VFP9 Help has died

Author: Mike Copeland

Posted: 2011-03-29 at 18:25:36

...literally.

For some odd reason, the HELP is no longer accessible from within VFP9

(sp2) on my WinXP development system.

I press F1, nothing.

Type "help" in the command window, nadda.

CLick "Help" on the menu bar, then choose "Microsoft Visual Foxpro Help

F1" and nuttin.

It was working fine until about a week ago, and I'm not aware of any

major changes (well, Acrobat has updated about 12 times and of course

Java has been updated at least 4 times) but nothing major.

I've checked the obvious:

TOOLS - OPTIONS - FILE LOCATIONS - HELP FILE is correct and the CHM

file it points to will open if you double-click it.

I've also searched for the registry entries, and they all seem to be

where and what they should be.

I tried "set help to" in VFP, which is supposed to reset it to whatever

default is....nothing.

I even downloaded the new, revised and corrected Help file from the VFPx

website. Got the CHM file, still won't open from within VFP9!

Suggestions?

Thanks!

Mike Copeland

Genesis Group

_______________________________________________

Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox

OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech

Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox

This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4D925C60.7010607@ggisoft.com

** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

©2011 Mike Copeland