Flat Look CHM SKin

Please post all questions and comments regarding Help & Manual 7 here.

Moderators: Alexander Halser, Tim Green

Post Reply
alanmcd
Posts: 100
Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:02 pm

Flat Look CHM SKin

Unread post by alanmcd »

Which PP skin produces the flat look of CHM tabs etc? Or if it's a cutomising somewhere - where do you make the flat look like the H&M Manual CHM files?
User avatar
Tim Green
Site Admin
Posts: 23156
Joined: Mon Jun 24, 2002 9:11 am
Location: Bruehl, Germany
Contact:

Re: Flat Look CHM SKin

Unread post by Tim Green »

alanmcd wrote:Which PP skin produces the flat look of CHM tabs etc? Or if it's a cutomising somewhere - where do you make the flat look like the H&M Manual CHM files?
None of them. This is physically impossible. The CHM viewer is an ancient, ancient Microsoft Windows component that has not been updated since its original release with Windows 98 and cannot be configured in its appearance in any way. There are some configurations in Configuration > Publishing Options > HTML Help > Help Windows, but that is pretty much it. The appearance of the viewer is carved in stone.

If you want a configurable appearance for local help, try eWriter, it can replace CHM and eliminates the disadvantages of both CHM and local Webhelp:

https://helpandmanual.com/help/index.ht ... writer.htm
Regards,
Tim (EC Software Documentation & User Support)

Private support:
Please do not email or PM me with private support requests -- post to the forum directly.
alanmcd
Posts: 100
Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:02 pm

Re: Flat Look CHM SKin

Unread post by alanmcd »

OK so how does H&M help look like this:
HM Flat.JPG
and HM produced help looks like this:
HM Produced.JPG
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
Martin Wynne
Posts: 2656
Joined: Mon May 12, 2003 3:21 pm
Location: West of the Severn, UK

Re: Flat Look CHM SKin

Unread post by Martin Wynne »

Hi Alan,

That's down to the manifest file included in or with your application. Windows matches a CHM to the calling application's manifest settings.

If you open the HelpMan.chm file by itself, you will see that it matches yours:
hm_chm.png
Go to: C:\Program Files (x86)\EC Software\HelpAndManual7\HelpMan.chm

cheers,

Martin.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Post Reply