Hi everybody!

This is what I'm trying to achieve: I want to create a HTML or ASPX page
with a HTML hyperlink that will open a CHM file stored locally in C:\Help. I
tried to use onclick with window.showHelp(), but it doesn't seem to work. The
test machine runs WIN2K Professional.

My code:
<a href="#" onclick="window.showHelp('C:\Help\Help.chm')">Open CHM</a>
<a href="#"
onclick="window.showHelp('mk:@MSITStore:C:\Help\He lp.chm::/topic2b.htm')">Open Topic 2b from CHM</a>

Is showHelp not supported anymore in IE6? Or the only thing I can do is to
get the user to download the file locally, and then run it manually from the
C drive?
Can anybody fix my lines of code please?

Your help is appreaciated.
Bye!

Just discovered that the following works:
<a href="#" onclick="window.showHelp('C:\\Help\\Help.chm')">Op en CHM</a>
<a href="#"
onclick="window.showHelp('mk:@MSITStore:C:\\Help\\ Help.chm::/topic2b.htm')">Open Topic 2b from CHM</a>
Difference to my first lines code: \\ instead of \

There's only one problem though:
The hyperlinks work IF and ONLY IF the HTML page runs locally, i.e.
C:\Inetpub\...htm
If I access the HTML page over the Internet as part of a ASP.NET web app,
i.e. http://...htm, the hyperlinks give an access denied error message.

Please confirm that access to CHM via the hyperlink is not possible over the
Internet, even if the HTML uploaded at a URL checks for and opens a local CHM
file.
Thanks.

"Ovidiu" wrote:

> Hi everybody!
>
> This is what I'm trying to achieve: I want to create a HTML or ASPX page
> with a HTML hyperlink that will open a CHM file stored locally in C:\Help. I
> tried to use onclick with window.showHelp(), but it doesn't seem to work. The
> test machine runs WIN2K Professional.
>
> My code:
> <a href="#" onclick="window.showHelp('C:\Help\Help.chm')">Open CHM</a>
> <a href="#"
> onclick="window.showHelp('mk:@MSITStore:C:\Help\He lp.chm::/topic2b.htm')">Open Topic 2b from CHM</a>
>
> Is showHelp not supported anymore in IE6? Or the only thing I can do is to
> get the user to download the file locally, and then run it manually from the
> C drive?
> Can anybody fix my lines of code please?
>
> Your help is appreaciated.
> Bye!

Hi Ovidiu,

Here is the link to the Knowledge Base article covering this behavior

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;811630




"Ovidiu" <Ovidiu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C0D2F3F7-837C-45EB-AD7B-D4CBCE748FB0@microsoft.com...
> Just discovered that the following works:
> <a href="#" onclick="window.showHelp('C:\\Help\\Help.chm')">Op en CHM</a>
> <a href="#"
>
onclick="window.showHelp('mk:@MSITStore:C:\\Help\\ Help.chm::/topic2b.htm')">
Open Topic 2b from CHM</a>
> Difference to my first lines code: \\ instead of \
>
> There's only one problem though:
> The hyperlinks work IF and ONLY IF the HTML page runs locally, i.e.
> C:\Inetpub\...htm
> If I access the HTML page over the Internet as part of a ASP.NET web app,
> i.e. http://...htm, the hyperlinks give an access denied error message.
>
> Please confirm that access to CHM via the hyperlink is not possible over
the
> Internet, even if the HTML uploaded at a URL checks for and opens a local
CHM
> file.
> Thanks.
>
> "Ovidiu" wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody!
> >
> > This is what I'm trying to achieve: I want to create a HTML or ASPX page
> > with a HTML hyperlink that will open a CHM file stored locally in
C:\Help. I
> > tried to use onclick with window.showHelp(), but it doesn't seem to
work. The
> > test machine runs WIN2K Professional.
> >
> > My code:
> > <a href="#" onclick="window.showHelp('C:\Help\Help.chm')">Open CHM</a>
> > <a href="#"
> >
onclick="window.showHelp('mk:@MSITStore:C:\Help\He lp.chm::/topic2b.htm')">Op
en Topic 2b from CHM</a>
> >
> > Is showHelp not supported anymore in IE6? Or the only thing I can do is
to
> > get the user to download the file locally, and then run it manually from
the
> > C drive?
> > Can anybody fix my lines of code please?
> >
> > Your help is appreaciated.
> > Bye!

Thanks for the reply Rob.
Unfortunately it hasn’t solved my problem. Installing 811630 doesn’t apply
to me; I am already running WIN2K Pro SP4, forgot to mention this, which
includes the 811630 fix.
Have you any other ideas?

"Rob Parsons" wrote:

> Hi Ovidiu,
>
> Here is the link to the Knowledge Base article covering this behavior
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;811630
>
>
>
>
> "Ovidiu" <Ovidiu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C0D2F3F7-837C-45EB-AD7B-D4CBCE748FB0@microsoft.com...
> > Just discovered that the following works:
> > <a href="#" onclick="window.showHelp('C:\\Help\\Help.chm')">Op en CHM</a>
> > <a href="#"
> >
> onclick="window.showHelp('mk:@MSITStore:C:\\Help\\ Help.chm::/topic2b.htm')">
> Open Topic 2b from CHM</a>
> > Difference to my first lines code: \\ instead of \
> >
> > There's only one problem though:
> > The hyperlinks work IF and ONLY IF the HTML page runs locally, i.e.
> > C:\Inetpub\...htm
> > If I access the HTML page over the Internet as part of a ASP.NET web app,
> > i.e. http://...htm, the hyperlinks give an access denied error message.
> >
> > Please confirm that access to CHM via the hyperlink is not possible over
> the
> > Internet, even if the HTML uploaded at a URL checks for and opens a local
> CHM
> > file.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "Ovidiu" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everybody!
> > >
> > > This is what I'm trying to achieve: I want to create a HTML or ASPX page
> > > with a HTML hyperlink that will open a CHM file stored locally in
> C:\Help. I
> > > tried to use onclick with window.showHelp(), but it doesn't seem to
> work. The
> > > test machine runs WIN2K Professional.
> > >
> > > My code:
> > > <a href="#" onclick="window.showHelp('C:\Help\Help.chm')">Open CHM</a>
> > > <a href="#"
> > >
> onclick="window.showHelp('mk:@MSITStore:C:\Help\He lp.chm::/topic2b.htm')">Op
> en Topic 2b from CHM</a>
> > >
> > > Is showHelp not supported anymore in IE6? Or the only thing I can do is
> to
> > > get the user to download the file locally, and then run it manually from
> the
> > > C drive?
> > > Can anybody fix my lines of code please?
> > >
> > > Your help is appreaciated.
> > > Bye!
>
>
>

Try http://windowsxp.mvps.org/helpctrindex.htm

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

Ovidiu wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Rob.
> Unfortunately it hasn’t solved my problem. Installing 811630 doesn’t apply
> to me; I am already running WIN2K Pro SP4, forgot to mention this, which
> includes the 811630 fix.
> Have you any other ideas?
>
> "Rob Parsons" wrote:
>
>> Hi Ovidiu,
>>
>> Here is the link to the Knowledge Base article covering this behavior
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;811630
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ovidiu" <Ovidiu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C0D2F3F7-837C-45EB-AD7B-D4CBCE748FB0@microsoft.com...
>>> Just discovered that the following works:
>>> <a href="#" onclick="window.showHelp('C:\\Help\\Help.chm')">Op en CHM</a>
>>> <a href="#"
>>>
>>
onclick="window.showHelp('mk:@MSITStore:C:\\Help\\ Help.chm::/topic2b.htm')">
>> Open Topic 2b from CHM</a>
>>> Difference to my first lines code: \\ instead of \
>>>
>>> There's only one problem though:
>>> The hyperlinks work IF and ONLY IF the HTML page runs locally, i.e.
>>> C:\Inetpub\...htm
>>> If I access the HTML page over the Internet as part of a ASP.NET web
>>> app, i.e. http://...htm, the hyperlinks give an access denied error
>>> message.
>>>
>>> Please confirm that access to CHM via the hyperlink is not possible
>>> over the Internet, even if the HTML uploaded at a URL checks for and
>>> opens a local CHM file.
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> "Ovidiu" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everybody!
>>>>
>>>> This is what I'm trying to achieve: I want to create a HTML or ASPX
>>>> page with a HTML hyperlink that will open a CHM file stored locally in
>>>> C:\Help. I tried to use onclick with window.showHelp(), but it doesn't
>>>> seem to work. The test machine runs WIN2K Professional.
>>>>
>>>> My code:
>>>> <a href="#" onclick="window.showHelp('C:\Help\Help.chm')">Open CHM</a>
>>>> <a href="#"
>>>>
>>
onclick="window.showHelp('mk:@MSITStore:C:\Help\He lp.chm::/topic2b.htm')">Op
>> en Topic 2b from CHM</a>
>>>>
>>>> Is showHelp not supported anymore in IE6? Or the only thing I can do
>>>> is to get the user to download the file locally, and then run it
>>>> manually from the C drive?
>>>> Can anybody fix my lines of code please?
>>>>
>>>> Your help is appreaciated.
>>>> Bye!