http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33298
Bug #: 33298 Summary: winhelp: help files not found in MS Access '97 Product: Wine Version: 1.5.26 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: major Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: francois.melchior@belgacom.net Classification: Unclassified
Created attachment 44048 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=44048 Main help (WINEDEBUG=+winhelp)
When we try to go to the help in MS Access '97 we get a message saying the help file has not been found.
N.B.: I wanted to select "winhelp" as component but it is not in the list...
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--- Comment #1 from François francois.melchior@belgacom.net 2013-03-30 10:39:48 CDT --- Created attachment 44049 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=44049 looking for some VBA info (WINEDEBUG=+winhelp)
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Rico kgbricola@web.de changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|major |normal
--- Comment #2 from Rico kgbricola@web.de 2013-03-30 11:39:32 CDT --- Not major, please read http://bugs.winehq.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#importance . At best it is normal...
Component may be "programs", but please try to answer the following first to see where the problem might come from. 1. Where is the help file located? (Please search it and report the path.) 2. Does "./wine winhlp32 <path/name>.hlp" work? 3. What was the command to get the logs? Did you run Access or did you run winhlp32 directly?
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--- Comment #3 from François francois.melchior@belgacom.net 2013-03-31 16:26:32 CDT --- Sorry it seems indeed of normal importance.
The logs come when running Access; what I have not written is that the error dialog offer to manually select the .hlp file, if we do that it does work (we even get the right page in the second case! - the second attachment).
Directly running winhlp32 also works.
Paths are: * C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA\VEFRLR3.HLP * C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\ACMAIN80.HLP
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--- Comment #4 from Rico kgbricola@web.de 2013-04-01 12:58:15 CDT --- Looks like a dupe of bug 23321 , bug 32833 or bug 19666 . Could you check the other bugs please and verify if it is a dupe of one of those?
Hence, someone has to fix the problem with the spaces ... :-)
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--- Comment #5 from François francois.melchior@belgacom.net 2013-04-03 14:30:12 CDT --- I have read them carefully but no it is something else, and I have found where the problem*s* come from: there are in fact 2 bugs:
- MS Office 97 and some other applications put the path of the help file (and CNT file also) in "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Help"; at least Windows XP get it from there (I have tested by modifying the key, and WinXP help doesn't find the file anymore)
- for the second case only there is another bug - I just open it (bug 33329)
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François francois.melchior@belgacom.net changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|-unknown |programs
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--- Comment #6 from François francois.melchior@belgacom.net 2013-04-05 09:22:34 CDT --- Created attachment 44092 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=44092 Proposed patch
I have made a small patch but it is untested (I don't know how to build a single file)
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François francois.melchior@belgacom.net changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #44092|0 |1 is obsolete| |
--- Comment #7 from François francois.melchior@belgacom.net 2013-04-05 10:39:55 CDT --- Created attachment 44093 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=44093 Proposed patch
Patch was bad
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François francois.melchior@belgacom.net changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #44093|0 |1 is obsolete| |
--- Comment #8 from François francois.melchior@belgacom.net 2013-04-09 14:03:29 CDT --- Created attachment 44132 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=44132 Proposed patch
Could not work (pointer on last '/' and not on filename)
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Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |patch
--- Comment #9 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com --- Is this still an issue in current (1.7.36 or newer) wine? If so, please attach terminal output.
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--- Comment #10 from François francois.melchior@belgacom.net --- It is still present in Wine 1.7.33
Maybe you know how to compile one file? If so I could test my patch...
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--- Comment #11 from François francois.melchior@belgacom.net --- Tested in Wine 1.7.38 - no change. Only difference in debug messages with attachment n°1: '0x121c48' becomes '0x129cc0'.
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--- Comment #12 from Nikolay Sivov bunglehead@gmail.com --- Hello, Francois.
Could please describe in details how are you trying to open help file, where it is located? Do you mean that this registry key serves as search path that's used if help file is not found in other locations, like current directory for example? What's important is to figure out correct search order.
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Wylda wylda@volny.cz changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |wylda@volny.cz
--- Comment #13 from Wylda wylda@volny.cz --- This bug is incorrectly linked to Need for Speed Most Wanted in AppDB.
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--- Comment #14 from Rosanne DiMesio dimesio@earthlink.net --- (In reply to Wylda from comment #13)
This bug is incorrectly linked to Need for Speed Most Wanted in AppDB.
I fixed that.