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From: psmith@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (Paul F Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: BC++ help compiler/hypertext questions...
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.203641.11153@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 10 Jun 91 20:36:41 GMT
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Hello folks,

I've been using BC++ for a couple of months (or so) now and have 
collected up the following questions. I hope someone can help...

1. I would like to create help files (RTF) using MS-Word 5.5, but I
   don't have a printer driver that knows what fonts come with 
   Windows. Does anyone have such a thing? Does it come with
   MS's SDK?

2. I have an idea for a hypertext application (don't we all :-) that
   could almost be done with the Windows Help program. I would like
   to add just a couple of enhancements to the program to make it
   work better for my application. Is the source code to the Windows
   help program available? Possibly in the MS-SDK?

   Or, does anyone know of a PD/SW hypertext program for windows,
   preferably with source?

This next one may be a known bug, so my apologies, I can't afford
to call MS and am hoping that a solution is available here:

3. When I run the help compiler with the COMPRESS=TRUE option
   I get an "Abort, Retry, Fail" message from SHARE.

   I'm not on a network, I don't use SMARTDRV, FASTOPEN or anything
   else like that. Just QEMM386 and PC-CACHE, but I don't think they
   are the problem, as everything else works fine. 

   If I tell it to ignore (several times) the compile finishes and
   the help file *appears* to be OK. Well, I haven't found a problem,
   yet! :-)

Any ideas?

Thanks to all for the help, and the bandwidth!
-Paul
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