Do RH6-generated .chm files work under Vista?

[ristra]

Apologies for posting this question again just to move it up in "triage" but I'd really like to hear from some of the active responders (e.g., Grainge, Captiv8r) on this issue. To recap:

I know RH 6 cannot be installed successfully under Vista but everything I've read (including a response on this forum from Grainge) indicates the 6.0-generated .chm (from say, XP) works...However, when viewing a RH 6.0-generated .chm (local not on server) under Vista, I receive the following error in the topic pane: "The address is not valid." Viewing the same file under XP works fine. The TOC pane resolves but is, of course, useless.

Anyone else experiencing problems viewing RH 6.0-generated .chm files under Vista?

Thx for any insight.

-robin

[RoboWizard]

Hi all

For what it's worth, Robin sent me a small .CHM that did not work on Vista. It worked fine on my Vista, which seems to point to a Vista configuration issue on Robin's end.

Cheers... Rick

[darkagn]

Hi Robin and Rick,

I have a chm file that I have generated in XP (about 35 MB in size). In Vista I can open the file successfully by opening it like any normal application (double-clicking icon, right-click and choosing Open etc). However when running one of my applications in Vista and pressing F1 or selecting the context-sensitive help in other ways, I get the error message:

Context-sensitive help not installed.

And the chm file fails to open. This process does work in XP so I am thinking it is something to do with vista. Is this a known issue/bug, or could it be my vista configuration? Can anyone suggest a solution please?

Thanks in advance,
darkagn

[RoboColum_n_]

Hi darkagn. This does sound like some sort of Vista set-up issue. I haven't gone anywhere near Vista yet so can't really give many pointers. Is there some component of Vista for CSH that needs installing? Try searching the Microsoft Support site for details.

[darkagn]

Hi all,

Just thought I'd let everyone know that the errors I was experiencing above were actually caused by the way our Delphi code was calling the context sensitive help.

Thanks for the input though Colum!