How to add new Help file to Delphi 2010 IDE under Menu item "Help" #2

I have a new component "RichView" and it has a help file. How do I add this help file to the Delphi Help Menu ?


Thanks in Advance

Richard

It seems there is no easy solution according to this thread...
https://forums.embarcadero.com/thread.jspa?threadID=33232&tstart=0

I shall do some more searching first, before closing this thread.

My MOTTO is never say never !

Hello Richard,

Richard Caruana wrote:

> It seems there is no easy solution according to this thread...
> https://forums.embarcadero.com/thread.jspa?threadID=33232&tstart=0

The component in question, is it http://www.trichview.de/ ?

> I shall do some more searching first, before closing this thread.

That component comes with help files in HLP and CHM format. None of them
can be "registered" in the D2010 help files.

You may try to add the CHM file to the "Tools"-Menu of the Delphi 2010 IDE:
Tools->Configure Tools->Add
Title: RichView Help
Program: C:\Windows\hh.exe
Working Dir: 
Parameters: C:\Path\To\Your\Component\RichView.chm

You may need to add double quotes around Parameters if the path to the
help file includes spaces.

HTH
Achim

Nice Try Achim,

however it did not work for me.

What did work however was if I created a help folder in c: drive
c:\help with richview.hlp in it

and if I used program c:\windows\winhlp32.exe to open it.

It would also be nice to have a backup copy of the file which stores these settings.

Edited by: Richard Caruana on Mar 28, 2010 1:34 PM

Richard Caruana wrote:
> Nice Try Achim,
> 
> however it did not work for me.
> 
> What did work however was if I created a help folder in c: drive
> c:\help with richview.hlp in it
> 
> and if I used program c:\windows\winhlp32.exe to open it.
> 
> It would also be nice to have a backup copy of the file which stores these settings.
> 
> Edited by: Richard Caruana on Mar 28, 2010 1:34 PM

for chm-files use hh.exe as in example, for hlp-files, do as you found 
out, use winhlp32 instead. In case of Vista or W7 you need to download 
the programs first.