Open CHM (help file) in C#
I'm trying to open help file (chm extension) in C#.
File.Open(@"//help.chm",FileMo开发者_开发技巧de.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
and
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(@"c:\help.chm", FileMode.Open);
doesn't work :(
You can use -
System.Windows.Forms.Help.ShowHelp(Control, String)
So assuming you are in a Form/Control
Help.ShowHelp(this, "file://c:\\helpfiles\\help.chm");
ShowHelp
method also provides overloads to go to specific topic and help page located inside the compiled HTML help file.
Read System.Windows.Forms.Help.ShowHelp on MSDN
Decompiling a CHM file
Is as easy as executing below command in the command prompt.
hh.exe -decompile <target-folder-for-decompiled-content> <source-chm-file>
For Example:
hh.exe -decompile C:\foo\helpchmextracted help.chm
After executing the above command you should find the decompiled content in the C:\foo\helpchmextracted
folder.
string helpFileName = @"c:\help.chm";
if (System.IO.File.Exists(helpFileName))
{
Help.ShowHelp(this, helpFileName );
}
if this is not work try
if (System.IO.File.Exists(helpFileName))
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(helpFileName);
}
Adding my comments to an answer as per request:
It seems that the file name in the first statement is not correct however the second one
should work unless the file is locked, not exists or you don't have permissions to access the file. If you want to ShellExecute the file then you should use System.Diagnostics.Process
class, but if you want to extract the contents of the CHM, since is compiled and formatted, it can't be read like plain text files.
Take a look at these links:
Decompiling CHM (help) files with C#
CHM Help File Extractor
Well the second line should be ok, if the file is not existent it should throw an exception. Need to be more specific about what you mean by " it doesn't work"
Help.ShowHelp(this, AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory+"\\test.chm", HelpNavigator.Topic, "Welcome.htm");
Welcome is id of the welcome age in chm file
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"c:\help.chm");
Simple do this
Help.ShowHelp(ParentForm, "chmFile.chm", "link.htm");
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