Can't view help file on clean install

[ontsjc]

Hello all,

I have just finished an application which incorporates an html help file. In my main calling program I have the following lines to direct the program to myhelp.chm which is in the directory programdirectory/help. The calling program is in the programdirectory directory (clear as mud?). Example: Main calling program in:

c:\program files\programdirectory\myprogram.exe

Help file is in:

c:\program files\programdirectory\help\myhelp.chm

My lines in my calling program are these:

set help on
set help to help\myhelp.chm

I then set the help topics based on the form I'm in. For instance in the Summary form's activate event I have the following:

SET TOPIC TO "Summary Screen"

Then in the help button click event I call:

HELP

The problem is that when I run the program in the development environment or do a fresh install on the development machine, the help works great. When I install it on a clean machine my help buttons do nothing at all. I am able to view my chm file with no problems by just running the file so I know the drivers are there to run the help, but it won't work from inside my application. Any ideas?

 

[rgbean]

See the details in

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q194/1/96.ASP

- FIX: No Help File With Distributed App.

Rick

 

[ontsjc]

Thanks! I'll try this out, I was using a 3rd party installer and not the foxpro setup wizard for my install and didn't know about these files at all. They don't seem to be listed in any of my documentation (at least I haven't come across them). Thanks again.