1. Sheldon Shulman
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  3. Thursday, 9 January 2020 20:59 PM UTC

Situation: Application was using .hlp file. User converted to windows 10 and help stopped working.

As is known, Windows 10 no longer supports .hlp files. I do not have access to the code for this production app. All I can do is change the file name being accessed (it's an ini file entry). The code uses the ShowHelp command with context sensitive indexing to go directly to the correct place in the help file using the windows title as the search key word.  Is it possible to simply convert the old .hlp file to CHM format?

What tool would I use to convert the .hlp file to chm? 

I've never had to deal with help files before and I've been doing this since version 2.0a.

So pardon my ignorance. Any help (pun intended) is appreciated.

 

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Chris Pollach @Appeon Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 9 January 2020 21:05 PM UTC
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Hi Sheldon ;

  There are lots of tools out there that can do that for you ...

FYI: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=%2CHLP+to+.CHM+converter

HTH

Regards ... Chris

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Sheldon Shulman Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Friday, 10 January 2020 14:12 PM UTC
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Thanks to all for your responses.

You were all very helpful.

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Roland Smith Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Friday, 10 January 2020 03:07 AM UTC
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Robohelp has an import feature that supports .hlp files.

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