Microsoft KB Archive/111916

PRB: Windows-Style Help File Not Found When Executable Is Run

PSS ID Number: Q111916 Article last modified on 02-25-1994

2.50 2.50a 2.50b WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

Your .EXE file cannot locate the Windows-style Help file upon execution.

= CAUSE =

If the Windows-style Help file is included as a file in a project that is built into an .EXE file, the executable will look for the Help file in the original development directory, not in the installed executable directory.

= RESOLUTION =

To properly include a Windows-style Help file in an executable, do the following: 1. Do not include the Help file in the project. 2. Place the Windows-style Help file in the application distribution directory so that the SetupWizard includes it on your distribution disks.

= REFERENCES =

Page 13 of the Microsoft FoxPro Distribution Kit for Windows “User’s Guide” states the following: If you create Windows-style help for your application, note that it can’t be included in a project. Place the Windows-style help in your application distribution directory so the Setup Wizard includes it on your distribution diskettes.

Additional reference words: 2.50 2.50a 2.50b Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.