Article: Q64792
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.05 | 1.05
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_helpmake buglist1.05 fixlist1.06 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 23-JAN-1991
HELPMAKE version 1.05 (shipped with Microsoft C version 6.00) does not
decode all formatting information in help files decoded with the /D
option. HELPMAKE version 1.03 (shipped with the OS/2 1.20 SDK) works
as expected.
This lack of decoding will result in no bold, green, italic, or
underline formatting in help files that are compressed again with
HELPMAKE.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in HELPMAKE version 1.05.
This problem was corrected in HELPMAKE version 1.06. HELPMAKE 1.06 was
shipped with the Microsoft Advisor Library.
Example
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The "\i" and "\p" options are not decoded in the sample below. This
excerpt is from PWB 1.00 version of the PWB.HLP file.
Note: Nonprintable characters are removed from these examples.
From HELPMAKE version 1.03:
+------- Browse Menu ---------+
| \i\a\pGoto Definition...\v@L8001\v\i\p | Finds definition of symbol
From HELPMAKE version 1.05:
+------- Browse Menu ---------+
| \aGoto Definition...\v@L8001\v | Finds definition of symbol