help file

[borsker]

I reinstalled fox pro 6.0 but i do not have a help file. where do i find this .hlp file

 

[DSummZZZ]

It should be on a separate disk, something like an Microsoft Developer Network (MDSN) disk.
You can also access VFP 6 help on the internet using msdn.microsoft.com


-Dave Summers-

Even more Fox stuff at:

http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm

 

[alvechurchdata]

where do i find this .hlp file

Just to confuse matters it'll be called something like foxhelp.chm - not .hlp.

You might have to go into Tools|Options, select the File Locations tab and tell Fox where it can find the Help file.

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[Mike Lewis]

Borsker,

If you've installed the MSDN disk (this is a separate CD that comes with VFP 6.0), then do the following:

1. Go to Tools / Options / File Locations.

2. Select "Help file" and click on Modify.

3. Click the "three dots" button next to the filename; navigate to something like "c:\Program Files\Microsoft\MSDN\ ... " (can't remember the exact path, but keep drilling down until you see a bunch of Help files).

4. Select FoxHelp.CHM.

5. Click OK, then Set As Default, then OK.

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My sites:
Visual FoxPro (www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk)
Crystal Reports (www.ml-crystal.com)

 

[borsker]

i have three computers i had to load it on. it worked for 1 and the the other two it shows up but there is no database in there. there is no index no search just a side screen that says foxpro and a box i can add something to list topics, but of cours when i write something in there and hit list topics it comes up blank.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Borsker,

Go the machine on which the Help is working. Find the Foxhelp.CHM file, and copy it to your VFP folder on the other machines. Then go through the steps I listed in my posting (above), but this time navigate to the VFP folder, rather than MSDN. I think you'll find that will work.

Assuming you have licences for VFP for all your computers, you are free to copy the CHM file from one to another.

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My sites:
Visual FoxPro (www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk)
Crystal Reports (www.ml-crystal.com)