DOCUMENT:Q171932  28-JUL-1997  [mspress]
TITLE   :Help Author Kit: Windows 3.x Help File Information Is Inaccurate
PRODUCT :Microsoft Press
PROD/VER:
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:kbfile

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 - ISBN: 1-55615-892-0   "Microsoft Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit"

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SUMMARY
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Page 301 of the "Microsoft Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit" states that you
can compile Help files for Windows 3.x by using Win32s, or by restricting
the Help file to use features that are only available Help Compiler 3.0.

The Windows 95 Help Compiler included with this book creates Help files in
the Help Compiler 4.0 file format. You cannot use these files on Windows
3.1 systems without Win32s; instead, you must compile these Help files with
the Windows 3.1 Help Compiler.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Windows 3.1 Help Compiler, version 3.10.505, is available at no charge
from Microsoft in the compressed file Hc505.exe. This file also contains
directions to install the compiler to the practice directory.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software
Library:

 ~ Hc505.exe

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software
Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

STATUS
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Microsoft Press has confirmed this to be a problem in the "Microsoft
Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit."  This problem will be corrected in future
reprints and editions of this book.

Additional query words: mspress ms_press press bookbug
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Keywords          : kbfile
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbdocerr

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