that changes the save date is a problem. Lots of html
files in the project have changed since may 09, just not any project settings -
till today!
Thanks for the quick response
-janet

--- In FARHTML@yahoogroups.com, Paul Hanson <phanson@...> wrote:
>
> What did you change the window position and size values to?
>
> It was ____, and now it is ______ (tell us)
>
> I'm thinking that there is something incorrect in the syntax of what you
changed the position and size to. If you take the 05/09 file and open it,
without making any changes, close it, compile, do you get the same error?
>
>
> Paul Hanson
> Technical Writer
> Quintrex Data Systems http://www.quintrex.com<http://www.quintrex.com/>
> email: phanson at quintrex.com
>
>
>
>
> From: FARHTML@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FARHTML@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
jsigren
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:37 PM
> To: FARHTML@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [FARHTML] unable to open chm after changes to hhp via hh project
editor
>
>
>
> Hi,
> Weird problem. I opened the project editor and changed the window position and
size values to increase the width of the navigation pane. The hhp has not
changed since may 09. I am unable to open the chm after compiling again. No
error number is reported and it appears to compile ok. just when i try to view
the chm a dialog states "cannot open the file"...and lists the path. If I
restore the may 09 hhp and compile the chm opens fine.
> It seems any change to the hhp before compiling - even opening and saving
without any changes - affects the chm in that it cannot be viewed. Always when I
restore the hhp may 09 version and compile i am able to open and view the chm.
If the hhp was corrupt than I would not be able to compile at all - any
thoughts?
> Thanks
> janet
>

Hi,
Weird problem. I opened the project editor and changed the window position and
size values to increase the width of the navigation pane. The hhp has not
changed since may 09.  I am unable to open the chm after compiling again. No
error number is reported and it appears to compile ok. just when i try to view
the chm a dialog states "cannot open the file"...and lists the path. If I
restore the may 09 hhp and compile the chm opens fine.
It seems any change to the hhp before compiling - even opening and saving
without any changes - affects the chm in that it cannot be viewed. Always when I
restore the hhp may 09 version and compile i am able to open and view the chm.
If the hhp was corrupt than I would not be able to compile at all - any
thoughts?
Thanks
janet

I figured it out - you are right - the problem was with a new window type
specified with the Project Editor; When I opened the TOC Editor and looked at
the Properties tab (which I had never done before), I unchecked "Dialog frame"
and the blue border was not present in the chm. Thanks for your response - BTW
FAR works great!!

--- In FARHTML@yahoogroups.com, Rob Chandler <robertc@...> wrote:
>
> TOC area? Sounds like you may have experimented with TOC advanced settings.
> In the TOC properties page, hit the Reset button to reset your styles.
> Save and recompile.
>
> You could also create a brand new HHP and HHC file and compare the
> settings with your current project. Even open 2 copies of FAR side by side.
>
> HH had lots of features that were never really completed. Some of them
> could get you into a bit of trouble. Always a trap for those starting
> out with HTML Help.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
> At 08:32 AM 4/11/2009, jsigren wrote:
> >
> >
> >Above the topic list is a large blue tab-like region; thin blue
> >outline around rest of content tab. Other help projects compiled
> >with FAR do not have this blue region. I have looked at the project
> >settings and am unable to identify why it is there. Has anyone seen this?
> >Thanks
>

TOC area? Sounds like you may have experimented with TOC advanced settings.
In the TOC properties page, hit the Reset button to reset your styles.
Save and recompile.

You could also create a brand new HHP and HHC file and compare the
settings with your current project. Even open 2 copies of FAR side by side.

HH had lots of features that were never really completed. Some of them
could get you into a bit of trouble. Always a trap for those starting
out with HTML Help.

Cheers
Rob

At 08:32 AM 4/11/2009, jsigren wrote:
>
>
>Above the topic list is a large blue tab-like region; thin blue
>outline around rest of content tab. Other help projects compiled
>with FAR do not have this blue region. I have looked at the project
>settings and am unable to identify why it is there. Has anyone seen this?
>Thanks

Above the topic list is a large blue tab-like region; thin blue outline around
rest of content tab. Other help projects compiled with FAR do not have this blue
region. I have looked at the project settings and am unable to identify why it
is there. Has anyone seen this?
Thanks

Thanks Rob!

 

Hi David
So we don't have a nice automated solution for TOC includes.
You can however manually include manually...

1. Load master TOC into TOC editor
2. Position cursor at insert point
3. Select TOC > Include file

 

Best you can do for now.
Yes be nice to have a command to automatically import includes.

Cheers
Rob


At 03:11 AM 10/09/2009, you wrote:

 

Hi,
I'm using the 'Make Uncompressed Help' dialog to publish to web. My TOC has an 'include file' link that is not getting picked up in the final web help output. (Works fine in the final .chm output.) How do I get this 'include file' part of of the output?

Thanks!
David

 

Hi,
I'm using the 'Make Uncompressed Help' dialog to publish to web. My TOC has an 'include file' link that is not getting picked up in the final web help output. (Works fine in the final .chm output.) How do I get this 'include file' part of of the output?

Thanks!
David

Hi,
I'm using the 'Make Uncompressed Help' dialog to publish to web.  My TOC has an
'include file' link that is not getting picked up in the final web help output.
(Works fine in the final .chm output.)  How do I get this 'include file' part of
of the output?

Thanks!
David

I've replied to your post in Codeplex.
Rob

At 11:42 PM 25/06/2009, deshimam wrote:


>I have converted existing .hhp project to .hxc project using FAR.
>Both projects are using existing HTML files.
>
>I am getting this error 'Error: HXC3023: Failed to open file' when I
>try to compile the .hxc project.
>
>I used Innovasys's HelpStudio to generate the help files and
>compared the HTML files with existing ones. My HTML files have some
>META and LINK tags which are not closed.
>
>Is there any documentation to see which HTML format is valid to use
>with FAR or hxcomp?
>
>Thanks,
>
>

I have converted existing .hhp project to .hxc project using FAR. Both projects
are using existing HTML files.

I am getting this error 'Error: HXC3023: Failed to open file' when I try to
compile the .hxc project.

I used Innovasys's HelpStudio to generate the help files and compared the HTML
files with existing ones. My HTML files have some META and LINK tags which are
not closed.

Is there any documentation to see which HTML format is valid to use with FAR or
hxcomp?

Thanks,

Hi Cynthia
You must have a setting that's wrong.
Especially make sure all Project files have
   setting: non-Binary TOC, Binary Index
as this will inhibit the merging.
If that does not help send me all your
HHP, HHC, HHK files so I can look at them.

See also
http://helpware.net/htmlhelp/how_to_merge.htm

Cheers
Rob
support AT helpware.net

--- In FARHTML@yahoogroups.com, "tourterelle75017" <cynthiajbailey@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I used a trial version of FAR HTML several months ago and successfully merged
the TOC, index, and search of multiple chm files by including the child chms in
the TOC of the parent chm. When I compiled the parent chm, the index and search
were merged as well. When we purchased our multi-user license and registered it,
I downloaded the registered version (4.3.0.681).
> Now when I include child chms in the parent toc and compile, only the toc is
merged. So I imported the file content of one of the child indexes. It seemed to
work and I could see the child index entries in the compiled parent chm.
However, when I tried to open child index entries, I received an error (this
page can not be displayed in Internet Explorer), but, parent index entries are
fine. I was working on my local drive. I verified that child index entries had
topics linked to them.
> How can I merge the indexes and search of all child chms with the parent chm?
>

Hi,
I used a trial version of FAR HTML several months ago and successfully merged
the TOC, index, and search of multiple chm files by including the child chms in
the TOC of the parent chm. When I compiled the parent chm, the index and search
were merged as well. When we purchased our multi-user license and registered it,
I downloaded the registered version (4.3.0.681).
Now when I include child chms in the parent toc and compile, only the toc is
merged. So I imported the file content of one of the child indexes. It seemed to
work and I could see the child index entries in the compiled parent chm.
However, when I tried to open child index entries, I received an error (this
page can not be displayed in Internet Explorer), but, parent index entries are
fine. I was working on my local drive. I verified that child index entries had
topics linked to them.
How can I merge the indexes and search of all child chms with the parent chm?

Watch your log and try and pinpoint when these files are compiled into
the CHM. If there is link to the file in you HHC, HHK, HHP or from
any HTML .. you have to track it down and remove that link.
Its debugging work.
Removing the file directly from the CHM is rather dangerous and not
the best way to correct your project.
Rob

At 03:06 AM 15/05/2009, djdawei wrote:


>When I use HH Utils to remove the extraneous files, it doesn't seem
>to have any effect on the .chm. The files still appear in search
>results. How do I effectively remove these files?
>
>--- In <mailto:FARHTML%40yahoogroups.com>FARHTML@yahoogroups.com,
>Rob Chandler <robertc@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > You have to be very careful with HTML Help projects.
> > The compiler "follows links" and automatically pulls in files.
> >
> > Always good to use FAR HH Utils window to make sure it all looks
> > ok inside the CHM (which is like a big zip file).
> >
> > In your FAR "HHP Editor" make sure Compiler> Display Compiler
> > Progress/Notes are Checked.
> > Now the Compile Log will show you all the paths of files added to the CHM.
> >
> > Keep an eye on this log! It gives you a clue to as to when and if
> > strange files
> > are pulled into the project.
> >
> > Remember there are also links to your HHC and HHK files too.
> >
> > For more info see
> > <http://helpware.net/FAR/far_faq.htm>http://helpware.net/FAR/far_faq.htm
> >
> > Cheers
> > Rob
> >
> > At 08:41 AM 2/04/2009, you wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >I'm new to FAR, new to this group, and generally pretty ignorant
> > >about building .chms. Anyway, my .chm builds are referencing all
> > >kinds of files from other projects. I'm not sure why this is
> > >happening, and it's not really a problem, except when Search returns
> > >topics that aren't in the .chm. I've tried using the HH Utilities
> > >dialog to remove them, but they just re-appear after I re-compile
> > >the .chm. Does anyone know how to remove these extra file references?
> > >
> > >Thank you.
> >
>
>

When I use HH Utils to remove the extraneous files, it doesn't seem to have any
effect on the .chm.  The files still appear in search results.  How do I
effectively remove these files?

--- In FARHTML@yahoogroups.com, Rob Chandler <robertc@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> You have to be very careful with HTML Help projects.
> The compiler "follows links" and automatically pulls in files.
>
> Always good to use FAR HH Utils window to make sure it all looks
> ok inside the CHM (which is like a big zip file).
>
> In your FAR "HHP Editor" make sure Compiler> Display Compiler
> Progress/Notes are Checked.
> Now the Compile Log will show you all the paths of files added to the CHM.
>
> Keep an eye on this log! It gives you a clue to as to when and if
> strange files
> are pulled into the project.
>
> Remember there are also links to your HHC and HHK files too.
>
> For more info see
> http://helpware.net/FAR/far_faq.htm
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
> At 08:41 AM 2/04/2009, you wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >I'm new to FAR, new to this group, and generally pretty ignorant
> >about building .chms. Anyway, my .chm builds are referencing all
> >kinds of files from other projects. I'm not sure why this is
> >happening, and it's not really a problem, except when Search returns
> >topics that aren't in the .chm. I've tried using the HH Utilities
> >dialog to remove them, but they just re-appear after I re-compile
> >the .chm. Does anyone know how to remove these extra file references?
> >
> >Thank you.
>

Hi

You have to be very careful with HTML Help projects.
The compiler "follows links" and automatically pulls in files.

Always good to use FAR HH Utils window to make sure it all looks
ok inside the CHM (which is like a big zip file).

In your FAR "HHP Editor" make sure Compiler> Display Compiler
Progress/Notes are Checked.
Now the Compile Log will show you all the paths of files added to the CHM.

Keep an eye on this log! It gives you a clue to as to when and if
strange files
are pulled into the project.

Remember there are also links to your HHC and HHK files too.

For more info see
http://helpware.net/FAR/far_faq.htm

Cheers
Rob

At 08:41 AM 2/04/2009, you wrote:

>Hi,
>I'm new to FAR, new to this group, and generally pretty ignorant
>about building .chms. Anyway, my .chm builds are referencing all
>kinds of files from other projects. I'm not sure why this is
>happening, and it's not really a problem, except when Search returns
>topics that aren't in the .chm. I've tried using the HH Utilities
>dialog to remove them, but they just re-appear after I re-compile
>the .chm. Does anyone know how to remove these extra file references?
>
>Thank you.

At 07:05 PM 31/03/2009, catuxa33 wrote:

>Hi!
>I'm working on a delphi7 application. This application uses HTML
>Help with the HH Kit and the D6OnHelpFix.pas. They want me to make
>sure that you can uses this help if you change to delphi2007, but i
>don't have acces to an delphi2007 compilator. I want to know if i
>need to do something more or just with updating the fix is ok.
>Thanks a lot!!!!!!

Should be problems. But I don't think I've every tried D2007.
You'll soon find out - if Help events don't fire then you need the fix unit.
I'll try and help if you have problems.

Just finished updating the kit examples for D2009 however.
The Unicode release is quite a change for Delphi (which may explain
why you are staying with 2007).

Rob

Hi!
I'm working on a delphi7 application. This application uses HTML Help with the
HH Kit and the D6OnHelpFix.pas. They want me to make sure that you can uses this
help if you change to delphi2007, but i don't have acces to an delphi2007
compilator. I want to know if i need to do something more or just with updating
the fix is ok.
Thanks a lot!!!!!!

Hi,
I'm new to FAR, new to this group, and generally pretty ignorant about building
.chms.  Anyway, my .chm builds are referencing all kinds of files from other
projects.  I'm not sure why this is happening, and it's not really a problem,
except when Search returns topics that aren't in the .chm.  I've tried using the
HH Utilities dialog to remove them, but they just re-appear after I re-compile
the .chm. Does anyone know how to remove these extra file references?

Thank you.

Hello Rob,

Thanks much for your kind offer. I removed all graphics and recompiled so I could send you the CHM -- and guess what? No “Redirect Page” topic appears in the Search returns.

So perhaps one of the graphics files in the original file somehow had the word “security” attached to it, although no graphic has that word in the filename.

When the current deadline is over, I’ll experiment a little to see if I can track down the culprit. If I learn anything of interest, I’ll share it with you and the group.

Thanks again for your always-terrific support!

Gay

                                                    

From: FARHTML@yahoogroups.com [ mailto:FARHTML@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rob Chandler
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 6:47 PM
To: FARHTML@yahoogroups.com; FARHTML@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FARHTML] Redirect Page

 

Hi Gay
Don't know. If you want free to send me the CHM so I can make a comment.
  - if you delete all images before compiling, and send instructions that would be great
  - support at helpware .net
Rob

At 07:43 AM 31/03/2009, Gay Alson wrote:

FAR 4.3.0.681

Windows XP Pro, Version 2002, Service Pack 2,

I compiled a .CHM as usual, and in doing some spotchecks, found that when using the Search function to look for the keyword “Security”, among the several topics returned, one is called “Redirect Page” but when I try to open that  “topic”, it gives me a DNS error (“Page cannot be displayed”).

Does anyone know what is being included in my project to produce this?

I don’t have redirect.html in my project folder and I read the FAR help but can’t find anything that seems relevant to this problem.

Thanks for any suggestions or help,

Gay Alson

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FAR 4.3.0.681
Windows XP Pro, Version 2002, Service Pack 2,

I compiled a .CHM as usual, and in doing some spotchecks, found that when using the Search function to look for the keyword “Security”, among the several topics returned, one is called “Redirect Page” but when I try to open that  “topic”, it gives me a DNS error (“Page cannot be displayed”).

Does anyone know what is being included in my project to produce this?

I don’t have redirect.html in my project folder and I read the FAR help but can’t find anything that seems relevant to this problem.

Thanks for any suggestions or help,

Gay Alson

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This is a manual job. You may need to decompile each to its own
folder (incase of clashes with filenames). And because of that you
may need to adjust link paths (FAR find and replace will help). You
will notice that the latest FAR TOC Editor (you may need the Beta - I
forget), has a TOC > Import - This can be used to manually merge your
TOC (and Index) files into one master file.

Rob

At 03:55 AM 25/03/2009, Jon Brams wrote:

>Hi Rob,
>
>I need to make uncompressed help from the web for a set of six CHMs.
>
>The set consists of a parent (intplot.chm) and five children.
>
>How can I do this? I started by doing a Batch Decompile.
>
>Am I on the right track? Will I need to manually edit the table of contents?
>
>The project file for the parent contains the following:
>
>[OPTIONS]
>Compatibility=1.1 or later
>Binary Index=Yes
>Compiled file=intplot.chm
>Contents file=intplottoc.hhc
>Default Window=$global_mainWindow
>Default topic=intplot0.html
>Display compile progress=No
>Enhanced decompilation=Yes
>Full-text search=Yes
>Index file=intplotindex.hhk
>Language=0x409 English (United States)
>
>[WINDOWS]
>$global_mainWindow="ProjectWise InterPlot
>Help","intplottoc.hhc","intplotindex.hhk",
>"intplot0.html","intplot0.html",,,,,0x63520,,0x3046,[50,50,600,500],,,,,,,0
>mainWindow="",,,,,,,,,0x63520,,0x3046,[50,50,600,500],,,,,,,0
>
>[FILES]
>bsihelpjs.js
>set.css
>figures\help_header.jpg
>figures\nextbtn.png
>figures\prevbtn.png
>intplot0.html
>intplotfn.html
>intplot1.html
>* snip *
>intplot46.html
>
>[MERGE FILES]
>iplot.chm
>aplot.chm
>darprov.chm
>rasprov.chm
>specsprov.chm