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[jsteph]

Hi,
I had earilier posted about the 'Help' capabilities for the vs environment. Normally, if I have a problem with Help (for an MS app), I go directly into the "C:\Program files\appname\MSDN\1033" directory, and double-click on a .Chm or index.htm or, if it's an old app--a .hlp file with a name intuitive to the subject. However...in .Net, the new Help extension seems to be .hxs. So I double click on it--and I get the new Win XP dialog "Windows cannot open this file.."

So I click to use the webservice to find the appropriate program, and this is Microsoft's response:

Windows has the following information about this file type. This page will help you find software needed to open your file.

File Type: Unknown

Description: Windows does not recognize this file type.

This does not inspire confidence--it was Windows who installed this file type--and quite a few of them. I understand that maybe this file is not intended to be opened with a double-click, but I would think MS would at least know about it and maybe say something like "This is a compiled help file , you must use xxxx to reference these files" or something?

Is it possible that my .Net installation is indeed corrupt and somehow the .hxs did not get registered? Thanks,
--jsteph

 

[RebeccaLynn]

A very distict possibility, as I have not run into any of these problems.

Somtimes, the easy answer is the hardest to find.

 

[chiph]

Is there some reason why pressing F1 on the item in question in the development environment doesn't work for you?

Chip H.


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[chiph]

Nevermind - I just saw your other thread.

On my machine, files with the .hxs extension show up as being a "Compiled Microsoft Help file", but there's no program associated with it.

Chip H.


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