HELP files in 5.6 filepro on Windows7 - FYI

[Kenneth Brody]

On 4/7/2010 6:10 PM, John Esak wrote:
[...]
> Anyone who has even only glancingly read this list knows that I am a pretty
> die-hard supporter of the Microsoft Windows GUI.  I always or mostly always
> defend MS.  However, dropping support for the .hlp format/protocol?  Well,
> that doesn't seem like a sound or even just fair path to take.
[...]

Well, technically, they didn't "drop support" for the .hlp file format. 
Rather, versions since Vista don't include the .hlp file viewer "out of the 
box".  If you try to use such a file, you get a window which says:

     The Help for this program was created in Windows Help format,
     which depends on a feature that isn't included in this version
     of Windows. However, you can download a program that will allow
     you to view Help created in the Windows Help format.

     For more information, go to the Microsoft Help and Support
     website.

The last sentence has a clickable link to the knowledgebase article about 
it, along with download links for several versions of Windows.

Microsoft is calling them "legacy .hlp files".

Surprisingly, although they don't include support for "32-bit .hlp files", 
they still include support for "16-bit .hlp files".

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607

-- 
Kenneth Brody