FILE: Use Extended Memory to Build Larger Windows Help Files

ID: Q84931

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SUMMARY

A version of the Windows 3.1 Help Compiler which has been enhanced to use extended memory is now available in the Microsoft Software Library. The extended memory version of the Windows 3.1 Help Compiler (HCP.EXE) generates files for the Windows 3.1 Help application. As with all previous versions of the Windows Help Compiler, the new version runs under MS-DOS. However, the new version requires extended memory and is best run in an MS- DOS session under Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library: 

 ~ HC505.exe (size: 229960 bytes)
For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
The size and complexity of the files processed by earlier versions of the Windows Help Compiler is constrained by the amount of free MS-DOS memory available at compile time. This capacity constraint has caused difficulties for some developers creating very large files for Windows Help. The HCP.EXE application removes this capacity constraint.

For more information on the Windows Help Compiler, see Chapter 3 of the "Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit: Programming Tools" for version 3.1 manual.

Additional query words: update new newest latest updated softlib 

Keywords          : kbfile TlsHlp 
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1;
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: March 28, 1998