MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format

[GregL]

I converted the MSDN MASM Reference from Help2 (.hxs) to HTML Help (.chm) format. Use the 'See also:" links at the bottom of the pages for navigation.



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[MichaelW]

Thanks Greg, my hard copy is getting really tired. Now if there were some way to (legally) get the other components from the wire-bound reference that accompanied the commercial versions of MASM, most importantly the Processor reference.

[GregL]

I updated the file above to include links to the ML Error Messages. They were missing in the previous one. I don't know if it's worth fixing the links to the H2INC Error Messages.

[GregL]

Updated again.

[theCaller]

Huston we have problem  :toothy


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[GregL]

theCaller,

What does that mean? If it was text, I could have cut and pasted it, and then translated it with Babel Fish.

[Ghirai]

It's the "action cancelled" message you receive in IE for example, when the page is not accesible, etc.

A wild guess is that you have a broken link in the chm.

[GregL]

Ghirai,

Thanks. It would be nice to know which link. I haven't run across a broken one myself.

[MazeGen]

Thanks Greg, it is useful for me :thumbu

[GregL]

I added a Table of Contents to the CHM file in the first post. Makes navigation easier.

[MazeGen]

Again thanks :)

Any chance to add x64 directives? I miss them since I work with ML64.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8t163bt0.aspx

[ToutEnMasm]

marvellous,
                  ToutEnMasm

[GregL]

MazeGen,

I would have to re-do the whole thing with the newer MSDN version. I am not currently using the 64-bit stuff so the motivation is not there. It was quite a bit of work.

How I did it:

1. Uncompile the VCMASM.HXS file to several HTM files with HXCOMP.EXE which is part of the Help 2 SDK.

2. Use the HTML Help Workshop to build the CHM file from the HTM files, making sure to get all the links correct, and build a Table of Contents by hand.

Here is another way How To Convert MS Help 2.x to MS HH 1.x.

An alternative to using a CHM is to use a Help 2 viewer like H2Viewer and just load the VCMASM.HXS file individually.

I wanted a CHM version to integrate with WinAsm Studio and TextPad.