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Here is the latest version of my MsdnHelp addin for RadASM, which has now been extended to work with multiple helpfiles. Now you can get all the help info with just one key - F1. For example, if you have the cursor on a "mov" instruction it will open opcodes.hlp on the "mov" topic, and if you have the cursor on "MessageBox" it will open Win32.hlp or MSDN on the specified topic.
Just place all the files in this zip into the AddIns folder and enable the MsdnHelp plugin in radasm.ini by uncommenting the line msdnhelp.dll=1
The database contains paths for the default C:\Masm32\Help folder (opcodes, m32lib, floating point, directives), except that it uses MSDN in a folder E:\Program Files\ etc... if you want to change the help files, run SetPaths.exe

I await your bug reports ;)

Look here 5'th post for the updated version.

Hey qweerdy some of us don't have the MSDN collection but alot of us probably have the SDK... I did an addin which supports the SDK I wouldn't mind if you integrated that into your addin perhaps an option to use either msdn or the platform SDK...

I have prepared two new database files that are a bit easier to edit.

This one contains the same keywords as the original database but have all the MSDN / PlatSDK categories merged into one so it's easier to change the filename.

Don't forget to rename the database to help.mdb!

Hi Qweerdy

It GPF's on my Win98 when I change selection in listbox. Both by click and keyboard. Strange I have a JIT debugger (OllyDbg) but it did't catch anything.:(
I will try your new mdb's.

KetilO

Hi Qweerdy

Yeesss, the Win32.hlp database was the one I was looking for. :alright: MSDN/SDK is too slow for me.

Thanks, I will try it on Win98 when I get home. A little suggestion. If the word is not found, return FALSE and let RadASM launch the default help file.
I often use the find function of winhelp.

KetilO

Hi Qweerdy

Thats great. I often press F1 on words like EM_GETRECT wich is not found as a keyword. Then I press Ctrl+C to copy EM_SETRECT and then do a Find on the word. Sorry, I did not have time to test it on win98. It works very good on xp. I will test it on 98 this evening.

KetilO

Hi Qweerdy

The dll is dated 02-08-2002. Is this an early version. I could not get it to work.

KetilO

Hi Qweerdy

Working great on xp. Will test on 98 in a few hours.

Thanks for this excelent addin. :alright:

KetilO

There aren't any real tools, unless you mean MS Access XP, which would be breaking forum rules ;)

The original database was created by copying and pasting help file indexes from the standard Masm32 help files into text files, which were then imported into access as tables. The MSDN keyword listing was created by a simple Vb program that used all the PROTO's in the Masm32\Include folder to create a CSV (Comma separated values) text file.

The new Win32.hlp database was created by decompiling the help file and using another VB program to extract the topics from the rtf file. These topics were then used to filter the records already in the database.

I will release the source code to the addin and the SetPaths utility as soon as I'm convinced that they are reasonably finished, as well as the source to the VB programs if anyone really needs them.

My best guess is: figure out which file the MSDN icon points to (not hh.exe, but the file to open with hh.exe) and try setting that as the help file. That's how I originally figured out that the .col file was the main file.