PB Help.

[Tyrone Lee]

Where is FireFly looking for the PowerBASIC help file? When I try to access help from FF, it can't find my PB help file. I also don't see a setting or a way to browse and fix this.

Tye

[TechSupport]

Hi Tye,

I am not near my source code right now but there was a problem with FireFly (or was it JPro?) picking up the correct PB Help file for Version 7. Could you try downloading and installing the FFengine to see if it fixes your problem? http://www.planetsquires.com/files/FFengine.zip

I will know for sure later tonight once I get at my development computer.

[TechSupport]

I just uploaded the FFengine.zip file again to be sure that it is the one with the help path error fixed.

[TechSupport]

Where is FireFly looking for the PowerBASIC help file?

FireFly looks in the same directory where the compiler resides.

[Donnie Hughes]

I think you posted that for me a couple of weeks ago.  It was a problem when you changed to 8.04 help files.  You actually have three ways to access the PB help files.  One using the F1 on the key word and the others through the drop down menu and tool bar.  When you put the fix in, it took care of the F1 key word access but not the other two.  I should have reported that to you then, but didn't want to bother.  I found I could get around it by going to the code and press F1 on a key word.
Donnie

[Tyrone Lee]

When I press F1, it says:

Cannot find file F:\PROGRA~1\PBWIN70\Bin\pbwin.chmpbwin.hlp, so obviously there is something wrong with the file/path its looking for.

However renaming my pbwin.hlp to "pbwin.chmpbwin.hlp" works.. lmao

[TechSupport]

  Yup, that is pretty much exactly the same path error that I fixed for Donnie some time ago. Did you try downloading the new FFengine that I uploaded yesterday? It should have the fix.

Donnie - I will check the toolbar/menu problem you mention to see if it happens to me.

[TechSupport]

Donnie is right. Using PB7 and clicking on the Help toolbar icon or using the menu option does not invoke the PowerBASIC Help file. I have corrected this and uploaded the fixed exe to  http://www.planetsquires.com/files/FFengine.zip  You still need to use F1 in order to get context sensitive help... the toolbar icon and menu option always just opens the PB help file.

[Donnie Hughes]

Paul,
This latest update fixes the toolbar/menu help options also.
Thanks,
Donnie