[AccessD] VBA Offline Help

[John Colby]

My read is that it uses IE to render the file.  If so it probably won't
work at this client since it shut down my access IE control when IE tried
to open in the control.  Their IT somehow figures out that IE is trying to
open and prevents it.

That is why I went with my XMLHttp thing.  My partner is supposed to get my
code tested for that but so far has not.

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 7:53 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> 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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