Julian Thomas schrieb:

My help setup is not working well for me. I'd like to have help
working for my programs that
seem to be calling view - all I get is newview throwing an empty
screen with a usage box popup.

For example, ZOC has, in its directory, g:\zoc4\zoc.hlp which I can
open with newview by
clicking directly on the file, but invoking help from the menubar does
not work.

I'd like to be able to have one easy way to access help, whether it be
for OS2 commands, TCP/IP
commands and functions, REXX, or the applications as well.

If I open newview and then click open, I need to specify a directory (whether it be x:\os2\help or
x:\tcpip\help or y:\os2progs\help and then I can select from a list of files; many with cryptic and
unintuitive names.

I don't mind going to an open cmd window and entering HELP REXX or
HELP FTP or whatever.

Is this as good as it gets?

It looks like that your environment is not setup right.

For *.hlp files the enviroment variable named HELP should be set up like:

SET HELP=H:\MPTN;H:\MPTN\HELP;H:\ecs\help;H:\OS2\HELP;H:\ecs\system\ewps\help;H:\ECS\SYSTEM\AMouse;H:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;H:\TCPIP\HELP;H:\MMOS2\HELP;H:\PROGRAMS\4OS2;e:\tools\os2\which;E:\UNIMAINT;

and for onle books the environment variable BOOSHELF should contain all
pathes to files *.inf

SET BOOKSHELF=H:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;H:\OS2\BOOK;H:\ecs\book;H:\EMX\BOOK;H:\TCPIP\HELP;H:\MMOS2;H:\PROGRAMS\4OS2

Yes, the old IBM view.exe is replaced in eCS with newview.exe that gives
more comfort. One of this is that it seeks not ony HELP but BOOKSHELF
for onlene books.

So you should check your config.sys for HELP and BOOKSHELF, check them
for syntax errors and/or missing pathes.

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My help setup is not working well for me. I'd like to have help working for my
programs that
seem to be calling view - all I get is newview throwing an empty screen with a usage box popup.

For example, ZOC has, in its directory, g:\zoc4\zoc.hlp which I can open with newview by
clicking directly on the file, but invoking help from the menubar does not work.

I'd like to be able to have one easy way to access help, whether it be for OS2 commands, TCP/IP
commands and functions, REXX, or the applications as well.

If I open newview and then click open, I need to specify a directory (whether it be x:\os2\help or
x:\tcpip\help or y:\os2progs\help and then I can select from a list of files; many with cryptic and
unintuitive names.

I don't mind going to an open cmd window and entering HELP REXX or HELP FTP or whatever.

Is this as good as it gets?
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