Windows help (winhlp32)

shetland_breeder · Post by **shetland_breeder** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:22 am

Is there a way of getting an application to use the Windows native winhlp32.exe?

Although I've replaced the exe in c:\windows and c:\windows\system32 my application (Borland Paradox7) still invokes the Wine help (which is broken as it doesn't display the Contents and Search and is full of 'not yet implemented' messages).

So I assume the DDI call from Paradox is being routed to some built-in wnhelp semi-workalike.

Of course I can put Windows' winhlp32.exe in Program Files and invoke it from a Linux menu item, but it would be nice to have the Paradox menu item invoke the native exe as well. Then I can wean my users off Windows.

I'm using Wine 1.1.26 on Ubuntu Hardy.

Pete

Thunderbird · Post by **Thunderbird** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:21 am

Are you sure that your program isn't calling hh.exe instead? Personally I would recommend you to invoke a native chm viewer like xchm. (That's what I do in my program; wine can perform path conversion e.g. using winepath or in source code)

Post by **dimesio** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:51 am

Although I've replaced the exe in c:\windows and c:\windows\system32 my application (Borland Paradox7) still invokes the Wine help (which is broken as it doesn't display the Contents and Search and is full of 'not yet implemented' messages).

Did you set winhlp32.exe to native in winecfg?