[Dxbase] Winhelp32.exe for Vista now available

Wed Mar 28 21:10:42 EST 2007

Well, I'm not sure about XP. I have friends who run businesses who 
still operate Windows 2000 over XP. One of them is an MIT graduate and 
he won't touch XP with his business. I have XP PRO on a work computer 
and it is a pain in the ass. Always something going on. Windows 2K 
runs like a champ. I think I'll stay off the wave until all these 
distress calls stop coming in on the reflector.
Steve, N4JQQ
Robert Bonner wrote:
>Steve,
>>Well if you are still on win 2000 you missed a fantastic product "XP" over
>the last 5 years that made 2000 look like a boat anchor. Vista is doing
>just fine, they are based around ONLINE HELPS now and not help files.
>>That's old technology.
>>Catch the wave or float out to sea my friend.
>>BOB DD
>>-----Original Message-----
>From: crownhaven [mailto:crownhaven at bellsouth.net] 
>Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:00 PM
>To: rbonner at qro.com
>Cc: 'John Pelham'; 'DXBase List'
>Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Winhelp32.exe for Vista now available
>>Just curious.....why would anyone want to flog themselves with another 
>Microsoft product that we all know is shot full of holes and will take 
>years to stabilize???? Serious question. I am still running Windows 
>2000 and it is rock solid. I just don't understand what Vista does for 
>you unless your hobby is computing.
>>Steve, N4JQQ
>>Robert Bonner wrote:
>>>>>I loaded that help thing too and mine does exactly the same thing. I'm on
>>Vista 64
>>>>BOB DD
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>>>>[mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>>>>On Behalf Of John Pelham
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:30 PM
>>To: DXBase List
>>Subject: [Dxbase] Winhelp32.exe for Vista now available
>>>>A few weeks ago us Vista "beta testers" were lamenting the fact that we
>>couldn't read the DXbase help topics using the Vista OS. MS has released
>>Winhelp32.exe for Vista which will run .hlp files such as those used by
>>DXbase.
>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6ebcfad9-d3f5-4365
>>>>>-
>>>>8070-334cd175d4bb&displaylang=en
>>>>or
>>>>http://tinyurl.com/yvstvw
>>>>Although, on my system, there's still a bit of a problem: When I choose a
>>help topic I get an error message "there was a problem running the macro."
>>The help topic displays, but I can't get back to the list of topics; i.e.,
>>>>>I
>>>>can navigate within a topic using the << and >> buttons, but to view
>>>>>another
>>>>topic I have to start over from the DXbase app with Help | Help Topics and
>>choose another one.
>>>>Better than nothing, though.
>>>>73, W1JA
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