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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I haven’t kept up with this thread; has anyone mentioned Flare Help Viewer? It is much more modern than CHM, and runs in .Net 4.0 (required). Worth a trial.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jack DeLand</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>, CSM<b> </b>| 734 972 3026 (cell) | jack.deland (skype) | </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackdeland">http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackdeland</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Fei Min Lorente<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 28, 2013 9:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> grant@hedgewizard.net; Robert Lauriston<br><b>Cc:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Choosing a Help Format<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the suggestion, Grant, but I’m not clear on whether it supports Windows 7. We’ll look into it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yup, Rob confirmed that MS Help Viewer only works with Visual Studio. So it looks like we’re stuck with MS HTML Help (.chm), which is a bit more modern than WinHelp. Eclipse Help and OmniHelp are also still in the running. We found that we can do a rudimentary context-sensitive help with any of them if we link to a URL and don’t try to link to a mid-page anchor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks to everyone who responded. With your help, we are very close to making a decision.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fei Min<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:grant@hedgewizard.net">grant@hedgewizard.net</a> [<a href="mailto:grant@hedgewizard.net">mailto:grant@hedgewizard.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 27, 2013 7:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Lauriston<br><b>Cc:</b> Fei Min Lorente; <a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Choosing a Help Format<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Not only that, but MS stopped support for the 32-bit help viewer. ( WinHlp32.exe) <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>However, they do still distribute it <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607</a> , albeit with some fairly scary warnings. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There is an alternative viewer: Help Explorer Viewer ( <a href="http://download.cnet.com/Help-Explorer-Viewer/3000-6675_4-10666661.html">http://download.cnet.com/Help-Explorer-Viewer/3000-6675_4-10666661.html</a>) <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Grant Hogarth <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>> On November 27, 2013 at 9:41 AM Robert Lauriston <<a href="mailto:robert@lauriston.com">robert@lauriston.com</a>> wrote: <br>> <br>> <br>> There's no free runtime help viewer? That would explain why no one <br>> uses that format. <br>> <br>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Fei Min Lorente <br>> <<a href="mailto:FeiMin.Lorente@onsemi.com">FeiMin.Lorente@onsemi.com</a>> wrote: <br>> > We’ve been in touch with Rob Chandler (creator of mshcMigrate) and he’s <br>> > helped us realize that I might have been describing our challenge <br>> > incorrectly. The developers are using VS 2010 to create an application that <br>> > will run independently from Visual Studio, using .NET 4.0 as the framework. <br>> > From everything we’ve read, it seems that MS Help Viewer only works if <br>> > Visual Studio is installed; is that right? <br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>