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Resolved Help Files for PowerServer Web application

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  1. Andres Slachevsky
    Andres Slachevsky
  2. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
  3. Wednesday, 20 November 2019 11:22 AM UTC

Hello All,

in the older version in our PB10.5 Client/Server application we use HLP files in order to have help files using microsoft help workshop.

any advice on how to use the help files on the PowerServer Web (under PB2017)

maybe using this ::

Microsoft HTML Help Workshop (compiler for .CHM files)

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
Chris Pollach @Appeon Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 20 November 2019 18:11 PM UTC
  2. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
  3. # 1

Hi Andres;

  Microsoft discontinued the .HLP file format after MS-Windows XP. You now have three main choices: PDF, HTML or CHM. The choice is up to you.

  I use the PB based iNet object's "HperLinkToUrl" command to launch a help file. It works on all three of the above file types to launch your PB / PS App's help in a browser. If you choose to still implement the ShowHelp() command then your only option is the CHM format.

HTH

Regards ... Chris

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Bernard Tchuente
  1. Bernard Tchuente
  2. Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:57 PM UTC
I Chris,

We're using Powerserver 2020 on our web server with ShowHelp() function implemented to have help file (.chm) working. Help file works fine with PowerBuilder 2019 R2 but not on the web with PowerSerrver 2020. The refence for the .chm file is indide our .ini file (help_file="C:\...\ASP_HELP_E.chm").

I copied the help file on the C: drive server and it's still not working...



Thanks for your support.



Regards,



Bernard
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Chris Pollach @Appeon
  1. Chris Pollach @Appeon
  2. Sunday, 18 October 2020 23:09 PM UTC
Hi Bernard;

For web & mobile apps, you need to convert your help to be HMTL based. Then use PB's "INET" object and it's "HyperLinkToUrl" command to launch it.

HTH

Regards .... Chris
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Chris Pollach @Appeon
  1. Chris Pollach @Appeon
  2. Monday, 19 October 2020 15:36 PM UTC
PS: Instead of HTML, you could also save your help as an indexed PDF file. Then use the iNet object's HyperLinkToURL() command as above.
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Roland Smith
Roland Smith Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 20 November 2019 13:54 PM UTC
  2. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
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Does your help authoring tool have an option to generate 'Web Help'? That would mean the help file becomes a collection of web pages. You app would just need to open the help in another tab.

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