HOWTO: Redistribute HTML Help Files

• Microsoft HTML Help, versions 1.0, 1.1

SUMMARY

This article contains information on how to redistribute an HTML Help Project.

The following files must be redistributed with your compiled HTML Help (.chm) file:

• Internet Explorer 3.02 or above. There is more information about redistributing Internet Explorer at the following Web site: http://ieak



• Hhupd.exe. This file is the distribution executable that installs the run-time components needed for an HTML Help Project such as Hh.exe, Hhctrl.ocx, Itss.dll, and Itircl.dll. Hhupd.exe is in the Redist folder of the HTML Help Workshop folder.

MORE INFORMATION

To set up the user's computer so that the user can view a compiled HTML Help file, you must perform the following steps:

1. Install Internet Explorer 3.02 or above on the computer.



2. Run Hhupd.exe. Hhupd.exe installs the required run-time components.



3. Copy the .chm file to the computer.



4. Open and view the .chm file.

REFERENCES

HTML Help Web site:

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/default.asp

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbHTMLHelp kbHTMLHelp121 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999