Why won't Help work after deployment? 1

[delphiman]

The Help.html in my Delphi 6 Enterprise system is Shelled from the EventHandler
of a TBitBtn as follows

procedure TfrmGroc.btbtnHelpClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
ShellExecute(hInstance, 'OPEN', PChar(Application.HelpFile), nil, nil, sw_Normal);
end;

This works fine on the Development System but when deployed won't respond on the TargetSystem.

I might mention that the Helpfile has been succesfully deployed and a short-cut can be
created from it in the TargetSystem. And Help.html accessed that way on the TargetSystem works perfectly.

Can someone please throw some light on this?

 

[EricDraven]

Try using this code instead.

procedure TfrmGroc.btbtnHelpClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  Application.HelpFile := 'C:\MyProg\MyHelp.HLP';
  Application.HelpCommand(HELP_FINDER, 0);
end;

This should launch your help file on any operating system!


When your feeling down and your resistance is low, light another cigarette and let yourself go

 

[delphiman]

Thanks Eric .

But I am using a Help.html

 

[delphiman]

I'll try ..
Application.HelpFile := 'C:\MyProg\MyHelp.HTML';