WD97: Error Message: 'The RTF File .\<Filename> Is Corrupted at Offset...' This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
This article was previously published under Q164012 SYMPTOMS When you attempt to compile a Word 97 Rich Text Format
(RTF) file in the Help Compiler that ships with Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 or the
Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Help Workshop, you may receive the following error
messages: HC4002: Warning: The RTF file .\<filename> is corrupted at offset <###> HC4005: Warning: The .\<filename> help file has not been
created. CAUSE Word 97 writes a few new RTF flags. The older Help
Compilers do not correctly discard the new RTF flags and instead attempt to
process them. Since the flags are new, the Help Compiler fails during the
compilation process. RESOLUTION This problem is corrected in Help Workshop version
4.03. The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: Hcwsetup.exe (http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/utility/4.03/win98/en-us/hcwsetup.exe) For
additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 119591 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119591/EN-US/) How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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Help Workshop version 4.02 is available through the
following sources:
Microsoft Office 97, Developer Edition
NOTE: Visual Studio 97 ships the older 4.01 compiler.
Microsoft Developer Network - Library - Jan 97 Updated Microsoft Help Workshop 4.02\HELPSHOP\SETUP.EXE Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows Version 5 Enterprise and Professional Editions \DevStudio\Vc\Unsupported Tools\Hcw MORE INFORMATION Help Workshop is a program that you use to create Help
(.hlp) files, edit project and contents files, and test and report on help
files. Help Workshop takes the information in the project (.hpj) file to
combine the topic (.rtf) files, bitmaps, and other sources into one Help file
that can be viewed using the Microsoft Windows Help program. Help WorkShop 4.02 compiles help files from RTF written both by the 16-bit versions of Word, such as Word 6.0, and also the 32-bit versions such as Word 7.0 and Word 97. Help Workshop 4.02 does not compile projects created in the MS-DOS version of the Help Compiler. A help file created in Help Workshop 4.02 does not run under Windows 3.x because the Help Workshop 4.02 creates 32-bit help files and Windows 3.x is a 16-bit operating environment. REFERENCES For additional information about the Microsoft Office 97
Developer Edition, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base: 162962 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/162962/EN-US/)
New Features in MS Office 97 Developer Edition Tools
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