.chm on Windows Server 2008 hangs on a hyperlink to an embedded .xls file

Report · Oct 17, 2011

This link has not caused problems on Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2003. On Windows Server 2008, if a user attempts to go to the link he gets the option to open or save the file. Either option causes an "application crash". The .xls is actually contained within the .chm.

Is there a security setting we need to know about?

Report · Oct 17, 2011

CHMs themselves are not intended to work on a server, as described in http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/chm_mspatch/896358.htm

Maybe Microsoft have extended the security but I have not seen anything reported here.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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