No help in VFP 8.0

[Mike Cracraft]

We can't seem to get the help utility in
VFP 8 to work. Command HELP doesn't bring it
up, neither F1. The options show it pointed
to the proper file which executes fine in
explorer, but not in Fox. Any ideas.

Thanks
Mike Cracraft

[Cindy Winegarden]

Mike,

Just to make sure, you've got it set to "...\dv_foxhelp.chm," you've got the
Help system preference set to File, and you've got the Enable help box
checked?

--
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy.wi...@mvps.org, www.cindywinegarden.com

"Mike Cracraft" <mike.c...@halliburton.com> wrote in message
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[Rick Bean]

Mike,
Have you run VFPCLEAN.APP? While it was recommended for those that had the 8.0 beta installed, it's a good idea / doesn't hurt even if you didn't. (If you had the beta installed, you did remove it before you installed the real version, didn't you!?)

Make sure that the Menu -> Tools -> Options... -> File Locations (tab), lists the Help File as something like c:\program files\microsoft visual foxpro 8\dv_foxhelp.chm. Make sure that the Enable Help option is also checked.

Rick

"Mike Cracraft" <mike.c...@halliburton.com> wrote in message news:032201c339ca$c58c0210$a601...@phx.gbl...

[Lee Mitchell]

Hi Mike:

Did you install the MSDN Library January 2003 (or any version of MSDN)
after you installed VFP 8.0 on the machine? I found a similar case where
this scenario caused a problem.

If you start VFP 8.0 with the -A switch to bypass the registry, can you
invoke the Help file from within VFP?

156507 HOWTO: Bypass Registry Settings on Visual FoxPro Startup
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=156507

If you open Regedit and navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\8.0\Options\HelpTo
what file is the key pointing to?

I hope this helps.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Sincerely,
Microsoft FoxPro Technical Support
Lee Mitchell

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[Mike Cracraft]

Hi Lee,
I started VFP 8 with the -A switch but no luck.
I also checked the registry as you suggested
below and the HelpTo file reference there is the correct
help file path and name. Any other ideas ?

Thanks for everything.

Mike

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[Igor Korolyov]

Hi, Mike!
You wrote on Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:35:53 -0700:

MC> I started VFP 8 with the -A switch but no luck.
MC> I also checked the registry as you suggested
MC> below and the HelpTo file reference there is the correct
MC> help file path and name. Any other ideas ?

Try to reregister VFP HTML help support files - their registry entries may
be corrupted/missed for the current logged-in user...

regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\VFP\foxhhelpps8.dll"

and

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VFP\foxhhelp8.exe" -
regserver

WBR, Igor

[Alex Feldstein [MVP]]

Mike:

Make sure you have installed all FOXHHELP*.* files and registered
DLLs.

ex:
regsvr32 \<fullpath>\foxhelpps.dll

Alex Feldstein
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[Mike Cracraft]

Igor,

I ran the foxxhelp8.exe and it worked !!
HELP and F1 now restored.
Many thanks for your help.

Best regards

Mike

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