Help Files problem

11 May 2005 1:26 PM

moncho

W2K3 SP1
Visual FoxPro application

There are compiled help files (*.chm) for this program.

If I open them from d:\temp\helpfile.chm the help file will open fine and
all is well.

If I try and open the file from \\192.168.1.5\temp\helpfile.chm, I get the
"Open File" security warning box, I click Open to open the help file, and I
get then
Internet explorer error in the right hand side of the help file box;

Action Canceled
Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you requested.
The page might be temporarily unavailable.
Try bla, bla, bla"

What settings do I need to change to allow me to view this help file?

I can open this up on my Windows XP machine just fine, but not the W2K3
server.

Thanks,

moncho

12 May 2005 11:18 AM

Pete Lees [MVP]

moncho,

> W2K3 SP1
> Visual FoxPro application
>
> There are compiled help files (*.chm) for this program.
>
> If I open them from d:\temp\helpfile.chm the help file will open fine
> and all is well.
>
> If I try and open the file from \\192.168.1.5\temp\helpfile.chm, I
> get the "Open File" security warning box, I click Open to open the
> help file, and I get then Internet explorer error in the right hand
> side of the help file box

SP1 for Windows Server 2003 introduces some security restrictions that
disable HTML Help functionality in certain circumstances. See the
following for more information and workarounds:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896054
http://helpware.net/htmlhelp/hh_info.htm#hh14

--
Pete (Microsoft Help MVP)

13 May 2005 12:26 PM

moncho

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"Pete Lees [MVP]" wrote:

> moncho,
>
> > W2K3 SP1
> > Visual FoxPro application
> >
> > There are compiled help files (*.chm) for this program.
> >
> > If I open them from d:\temp\helpfile.chm the help file will open fine
> > and all is well.
> >
> > If I try and open the file from \\192.168.1.5\temp\helpfile.chm, I
> > get the "Open File" security warning box, I click Open to open the
> > help file, and I get then Internet explorer error in the right hand
> > side of the help file box
>
> SP1 for Windows Server 2003 introduces some security restrictions that
> disable HTML Help functionality in certain circumstances. See the
> following for more information and workarounds:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896054
> http://helpware.net/htmlhelp/hh_info.htm#hh14
>
> --
> Pete (Microsoft Help MVP)

Thanks, this solved the problem.

I must have missed this KB article during my search.

moncho