My updated help file only opens the TOC/Index/Search

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June 9, 2014
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I have to update an old project that uses WinHelp, so I installed RH X5 on an old XP machine. The original help file always opened in a 2-pane window with the ToC on the left and the default topic on the right. My "updated" help file only opens the ToC/Index/Search screen in a single pane. How do I get the 2-pane window to appear?

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Peter Grainge

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I have edited the topic title. The idea is to spell out the problem in the body.

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RoboColum_n_

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Have you got the .CNT and HLP files installed in the same directory? If so, can you tell us more about how the help is being called?

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They are in the same directory. As for calling, at this point, I'm just opening the hlp file directly. There are MAP IDs but I haven't gotten to that point yet. I'm just the tech writer so some of this is over my head. Hopefully, that answers what you were asking.

RoboColum_n_

Legend

This is more of a hunch as it has been a long while since I used WinHelp. In the first part of your SSL properties, have you selected a file in your Source Documents. Is it also safe to assume that you haven't excluded any content with a conditional build expression.

One other thing to try is to compile the old source version. Does this give the same problem?

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