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jigneshs24552355
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April 14, 2017
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Open CHM from another CHM

  • April 14, 2017
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Hi guys,

I would like to open a chm file in a separate window from another chm file. Both the chm files are in the same folder.
Suppose one of my chm named XYZ.chm and another one is ABC.chm.

Now, in my ABC.chm, I want to provide a link to open the XYZ.chm in a separate window. I tried these solutions:

<a href="XYZ.chm">XYZ</a>.

This does not open up anything.

Then, I tried to provide link to a default topic name or home page topic in the XYZ.chm like this:

<a href="XYZ.chm::/Welcome_to_Adobe.htm">XYZ</a>.

This opens up a that particular topic "Welcome to Adobe" and that too in the same window of the ABC.chm.

Then, I tried to provide a relative path but that too did not work.

Then, I tried a local path. That did work but its not useful because it can always change.

So, I am looking for a solution which is independent of the local path. Maybe, through a javascript or something if it is possible.

Please help. Thanks in advance.

- Jignesh

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Correct answer Captiv8r

Thanks Rick for your help. It seems its working fine.

Just have a small issue with the text alignment:

The text on the button is not aligned with the text. It is just a bit on the top. Is there a way to fix it?


Hmmm, interesting proposition.

Okay, here's the deal. I know how to make it happen, but it will require jumping through some hoops to get there. I tried to find a nice and easy way to accomplish it, but at the moment this is the best I've come up with. Hopefully others will see this and improve upon it.

Here is a youtube video I just created to demonstrate.

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Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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April 14, 2017

Hi there

Perhaps this recent thread helps?

Re: Link .CHM to .CHM using FrameMaker/Robohelp

Cheers... Rick

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jigneshs24552355Author
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April 14, 2017

Thanks Rick. I followed the HH.exe just like how it is explained in the link but it displays an error for me:

Cannot open the file.

In that thread, when you are talking about a folder along with the topic name, I am not sure what you meant exactly. I have both the chms in the same folder. Is the folder name still required?

If so, then which folder name? I mean do we need to provide the exact directory.

Here are the screenshots:

Here is the code:

<!--Metadata type="DesignerControl" startspan

  <object classid="clsid:D5F92943-15DB-11d1-8EED-00DC929131C8" id="Shortcut1"

  border="0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;

  margin-right: 0px;" align="bottom">

  <param name="_Version" value="65536"  />

  <param name="_ExtentX" value="1693"  />

  <param name="_ExtentY" value="661"  />

  <param name="_StockProps" value="13"  />

  <param name="ForeColor" value="0"  />

  <param name="BackColor" value="15790320"  />

  <param name="UseButton" value="-1"  />

  <param name="UseText" value="0"  />

  <param name="ControlLabel" value="INFORM"  />

  <param name="UseIcon" value="0"  />

  <param name="Items" value=",HH.exe,ms.its:InformSlideshow.chm::/Welcome_to_Inform_Slideshow.htm$$**$$"

   />

  <param name="Image" value=""  />

  <param name="FontInfo" value="Arial,10,0,,"  />

  <param name="_CURRENTFILEPATH" value="d:\Informa_Localization\Online Help\Slide_View.htm"

   />

  <param name="_ID" value="Shortcut1"  />

  <param name="Items" value=",HH.exe,ms.its:InformSlideshow.chm::/Welcome_to_Inform_Slideshow.htm$$**$$"

   />

  <param name="Window" value=""  />

  </object>--><object

  classid="clsid:ADB880A6-D8FF-11CF-9377-00AA003B7A11"

  id="Shortcut1"  type="application/x-oleobject">

  <param  name="Command"  value="Shortcut" />

  <param  name="Button"  value="Text:INFORM" />

  <param  name="Font"  value="Arial,10,0,," />

  <param  name="Item1"  value=",HH.exe,ms.its:InformSlideshow.chm::/Welcome_to_Inform_Slideshow.htm" />

</object>

<!--Metadata type="DesignerControl" endspan-->

Please help.

- Jignesh

Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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April 14, 2017

Hmmm, okay. This is going to sound weird, but bear with me.

How exactly are you testing?

Here's why I'm asking that question. If you have a CHM file that is linked to an application, and you are opening that CHM FROM the application, the actual pathing that the CHM would know about might be different. So it's entirely possible that if you opened the CHM in that manner, the button would fail. Even though both CHM files are inside the same folder.

Now if you were to just find the CHM using Windows Explorer and double-click it, the button may well perform exactly as desired.

And we need also to keep in mind that in today's world, there are now two different versions of the HTML Help Viewer (used to display CHM files), With the proliferation of 64 bit operating systems, we now have a 32 bit version of the HTML Help Viewer as well as a 64 bit version of the HTML Help Viewer. So it's possible that in addition to the oddity I mentioned earlier, perhaps your application is opening the 32 bit version of the viewer and there is some issue with using the control to open the 64 bit version. I'm not saying this is what's happening here, only that it may be a factor.

Cheers... Rick

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