Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!

On Jan 6, 5:49=A0pm, "n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

> The entire LB Help system "doesn't run on Vista", by which I mean it
> relies on WinHelp which is not supplied with Vista and is deprecated
> on that platform. =A0Yes, I know the end-user can download a patch to
> enable that feature

I have some freeware software in use by a lot of people, and many of
them had trouble with the free download that sup****ts .hlp files on
Vista. Even I had trouble with it on one computer - it just never
worked, even with repeated re-installs.

I ended up converting my files to .chm. It wasn't hard. I used only
free utilities and a little hand-massaging. But the whole job was done
in a couple hours. I didn't use most of the advanced .hlp features,
though. The more advanced your .hlp files are, the harder it is to
convert them.

Once you're set with the .chm project, all your source files are plain
HTML with some assorted images and stuff stored separately. This is
much friendlier to linux users since you can distribute the HTML files
for them, and it elimiates the nasty .rtf format. You can also set up
online help using the HTML files. It's a big win all the way around.

Eric