Winhelp win32.hlp

hutch-- · August 15, 2008, 08:15:30 AM

I had some spare bandwidth on one of my sites so I put the win32.hlp file collection on it. This is from a Borland C package of about 10 years ago and its been doing the job for that long.

http://masm32.masmcode.com/masm32/mshelp.zip

n00b! · August 15, 2008, 02:51:40 PM

Thanks for that :U

jj2007 · August 15, 2008, 04:17:09 PM

Little problem: After installation, win32.hlp launches fine but crashes with Ascii 7 when I try the Find tab. This version of win32.hlp is one month older than the other one that is hanging around on some places, and half as big - 12,607,301 instead of 24,804,587

hutch-- · August 15, 2008, 10:34:39 PM

JJ,

As long as there was not an error in the download, I haven't any idea of why it crashes on an ascii 7. I have seen most of the other versions but this one has all of the extra files, multimedia, OLE etc ... and I have used it for about 10 years with no problems. I stuffed it all into a 7zip archive but it expands up to about 60 meg, I don't think any others have more data.

jj2007 · August 15, 2008, 10:41:47 PM

Hutch, this is win32.hlp only. Sorry for my loose talk: "crashes with Ascii 7" meant is makes "pling" and disappears; but only when you try the search function. Index and summary tabs are identical to the other Win32.hlp

jj2007 · August 15, 2008, 10:46:39 PM

Problem solved: I deleted win32.GID, and now it works fine. Probably you can delete all GID files.

hutch-- · August 15, 2008, 10:56:59 PM

Gratsie. :U

Mark Jones · August 16, 2008, 04:21:26 AM

Quote from: jj2007 on August 15, 2008, 10:46:39 PM
Problem solved: I deleted win32.GID, and now it works fine. Probably you can delete all GID files.

I've noticed this behavior recently, perhaps it is due to some windows update. But this problem likes to appear in RadASM when opening multiple help files... solution is always to delete the .gid file.

jj2007 · August 16, 2008, 06:53:42 AM

Quote from: Mark Jones on August 16, 2008, 04:21:26 AM
Quote from: jj2007 on August 15, 2008, 10:46:39 PM
Problem solved: I deleted win32.GID, and now it works fine. Probably you can delete all GID files.

I've noticed this behavior recently, perhaps it is due to some windows update. But this problem likes to appear in RadASM when opening multiple help files... solution is always to delete the .gid file.

GID files contain user settings and should be created on the fly. If you transfer Hutch's settings to your pc, you might induce the software to access inexisting drives etc...

hutch-- · August 16, 2008, 08:11:07 AM

I will change it over shortly, I just don't feel like doing an FTP transfer of 17 meg to the US at the moment.

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