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lhelp is a program written entirely using FreePascal and the LCL to read .chm help files.
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This is a basic HOWTO for integrating lhelp into the Lazarus IDE.
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1 ) Start Lazarus
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2 ) Install Packages:
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In the Components Menu choose "Open Package File"
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Browse to the lazarus/components/chmhelp/packages/help/ directory and
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open "lhelpcontrolpkg.lpk"
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You do not need to directly install this package.
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With the lhelpcontrolpkg package still open, in the Components Menu choose
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"Open Package File". Browse to the lazarus/components/chmhelp/packages/idehelp
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directory and open chmhelppkg.lpk
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3 ) Now click "Install" this will automatically install the first package we opened.
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4 ) Restart Lazarus(if it didn't automatically)
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5 ) Open the lhelp project in lazarus/components/chmhelp/lhelp/lhelp.lpi
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Compile lhelp.
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5 ) Configure the paths for the lhelp:
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From the Help menu choose "Configure Help"
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Change to the "Viewers" tab and select "CHM Help Viewer"
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HelpEXE:
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For the "HelpEXE" entry browse to the lazarus/components/chmhelp/lhelp/ folder
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and select the lhelp executable.
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HelpFilesPath:
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This is the directory that contains the lcl.chm fcl.chm and rtl.chm files.
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HelpLabel Name and Tag do not need to be altered.
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The HelpLabel is the name of the named pipe that lazarus will use to comunicate with lhelp.
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6 ) Configure the DataBases
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Choose the DataBases tab.
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RTLUnits:
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this should be "rtl.chm://"
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FCLUnits:
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this should be "fcl.chm://"
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LCLUnits:
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this should be "lcl.chm://"
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NOTE if you have only a single lcl-fcl-rtl.chm file then then paths become:
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"lcl-fcl-rtl.chm://rtl/"
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"lcl-fcl-rtl.chm://fcl/"
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"lcl-fcl-rtl.chm://lcl/"
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Now close this window and check out the integrated help :)
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Enjoy
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