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How To Redistribute HTML Help Files

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Article ID:189433
Last Review:March 1, 2005
Revision:1.2
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SUMMARY

This article contains information on how to redistribute an HTML Help Project.

The following files must be redistributed with your compiled HTML Help (.chm) file:

•Internet Explorer 3.02 or above. There is more information about redistributing Internet Explorer at the following Web site: http://ieak (http://ieak)
•Hhupd.exe. This file is the distribution executable that installs the run-time components needed for an HTML Help Project such as Hh.exe, Hhctrl.ocx, Itss.dll, and Itircl.dll. Hhupd.exe is in the Redist folder of the HTML Help Workshop folder.

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MORE INFORMATION

To set up the user's computer so that the user can view a compiled HTML Help file, you must perform the following steps:

1.Install Internet Explorer 3.02 or above on the computer.
2.Run Hhupd.exe. Hhupd.exe installs the required run-time components.
3.Copy the .chm file to the computer.
4.Open and view the .chm file.

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REFERENCES

MSDN Libary information on HTML Help:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwue/html/ch13g.asp (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwue/html/ch13g.asp)

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft HTML Help 1.3
•Microsoft HTML Help 1.0
•Microsoft HTML Help 1.1

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