Quick Help

[pwdiener]

I downloaded the CHM file mentioned in the quick help link for Lua and installed it for the Lua document type. The index comes up fine, as does contents, but the main area of the help page shows Navigation to the Web Page was Cancelled first, then the address is not valid. I don't seem to have that problem with the Zeus help or the help files I've got for the Borland C++ compiler.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

[pwdiener]

Never mind - found the answer. This is apparently caused by a security update of Microsoft's.

Bill

[jussij]

Never mind - found the answer. This is apparently caused by a security update of Microsoft's.

That is just what I was about to suggest

This file is quite old and there have been quite a few Windows security patches since then:

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Programming_in_Lua.chm	14-Apr-2007 00:58 	366K

Cheers Jussi

[jussij]

I have done a little more research into this help file.

To find out what was in the file I decompiled the Programming_in_Lua.chm help file using Microsoft HTML Help Workshop and found this in the contents section:

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Programming in Lua 
This is an online version of the book 
Programming in Lua 
by Roberto Ierusalimschy 
Lua.org, December 2003 
ISBN 85-903798-1-7

It suspect the CHM file was created using the HTML source code from this web page: http://www.lua.org/pil/

The web page carries the following copyright notice:

This online book is for personal use only. It cannot be copied to other web sites or further distributed in any form.

The Programming_in_Lua.chm does not carry this same notice but I think that is nothing more than some creative editing and I suspect the Programming_in_Lua.chm file was probably created and distributed illegally.

FWIW it is possible to recompile the Programming_in_Lua.chm file using Microsoft HTML Help Workshop and based on copyright notice it is probably ok to use that file for personal use only, but consult your lawyer

Cheers Jussi