Microsoft KB Archive/314296

= PRB: HTML Help Does Not Work from VFP Application =

Article ID: 314296

Article Last Modified on 7/11/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q314296



SYMPTOMS
After a Visual FoxPro (VFP) 7.0 application is distributed to a computer that does not have VFP 7.0 installed, HTML Help files do not open when accessed from inside the application.



CAUSE
The files FoxHHelp7.exe and FoxHHelpPS7.dll are required in order for HTML Help to work from a distributed VFP 7.0 application.



RESOLUTION
If you are using &quot;InstallShield Express - Visual FoxPro Limited Edition&quot; to install your application, add FoxHHelp7.exe and FoxHHelpPS7.dll in step 2 of the install project. These files should be installed on the development computer in the \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VFP folder. If you do not want to keep them with your application files, you can place them in [CommonFilesFolder]\Microsoft Shared\VFP.

If you are copying the files manually, after bringing them over you need to run the command FoxHHelp7 /regserver on the new computer to put the proper entries in the registry.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Create a Visual FoxPro 7.0 application that uses HTML Help.
 * 2) Install the application on a computer that has not had VFP 7.0 installed on it.
 * 3) Try to use Help from the application. You will find that nothing happens.

The Microsoft Visual FoxPro HTML Help Support Library merge module which ships with InstallShield Express contains the files needed for calling HTML Help from VFP 6.0 applications. Including the merge module (MSM) with a VFP 7.0 application has no effect.

