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

Paulo Pinto pjmlp at progtools.org
Thu Jun 13 12:47:34 PDT 2013


Am 13.06.2013 20:23, schrieb captaindet:
> On 2013-06-13 11:35, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>> 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
>
> thanks for following up on this but this is definitely not the problem
> here. to be sure i used IE and downloaded a random file to see how this
> un/blocking works (as i am usually not confronted with this). and yes i
> found an unblock button in the properties of a downloaded installer.
> however, the 'd.chm' file from the full D zip does not have this
> property set, there is no unblock button. as i have elaborated further
> in the other post, d.chm does actually start up (blocked files files do
> not start), i just cannot use it. it seems it needs further
> content/scripts/styles from the internet to work. i did not allow it to
> connect to the internet for several reasons. the most obvious one is
> that this help is meant for offline use, otherwise i could just browse
> the d homepage.

I just tried and in my case I get a unblock button.

Having said that you are right there seems to be some comunication going on.

Maybe it is better if someone from D developers can have a look at it, I 
am afraid I cannot be of much help.

--
Paulo



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