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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: Dr. Dobb's 386BSD Reference CD-ROM: Fraud?
Date: 7 Dec 1994 03:04:30 GMT
Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT
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In article <3bs60i$19l@dfw.net> locke@dfw.net writes:
] 
] All of the times I have encountered *.HLP files, they have been used in the
] Windows 3.1x environment.  As far as I know, you should be able to access the
] CD from within Windows and pull up the .hlp files with the File Manager.

Every time I've encountered *.HLP files, there have also been *.HLB
files.

As far as I know, you should be able to access the CD from within VMS and
pull up the .hlp files with the "HELP" utility.  You don't even have to
install them if you use the "/LIBRARY=" qualifier.

You can convert them to printable form by pointing SYS$OUTPUT at a file
and using the "HELP" utility.

8-).

So much for "standards" which "everyone supports".


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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