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Re: How to call Help file from application?

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From: Rekha Venkatesh
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 00:00
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Thanks Rich
	It worked. Problem now is I don't have any control over that process. I
cannot close it before exiting. I tried to destroy the process before my
application exits by calling  Process.Destroy (), but it does not close the
application.

Rekha

Rich Wilkman <rwilkman@corp.borland.com> wrote in article
<34D8AC96.DBE7366F@corp.borland.com>...
> Rekha:
> 
> You'll need to include the calling application in your exec string to
> have a chance at this working.  Windows knows what to use on .hlp
> files because it can read the registry.  Java doesn't have access to
> that.  Try something like:  "c:\windows\winhelp.exe help.hlp" at a DOS
> box.  If that works, then use that string in your Runtime.exec() call.
> 
> -Rich
> 
> Rekha Venkatesh wrote:
> > 
> > Hi
> >         We have a help.hlp excutable file. I would like to invoke it as
an action
> > for choosing a menu item. I tried to "exec" this file but it does not
> > invoke the file. It gives me an "IOException error 193". Does anybody
know
> > how to do this?. I have an html vesion of the help file also.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Rekha
> 
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> 
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> 
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From: "Rekha Venkatesh" <rvenkate@alta-oh.com>
Subject: Re: How to call Help file from application?
Date: 1998/02/04
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