http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29579
Bug #: 29579 Summary: winhelp: winhlp32.exe doesn't support making its window non-resizeable or without menu strip Product: Wine Version: 1.3.36 Platform: x86-64 URL: http://download.microsoft.com/download/aoe/Trial/1.0/W IN98/EN-US/MSAoE.exe OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: markk@clara.co.uk Classification: Unclassified
In Windows, help files can cause the winhlp32 window to open with fixed (non-resizeable) dimensions, and/or with no menu strip. Wine winhlp32 does not support that feature.
For example, download the Age of Empires trial version from http://www.microsoft.com/games/empires/downloads.htm direct download URL is http://download.microsoft.com/download/aoe/Trial/1.0/WIN98/EN-US/MSAoE.exe
Either run MSAoE.exe to install the demo, or use cabextract to unpack the files inside.
Run winhlp32.exe from Windows under Wine and load Empires.hlp. Notice the window has no menu strip and cannot be resized. (I tested winhlp32.exe from Windows 98 and XP.)
Run Wine winhlp32.exe and load Empires.hlp. (The window contents are completely messed up and unusable, but that's not what this bug covers.) Notice the winhlp32 window is resizeable and has a menu strip.