Installing a Help File in the Emulator

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From: E.D. (ED_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/04/04 

Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:31:05 -0800

Hi,

I've created a Appname.htm help file for my application. My installer puts
it into the \Windows directory, and everything works correctly. But how do I
tell eVC++ 4 that when it installs the application into the Emulator, it also
needs to install the help file so that it's there when my applications runs?

I saw the postbuild commands, as well as the custom build commands, but no
matter what I do, it does not install the help file. This is what I tried:

1. In File View, right-clicked on the AppName.hm file and selected Settings
2. Clicked on the Custom Build tab
3. In the Commands box, I tried various things, using the shortcuts
available on the Directory and Files popup lists, such as:

copy "$(InputPath)\$(InputName)" "$(RemoteDir)\Windows\AppName.htm"

I tried various different commands, with and without quotes, but nothing
ever gets installed into the Emulator. Unfortunately, I don't get any
warnings or errors either, so I can't tell what the problem might be. I can't
even tell if the custom build command is being executed or not.

On the Build tab, I see:

Downloading files
Checking remote file: \WINDOWS\cemon.exe.
Remote file \WINDOWS\cemon.exe is up to date.
Checking remote file: \AppName.exe.
Remote file \AppName.exe is up to date.
Finished downloading.

But no mention of the help file. On the Debug tab, I see:

AppName.exe
shutil.dll
tshres.dll
commctrl.dll
[several other dlls]

but again, no mention of the help file. Can someone please give me
step-by-step instructions on how to tell eVC4 to install my help file into
the \Windows directory?

Thanks!

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