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Q171932: Help Author Kit: Windows 3.x Help File Information Is Inaccurate

Article: Q171932
Product(s): Microsoft Press
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Keyword(s): kbfile
Last Modified: 15-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit ISBN 1-55615-892-0 
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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 Download Center:

  Hc505.exe
  (http://download.microsoft.com/download/win31/Install/3.10.505/W31/EN-US/Hc505.exe)

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of
posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure
servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.


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 eubook

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