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Title: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: GregL on January 04, 2006, 11:36:05 PM
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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Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: MichaelW on January 05, 2006, 12:42:29 AM
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.


Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: GregL on January 05, 2006, 01:08:30 AM
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.

Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: GregL on January 06, 2006, 03:52:59 AM
Updated again.

Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: theCaller on January 09, 2006, 10:55:52 PM
Huston we have problem  :toothy


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Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: GregL on January 10, 2006, 12:32:21 AM
theCaller,

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

Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: Ghirai on January 10, 2006, 03:27:51 PM
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.
Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: GregL on January 10, 2006, 09:40:48 PM
Ghirai,

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

Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: MazeGen on January 11, 2006, 10:31:57 AM
Thanks Greg, it is useful for me :thumbu
Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: GregL on August 08, 2006, 11:14:48 PM
I added a Table of Contents to the CHM file in the first post. Makes navigation easier.



Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: MazeGen on August 09, 2006, 08:00:03 AM
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
Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: ToutEnMasm on August 09, 2006, 12:52:36 PM

marvellous,
                  ToutEnMasm
Title: Re: MSDN MASM Reference in CHM format
Post by: GregL on August 09, 2006, 10:29:06 PM
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 (http://www.mshelpwiki.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=ToHTMLHelp).

An alternative to using a CHM is to use a Help 2 viewer like H2Viewer (http://www.helpware.net/mshelp2/h2viewer.htm) and just load the VCMASM.HXS file individually.

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