Re: Accessing CHMs via Networks

["Connie Giordano" <connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com>]

Keith,

If you find a way to easily acces CHMs from a network, please post to the list!  I've never been able to get it to work, so I've always used Webhelp as the output. In the past, when I tried CHM from a server, I would ALWAYS get a download dialog, even if it had already been downloaded.  That issue might have been resolved, but I just switched to web help and never really looked back....


Connie P. Giordano
The Right Words
Communications & Information Design
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>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Keith Hansen <KRH -at- weiland-wfg -dot- com>
>  Subject: Accessing CHMs via Networks
>  Sent: 25 Apr '07 08:59
>  
>  
>  A while back, Dana wrote the following regarding CHM files:
>  
>  <<... if your customers need to access the CHM via a network, you may
>  want to look at some other output format (such as "NetHelp" or "WebHelp"
>  -- name and functionality vary depending upon your tool). For reference,
>  see Microsoft KB
>  896358 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896358>>
>  
>  Has accessing CHMs via networks been a significant problem for any of
>  you? How did you overcome it?
>  
>  At this point, I'm debating whether to use a CHM or WebHelp for my
>  project. I would prefer to use the CHM (only one file to distribute).
>  However, if the user had problems accessing the CHM, WebHelp would be a
>  viable alternative.
>  
>  Just want to canvass the opinions out there... Thanks!
>  
>  Keith
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