[AccessD] VBA Offline Help

[Stuart McLachlan]

Doh!

WinHlp32.exe was used for .hlp files.

.chm files are opened by hh.exe (Microsoft HTML Help Executable)

-- 
Stuart

On 29 Jul 2022 at 9:49, Stuart McLachlan wrote:

> If it's your own .CHM, there is no danger - the danger is from third
> party .CHM files of unknown provenance :)
> 
> Yes, they still work from inside Access, at least in my case. Check
> out the sample I posted (URL in a previous message).
> 
> CHM files are opened with winhlp32.exe.
> 
> -- 
> Stuart
> 
> On 28 Jul 2022 at 19:01, John Colby wrote:
> 
> > So with all the dangers, do CHM files still work from inside of
> > Access FEs?  It seems to indicate perhaps it is viewed by IE which
> > at least on my client's systems, the IT department has locked out. 
> > Or is the CHM file now opened by edge or something?
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 6:11 PM Stuart McLachlan
> > <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:
> > 
> > > Not just GMail:
> > >
> > > "Microsoft now considers .chm files to be potentially dangerous.
> > > In fact, they are blocked by Outlook, Microsoft´s email client."
> > >
> > > https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/malicious-ch
> > > m- files/
> > >
> > > --
> > > Stuart
> > >
> > >
> > > On 28 Jul 2022 at 8:24, John Colby wrote:
> > >
> > > > Do you have any idea why .chm files would be considered
> > > > dangerous by gmail?  It complained when I tried to attach these
> > > > file to send to a colleague.
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 10:51 PM Stuart McLachlan
> > > > <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Some clown at MS decide that anyone using an Access version
> > > > > after 2013 would always have a good internet connection and
> > > > > made F1 go to an MS website for every little syntax lookup in
> > > > > VBA. They didn't think about people like me :(
> > > > >
> > > > > (Just like the drive to force everyone to Office365! )
> > > > >
> > > > > I get really p***ed of when I just want to look up something
> > > > > basic.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've just found a site with the last version of VBA offline
> > > > > Help for Access, Powerpoint,Word and Excel Object models
> > > > > converted to .CHM.
> > > > >
> > > > > It's not perfect, but at least I can now lookup a lot of
> > > > > things when developing if the internet is down (not uncommon) 
> > > > > or when I am out of range of  any internet connection (very
> > > > > common when travelling around PNG).
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > https://github.com/OfficeDev/VBA-content/tree/05ff9681074194e2
> > > > > f6 6f1d 8ee36acceb7a906b 6b/VBA/Offline-Docs
> > > > > <https://github.com/OfficeDev/VBA-content/tree/05ff9681074194e
> > > > > 2f 66f1 d8ee36acceb7a906b6b/VBA/Offline-Docs>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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