I'm sorry if this is stupid. Having failed to find the answer by searching, I reveal my ignorance, but ask anyway...
I'm just now installing FireFly 2.5 for use with PBwin 8.
If I click on Help (in FireFly) and then choose Win32 API HLP I encounter a Help Path Error telling me to do something I do not understand with Compiler, Environment, Options. Can someone translate the error message for me, or even better, tell me what HLP files I need to install where?
Thanks.
-- tom cone
Hi Tom,
FireFly attempts to show help (and/or context help) by displaying specific win32 api hlp files. You need to first download these files. You can get it from PowerBASIC's site:
http:/www.powerbasic.com/files/pub/mstools/win32.zip
...or... (and these are the ones that I use):
ftp://ftp.borland.com/pub/delphi/techpubs/delphi2/win32.zip
ftp://ftp.borland.com/pub/bcppbuilder/techpubs/bcb5/b5ms.zip
Unzip these files into a directory of your choice.
Next, you need to show FireFly where you have these files installed. Click on FireFly's top menu: "Options", "Environment Options". Click on the treeview branch called "Compiler". In the window to the right you will see a place to specify the location of the Win32 help path.
Hope this answers your question.
Paul, I really feel foolish. In my case I did not know that the "Compiler" topic in the Environment Options dialog actually had a dialog associated with it. Just assumed it was a topic header, and kept skipping past it to double click "PowerBASIC Windows 8", which of course does not lead to a dialog or prompt for the path to help files.
Since I was trying to set options for my compiler of choice I couldn't figure out how to specify the necessary path. Thanks for straightening me out.
-- tom