open help file on netwerk drive

[C.J. Koot]

Hello group,

In my program there is a helpfile (chm) which can be executed through the F1 key.

FUNCTION OpenHtmlHelp( nTopicNr )

LOCAL cParam := '', cHelpFile := 'plantenkennis.chm'

IF nTopicNr <> NIL
cParam += '-mapid ' + ALLTRIM(STR( nTopicNr, 10 )) + ' ' + ALLTRIM( cHelpFile )
ELSE
cParam += '"' + ALLTRIM( cHelpFile ) + '"'
ENDIF

_Execute( _HMG_MainHandle, 'Open', 'HH.exe', ALLTRIM( cParam ), , 5 )

RETURN (.T.)
 Normally the program and the databases run on the C-drive . There are some users that have the databases on an netwerk drive and only the program on the c-drive. But when they press F1 the help file is empty. The contents table is shown, but the rest is blank. I assume that is because the help-file is also on the netwerk drive. I can place the helpfile on the c-drive, but how can i open this help file.

Rene Koot

[Grigory Filatov]

Hello Rene,

Thanks for your request.

Hopefully the solution will be to use the full local path to the CHM file on drive C.

Replace:  
cHelpFile := 'plantenkennis.chm'

With:  
cHelpFile := HB_FNameDir( HB_ProgName() ) + '\' + 'plantenkennis.chm'

(Place `plantenkennis.chm` in the same folder as your EXE on C:.)  

This opens the local copy correctly.

HTH,

Grigory

четверг, 19 февраля 2026 г. в 15:46:43 UTC+1, plke...@gmail.com:

[C.J. Koot]

Hello jdelvalle and Grigory,

Yes, that was the trick. Sometimes it is so simple that one doesn't see it 😳. I will look more closely next time.

Rene

Op 19-02-2026 om 16:17 schreef jdelvalle:

cHelpFile := 'C:\XXXPATH\plantenkennis.chm'

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[Valteçom José Martins]

Good afternoon,

I have a project that uses a CHM file for help, but since the system underwent some changes, I stopped improving the HELP file.

In my systems, I use databases in a folder that can be local or on a server, and the executable on each machine. For this, I created a configuration file where I indicate where the databases are located, and you can proceed in the same way. Create a "config.INI" file in the local folder of each machine and inside this file, put the path where the databases are located and also where your HELP.CHM file is located.

Example:
fbases := "\\server\data"
fhelp := "\\server\help"
or
fhelp := "c:\system\help"
cHelpFile := fhelp + '\plantenkennis.chm'
It's very easy to create an .INI file; in my case, I have an executable program that already does this.

I hope this helps. Valteçom
Uberaba MG
Brazil

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