Re: Microsoft .HLP files

The only thing that jumps to my mind is to use WIN32::OLE that also ships with AvtivePerl and to browse and read trhough MS HTML Help 1.3 SDK
Enjoy the reading. ;-)
Have a nice day
All decision is left to your taste

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Re: Re: Microsoft .HLP files by whisp (Novice) on Jan 16, 2002 at 23:58 UTC
Thanks. I'll dig around the WIN32::OLE piece & see if there is anything useful. MS HTML Help is a differnt critter, supposedly a replacement for the .HLP format.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Microsoft .HLP files by little (Curate) on Jan 17, 2002 at 00:04 UTC
yep, MS now uses precompiled HTML which has the extension .chm, but the tools to create HTMLHelp files under Windows can convert the .hlp files to .chm files. So, even if its a lot of coding, but you can still use perl to automate that task and then read from the .chm file or dig really deep into the API and read from the tool you control to read in the old format. grin Have a nice day All decision is left to your taste	[reply]