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OleBoy
January 28th, 2013, 08:09
I'm interested in converting some .htm files to .chm files so I can add them to my Gmax help file structure.
Is there a free tool out there that will do this for me?

PRB
January 28th, 2013, 11:44
How about this:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/chmprocessor/?source=directory

- Paul

srgalahad
January 31st, 2013, 18:45
Microsoft provides the tool to create .chm files - HTML Help Workshop and documentation.
- source files must be .htm/.html - Word files can be used after conversion to .htm

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21138

"The CHM (Compiled Help Modules) format is used in Microsoft HTML Help, the standard help system for the Windows platform. A CHM file is a collection of HTML documents and other data such as images and JavaScript compressed into a single file. CHM files contain a number of powerful features present in the specifications available here including: Table of Contents, Index of keywords and Full-text search functionality."
more hints etc. here :http://www.help-info.de/en/Help_Info_HTMLHelp/hh.htm

You might find this comment from another source interesting:
".chm are compiled Microsoft html help files, and they don't work on anything above XP, and are a security threat because they're easily exploited.

It's an old format initially released in 1997 and no longer under construction, there's no point in making a software help file in this format."