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Freepascal made chm compiler test file

16 messages · 10 people · 6-26-2007 – 6-28-2007

Micha Nelissen 3
Yury Sidorov 3
Andrew Haines 2
Michael Van Canneyt 2
Bernd Mueller 1
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Andrew Haines6-26-2007 22:40 UTC

Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it works on linux and windows etc. Attached is a test.chm file and I'd like to know if it works for you. It seems to work on winxp sp1 and older but winxp sp2 doesn't. it should contain a logo from lazarus and this text:

<start text>
This is a test of a chm that was generated with only pascal code and uses no external libraries. How cool is that?
</end text>

Please let me know if this file works for you.

Thanks,

Andrew Haines

Bisma Jayadi6-27-2007 03:40 UTC

to Andrew Haines

Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it works on linux and windows etc. Attached is a test.chm file and I'd like to know if it works for you. It seems to work on winxp sp1 and older but winxp sp2 doesn't. it should contain a logo from lazarus and this text:

It works on winXP SP2, at least on my machine.

-Bee-

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Tiziano_mk6-27-2007 06:59 UTC

to Andrew Haines: Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it works on linux…

Andrew Haines wrote 12 lines

Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it works on linux and windows etc. Attached is a test.chm file and I'd like to know if it works for you. It seems to work on winxp sp1 and older but winxp sp2 doesn't. it should contain a logo from lazarus and this text: <start text> This is a test of a chm that was generated with only pascal code and uses no external libraries. How cool is that? </end text> Please let me know if this file works for you.

It works on my "Windows XP Pro ver.2002 Service pack 2".

Question: how can I read it on my Ubuntu 6.06?

tiziano

Micha Nelissen6-27-2007 07:02 UTC

to Andrew Haines: Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it works on linux…

Andrew Haines wrote
Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it Please let me know if this file works for you.

It doesn't seem to work for me: I get 'Action canceled' error in Internet Explorer.

Micha

Peter Beisel6-27-2007 07:16 UTC

to Andrew Haines: Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it works on linux…

it works on:
winXP pro SP2
win2k pro SP4
win ME

Do you think your code can be used under go32v2 too?

Regards Peter

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Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it works on linux and windows etc. Attached is a test.chm file and I'd like to know if it works for you. It seems to work on winxp sp1 and older but winxp sp2 doesn't. it should contain a logo from lazarus and this text: <start text> This is a test of a chm that was generated with only pascal code and uses no external libraries. How cool is that? </end text> Please let me know if this file works for you. Thanks, Andrew Haines

Bernd Mueller6-27-2007 07:28 UTC

to Andrew Haines: Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it works on linux…

Andrew Haines wrote
Please let me know if this file works for you.

works on Windows 98 SE.

Regards, Bernd.

Michael Van Canneyt6-27-2007 07:36 UTC

to Micha Nelissen: It doesn't seem to work for me: I get 'Action canceled' error in Internet Explorer. Micha

Micha Nelissen wrote 7 lines

Andrew Haines wrote: > Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it > > Please let me know if this file works for you. It doesn't seem to work for me: I get 'Action canceled' error in Internet Explorer.

I get the same error in Windows 2000, IE 5.

Michael.

Richard6-27-2007 08:24 UTC

to Michael Van Canneyt

Works with Win XP Pro SP 2 and IE 7

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Micha Nelissen wrote: > Andrew Haines wrote: > >> Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it >> >> Please let me know if this file works for you. >> > It doesn't seem to work for me: I get 'Action canceled' error in Internet > Explorer. > I get the same error in Windows 2000, IE 5. Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel

Marco van de Voort6-27-2007 14:32 UTC

to Andrew Haines: Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it works on linux…

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Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external libs so it works on linux and windows etc. Attached is a test.chm file and I'd like to know if it works for you. It seems to work on winxp sp1 and older but winxp sp2 doesn't. it should contain a logo from lazarus and this text: <start text> This is a test of a chm that was generated with only pascal code and uses no external libraries. How cool is that? </end text> Please let me know if this file works for you.

Works here with XPSP2.

Yury Sidorov6-27-2007 14:55 UTC

to Michael Van Canneyt: I get the same error in Windows 2000, IE 5. Michael.

From: "Michael Van Canneyt"

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Micha Nelissen wrote: > Andrew Haines wrote: > > Hi, I've been working on a chm compiler that uses no external > > libs so it > > > > Please let me know if this file works for you. > > It doesn't seem to work for me: I get 'Action canceled' error in > Internet > Explorer. I get the same error in Windows 2000, IE 5.

I got 'Action canceled' until I open file properites and "unblock" it. After that it opened as expected. WinXP/SP2.

It will be better to put .chm into archive to prevent Windows from adding block to it.

Yury.

Micha Nelissen6-27-2007 14:57 UTC

to Yury Sidorov

Yury Sidorov wrote
I got 'Action canceled' until I open file properites and "unblock" it. After that it opened as expected. WinXP/SP2.

I can't find it: where is the unblock property ?

Micha

Yury Sidorov6-27-2007 15:19 UTC

to Micha Nelissen

From: "Micha Nelissen"

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Yury Sidorov wrote: > I got 'Action canceled' until I open file properites and "unblock" > it. After that it opened as expected. WinXP/SP2. I can't find it: where is the unblock property ?

I have this at the bottom of the first page of file properties. Under file attributes. When file is not "blocked" there is empty area in this place.

The file is blocked by Outlook Express when attachment is saved. If you are using other e-mail client the file will not be blocked.

Yury.

Micha Nelissen6-27-2007 15:26 UTC

to Yury Sidorov

Yury Sidorov wrote
I have this at the bottom of the first page of file properties. Under file attributes. When file is not "blocked" there is empty area in this place.

Hmm the area is empty there, but it gave me an idea. I copied the file to C:\, and then it *did* work. I had it on a network kind of "security" is that ?!?

Anyway, nice work Andrew :-).

Micha

Yury Sidorov6-27-2007 15:39 UTC

to Micha Nelissen

From: "Micha Nelissen"

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Yury Sidorov wrote: > I have this at the bottom of the first page of file properties. > Under file attributes. When file is not "blocked" there is empty > area in this place. Hmm the area is empty there, but it gave me an idea. I copied the file to C:\, and then it *did* work. I had it on a network drive at first. What kind of "security" is that ?!?

It is well known issue.
How to fix it:
http://www.helpscribble.com/chmnetwork.html

Yury.

Michael Van Canneyt6-27-2007 16:08 UTC

to Yury Sidorov

Yury Sidorov wrote 12 lines

From: "Micha Nelissen" > Yury Sidorov wrote: > > I have this at the bottom of the first page of file properties. Under file > > attributes. When file is not "blocked" there is empty area in this place. > > Hmm the area is empty there, but it gave me an idea. I copied the file to > C:\, and then it *did* work. I had it on a network kind > of "security" is that ?!? It is well known issue. How to fix it: http://www.helpscribble.com/chmnetwork.html

Indeed. Copying to a local drive allows it to be opened, also in Win2000.

Unbelievable, simply...

How Microsoft still manages to sell this kind of (***) to people all over the world is beyond me...

Michael.

Andrew Haines6-28-2007 21:17 UTC

to Tiziano_mk: It works on my "Windows XP Pro ver.2002 Service pack 2". Question: how can I read it on…

Tiziano_mk wrote
Question: how can I read it on my Ubuntu 6.06?

there are several programs in linux to read chms I've installed one called GnoCHM there is also xchm and a few others.There is also a lhelp program in the lazarus/components/chmhelp dir that can read chms. It is written by me and is not perfect :)

Thanks for testing :)

Andrew