[Dxbase] a way to run WinHlp32 on Windows 10

Thu Jan 14 12:54:05 EST 2016

Took 5 minutes and works like a charm. Thanks!!
73's de Jim, KJ3L
-----Original Message----- 
From: George Byrkit
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 11:50 AM
To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dxbase] a way to run WinHlp32 on Windows 10
I have found a way to install and run WinHlp32 on Windows 10. In my case it 
is Windows 10
Pro 64 bit. It allows DXBase 2007 to open its help for the user.
Roughly:
>From this webpage:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_install/winhlp32-do
-we-have-to-go-through-this-again/ddcc2f40-e4f3-407b-9672-ee8a2b08a71e
Here is a solution (thanks to Komeil Bahmanpour):
Go to his site:
http://www.komeil.com/blog/windows-help-program-winhelp-winhlp32-exe (he has 
a blog
posting on 2015年12月31日 saying that he's working on a revised version that 
doesn't
need to be edited to work on Windows 10 (and may not also for Windows 8/8.1 
as well. Keep
checking!)
Download winhlp32-windows-7-x86-x64-komeil.cab:
http://www.komeil.com/download/1230
I needed a solution in order to get help working for Delphi Studio Architect 
on Windows
10.
Komeil's install.cmd file didn't work as is (its pre Win10) so I simply 
modified it.
Unpack the download (Install.cmd, winhlp32.exe, winhlp32.exe.mui) to a new 
directory.
Edit the install.cmd and add the following two lines to the 'settings' 
section:
set WindowsVersion=7
goto :BypassVersionError
(yes, 'WindowsVersion=7' is correct.) Save the file and execute as 
administrator.
All should go without error. Delphi help, and every other help file I've 
tried, now works
exactly as it should!
___________________
I would add:
'execute as administrator' means: open a command prompt window AS 
ADMINISTRATOR (right
click, run/open as administrator), change directory to where the Install.cmd 
file is
located, along with the 2 WinHlp32 files,
(use 'CD' to do that), then run Install.cmd. If you have this instructions 
file, the
above-described changes have already been made to Install.cmd. They are 
provided
in case you want to go back to the source (www.komeil.com), get the latest, 
and do it
yourself.
I have made a modified version of install.cmd that I could provide, but the 
suggested mod
goes early in the file, just after the ':: setup' line.
73,
George K9TRV
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