BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 10-21-92 (10:53) Number: 304 From: TONY ELLIOTT Refer#: NONE To: DANNY DAVIS Recvd: NO Subj: Re: QuickBasic Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
DD> Does anyone know of a way to open the HLP files for QB45 and print
DD> them or write it to a text file even.
Using the HELPMAKE utility included with many MS language products, you
can decode a .HLP file:
HELPMAKE /DU BC.HLP > Output.Txt
| | | |--------Output file name
| | |--------------DOS "Redirect Output" symbol
| |-------------------Help file to decompile
|------------------------Decompile/Remove links (binary info)
Tony
... (hic) BWave 2.10 (hic) BWave 2.10 * My computer is drunk ...
--- Blue Wave/Max v2.10 [NR]
* Origin: Oakland BBS - McDonough, GA - (404) 954-0071 (1:133/706.0)

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