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Subject:Re: CHM works in one directory, not in another From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:05:02 -0800
Microsoft security restrictions, just like the way Exchange strips
.chm attachments.
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> wrote:
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> And again, this time with text. Sorry.
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> I have a .chm file. When it is stored with the source files on my hard drive, I double-click the .chm and see my lovely help system all complete.
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> When I copy the entire directory, with source files and subdirectories, to the server, and double-click the .chm file, every single topic returns this message: "The address is not valid."
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> What is doing on?
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> I thought the whole purpose of .chm files was to bundle everything together so that it can travel anywhere.
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> In fact, I should be able to blow away all the development files and have that .chm file still work.
>
> What is going on?
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