Open-Source Developers - Trouble compiling the help file?

[monkey0506]

Hey, I just wanted to share some information that I just found because I was having some trouble compiling the help file from the SVN using the provided run.cmd file. I was actually getting an error message, "HHC6003: The file itircl.dll has not been registered correctly."

A bit of Googling later and I came upon this page which explains why I was getting this error. The itircl.dll file was fine, but one of its dependencies, itcc.dll was completely missing on my system. In addition to the error message, this led to two problems in the compiled help file that was generated:

1) The index was not being sorted, so it was a complete and horrible mess!

2) The search feature was completely broken, and I was unable to use it for anything (any search returned no results).

The above referenced help site actually provides the itcc.dll for download, for users such as myself where the file is just completely missing. Since I am on 64-bit Windows, I registered the file under both Windows\System32 and Windows\SysWOW64. This might not be necessary, but I figured it was the safest route (especially since itircl.dll existed in both locations).

Once that was done, I am now able to compile a fully functional help file. I just wanted to share this in case anyone is also missing the itcc.dll file.

[helios123]

Another option is to download and install Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop (htmlhelp.exe) from here.