chm and application.startuppath

1 Oct 2006 10:15 PM

al jones

There is no installation for the program I wrote, one just copies the files
to some directory and runs it from there,

I have both a working program and help file (.chm). From within the IDE
pressing F1 gives the desired results, proper 'page' opens. However when
it's 'installed' on a users machine help presents an houglass icon for 1 -
2 seconds and then it goes away without bringing up the helps (returns to
the GUI).

Assuming that it was because HelpNameSpace is set in the environment, I set
it to
FOHelp.HelpNamespace = Application.StartupPath & "FontOrg.chm"
in formload - still no joy, any suggestions.

please excuse rhe typing, I have ny left hand in a casr which is making
typing kinda rough.

//al

2 Oct 2006 7:22 AM

Peter Macej

> FOHelp.HelpNamespace = Application.StartupPath & "FontOrg.chm"

Have you checked what Application.StartupPath returns? There is no
backslash at the end so you need to add it manually if it's missing. Or
use System.IO.Path.Combine method.

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Peter Macej
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..NET and ASP .NET code

2 Oct 2006 3:42 PM

al jones

On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:22:52 +0200, Peter Macej wrote:

>> FOHelp.HelpNamespace = Application.StartupPath & "FontOrg.chm"
>
> Have you checked what Application.StartupPath returns? There is no
> backslash at the end so you need to add it manually if it's missing. Or
> use System.IO.Path.Combine method.

as they say "DUH!!!" I finally saw that and it works like a charm - damn I
hate asking stupid questions! //al