[dmd-beta] dmd 2.063.2 beta 2 - windows help broken

Paulo Pinto pjmlp at progtools.org
Thu Jun 13 09:35:14 PDT 2013


Am 13.06.2013 17:52, schrieb captaindet:
> On 2013-06-13 01:07, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>> On Thursday, 13 June 2013 at 01:26:09 UTC, captaindet wrote:
>>> just checked and the windows help file d.chm is still broken. weird
>>> scripting errors appear for every page/link. it is not usable this
>>> way. (it also wants to connect to the internet, which i don't like at
>>> all, but this could be a windows thing.)
>>>
>>> i love this help resource!
>>>
>>> [sorry for posting here, i couldn't figure out how to reply on the
>>> beta channel. it does not seem to be a newsgroup and i don't want to
>>> subscribe to a mailing list.]
>>
>> Have you checked if the file is blocked via the "file properties"?
>>
>> For security reasons help files downloaded from Internet need to be
>> unblocked, before all features are allowed.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paulo
>
> i don't use internet explorer. no downloaded file ever gets blocked on
> my system by windows. starting d.chm is not the problem.
>
> i use d.chm from the all system .zip file. so i did not even download it
> directly.
>
> btw: were would i be able to download it directly? i was searching for
> it since 2.063 came out and could not find it.
>
>

It is a standard Windows behavior since XP SP 3, don't forget that CHM 
files use Internet Explorer as ActiveX component.

Files extracted from .zip files inherit the .zip file security settings.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902225/en-us

Please try to unblock the chm file as suggested by Microsoft.

--
Paulo


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