• Tcl 9 Build failure using Visual Studio 2022

    From Michael Soyka@mssr953@gmail.com to comp.lang.tcl on Thu Oct 10 13:07:52 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    I've downloaded the tcl900-src.zip file from SourceForge and am trying
    to build it using the "buildall.vc.bat" script with Visual Studio 2022.
    Other than defining INSTALLDIR, I've changed nothing. The executables
    and packages appear to build without error but not the help files which
    fail like so:

    : make-manpage-section: not table of contents.
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'win\Debug_VC1941\tclsh90.exe win\..\tools\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=win\Debug_VC1941\html"' :
    return code '0x1'
    Stop.
    *** BOOM! ***
    DONE!

    Note that I've shortened the paths in the above error message for clarity.

    Can anyone help?

    -mike
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  • From Michael Soyka@mssr953@gmail.com to comp.lang.tcl on Thu Oct 10 19:21:56 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    On 10/10/2024 1:07 PM, Michael Soyka wrote:
    I've downloaded the tcl900-src.zip file from SourceForge and am trying
    to build it using the "buildall.vc.bat" script with Visual Studio 2022. Other than defining INSTALLDIR, I've changed nothing.  The executables
    and packages appear to build without error but not the help files which
    fail like so:

    : make-manpage-section: not table of contents.
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'win\Debug_VC1941\tclsh90.exe win\.. \tools\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=win\Debug_VC1941\html"' : return
    code '0x1'
    Stop.
    *** BOOM! ***
    DONE!

    Note that I've shortened the paths in the above error message for clarity.

    Can anyone help?

    -mike

    I see that "HTML Help Workshop" is referenced in makefile.vc and
    apparently needed to construct the help files. I don't have a copy in
    either "Program Files" directories. It is no longer available from
    Microsoft and seems to have been removed from Visual Studio
    installations starting with 2019 16.11.5.

    Am I missing something or, if not, is there a work-around?
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  • From Michael Soyka@mssr953@gmail.com to comp.lang.tcl on Thu Oct 10 21:19:29 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    On 10/10/2024 1:07 PM, Michael Soyka wrote:
    I've downloaded the tcl900-src.zip file from SourceForge and am trying
    to build it using the "buildall.vc.bat" script with Visual Studio 2022. Other than defining INSTALLDIR, I've changed nothing.  The executables
    and packages appear to build without error but not the help files which
    fail like so:

    : make-manpage-section: not table of contents.
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'win\Debug_VC1941\tclsh90.exe win\.. \tools\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=win\Debug_VC1941\html"' : return
    code '0x1'
    Stop.
    *** BOOM! ***
    DONE!

    Note that I've shortened the paths in the above error message for clarity.

    Can anyone help?

    -mike

    To answer my own question, the work-around, at the moment, is to not
    build the docs. This means not using the shell script but invoking
    nmake directly:

    nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc release
    nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc install

    This allows me to test my apps using 9.0. The docs issue can be
    addressed later.

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  • From Harald Oehlmann@wortkarg3@yahoo.com to comp.lang.tcl on Sun Oct 13 13:14:52 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    Am 11.10.2024 um 03:19 schrieb Michael Soyka:
    On 10/10/2024 1:07 PM, Michael Soyka wrote:
    I've downloaded the tcl900-src.zip file from SourceForge and am trying
    to build it using the "buildall.vc.bat" script with Visual Studio
    2022. Other than defining INSTALLDIR, I've changed nothing.  The
    executables and packages appear to build without error but not the
    help files which fail like so:

    : make-manpage-section: not table of contents.
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'win\Debug_VC1941\tclsh90.exe win\..
    \tools\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=win\Debug_VC1941\html"' : return
    code '0x1'
    Stop.
    *** BOOM! ***
    DONE!

    Note that I've shortened the paths in the above error message for
    clarity.

    Can anyone help?

    -mike

    To answer my own question, the work-around, at the moment, is to not
    build the docs.  This means not using the shell script but invoking
    nmake directly:

      nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc release
      nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc install

    This allows me to test my apps using 9.0.  The docs issue can be
    addressed later.


    Your observation is correct.
    On the other side, if the help workshop is available, it works. I always
    test this. The result is semi-optimal anyway...

    Thanks,
    Harald
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  • From Michael Soyka@mssr953@gmail.com to comp.lang.tcl on Mon Oct 14 11:03:15 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    On 10/13/2024 7:14 AM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
    Am 11.10.2024 um 03:19 schrieb Michael Soyka:
    On 10/10/2024 1:07 PM, Michael Soyka wrote:
    I've downloaded the tcl900-src.zip file from SourceForge and am
    trying to build it using the "buildall.vc.bat" script with Visual
    Studio 2022. Other than defining INSTALLDIR, I've changed nothing.
    The executables and packages appear to build without error but not
    the help files which fail like so:

    : make-manpage-section: not table of contents.
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'win\Debug_VC1941\tclsh90.exe win\..
    \tools\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=win\Debug_VC1941\html"' : return
    code '0x1'
    Stop.
    *** BOOM! ***
    DONE!

    Note that I've shortened the paths in the above error message for
    clarity.

    Can anyone help?

    -mike

    To answer my own question, the work-around, at the moment, is to not
    build the docs.  This means not using the shell script but invoking
    nmake directly:

       nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc release
       nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc install

    This allows me to test my apps using 9.0.  The docs issue can be
    addressed later.


    Your observation is correct.
    On the other side, if the help workshop is available, it works. I always test this. The result is semi-optimal anyway...

    Thanks,
    Harald
    Thanks for your reply. I've had past experience with the help workshop
    but when I upgraded to Windows 10, it never occurred to me to download
    it again- who knew?

    Anyway, since the Tcl/Tk sources come with man-pages in nroff format and
    the unix makefile creates HTML pages, it occurred to me to port those
    makefile targets to makefile.vc. Thus far, I've made the HTML help
    files for both Tcl and Tk but each has its own index.html file and the
    build process does not merge them. That's the next mystery.

    -mike
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  • From Harald Oehlmann@wortkarg3@yahoo.com to comp.lang.tcl on Mon Oct 14 20:59:09 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    Am 14.10.2024 um 17:03 schrieb Michael Soyka:
    On 10/13/2024 7:14 AM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
    Am 11.10.2024 um 03:19 schrieb Michael Soyka:
    On 10/10/2024 1:07 PM, Michael Soyka wrote:
    I've downloaded the tcl900-src.zip file from SourceForge and am
    trying to build it using the "buildall.vc.bat" script with Visual
    Studio 2022. Other than defining INSTALLDIR, I've changed nothing.
    The executables and packages appear to build without error but not
    the help files which fail like so:

    : make-manpage-section: not table of contents.
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'win\Debug_VC1941\tclsh90.exe win\..
    \tools\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=win\Debug_VC1941\html"' :
    return code '0x1'
    Stop.
    *** BOOM! ***
    DONE!

    Note that I've shortened the paths in the above error message for
    clarity.

    Can anyone help?

    -mike

    To answer my own question, the work-around, at the moment, is to not
    build the docs.  This means not using the shell script but invoking
    nmake directly:

       nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc release
       nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc install

    This allows me to test my apps using 9.0.  The docs issue can be
    addressed later.


    Your observation is correct.
    On the other side, if the help workshop is available, it works. I
    always test this. The result is semi-optimal anyway...

    Thanks,
    Harald
    Thanks for your reply.  I've had past experience with the help workshop
    but when I upgraded to Windows 10, it never occurred to me to download
    it again- who knew?

    Anyway, since the Tcl/Tk sources come with man-pages in nroff format and
    the unix makefile creates HTML pages, it occurred to me to port those makefile targets to makefile.vc.  Thus far, I've made the HTML help
    files for both Tcl and Tk but each has its own index.html file and the
    build process does not merge them.  That's the next mystery.

    -mike

    The help files are only merged, if:
    - tcl and tk source is in a common sub-folder and there is no other
    tcl/tk subfolder in the same directory.
    - cd tcl9.0.0\win
    - nmake -f Makefile.vc
    - nmake -f Makefile.vc htmlhelp
    Will build both html help sets and the unified index file. Then, the
    call to the help workshop fails, but the files are in
    win\Release_VCxxxx\html

    I tried to put info on the help system here:

    https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/wiki?name=How+to+edit/test+tcl+man+pages&p

    Any help appreciated,
    Harald

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  • From Michael Soyka@mssr953@gmail.com to comp.lang.tcl on Mon Oct 14 21:54:21 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    On 10/14/2024 2:59 PM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
    Am 14.10.2024 um 17:03 schrieb Michael Soyka:
    On 10/13/2024 7:14 AM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
    Am 11.10.2024 um 03:19 schrieb Michael Soyka:
    On 10/10/2024 1:07 PM, Michael Soyka wrote:
    I've downloaded the tcl900-src.zip file from SourceForge and am
    trying to build it using the "buildall.vc.bat" script with Visual
    Studio 2022. Other than defining INSTALLDIR, I've changed nothing.
    The executables and packages appear to build without error but not
    the help files which fail like so:

    : make-manpage-section: not table of contents.
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'win\Debug_VC1941\tclsh90.exe win\..
    \tools\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=win\Debug_VC1941\html"' :
    return code '0x1'
    Stop.
    *** BOOM! ***
    DONE!

    Note that I've shortened the paths in the above error message for
    clarity.

    Can anyone help?

    -mike

    To answer my own question, the work-around, at the moment, is to not
    build the docs.  This means not using the shell script but invoking
    nmake directly:

       nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc release
       nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc install

    This allows me to test my apps using 9.0.  The docs issue can be
    addressed later.


    Your observation is correct.
    On the other side, if the help workshop is available, it works. I
    always test this. The result is semi-optimal anyway...

    Thanks,
    Harald
    Thanks for your reply.  I've had past experience with the help
    workshop but when I upgraded to Windows 10, it never occurred to me to
    download it again- who knew?

    Anyway, since the Tcl/Tk sources come with man-pages in nroff format
    and the unix makefile creates HTML pages, it occurred to me to port
    those makefile targets to makefile.vc.  Thus far, I've made the HTML
    help files for both Tcl and Tk but each has its own index.html file
    and the build process does not merge them.  That's the next mystery.

    -mike

    The help files are only merged, if:
    - tcl and tk source is in a common sub-folder and there is no other tcl/
    tk subfolder in the same directory.
    - cd tcl9.0.0\win
    - nmake -f Makefile.vc
    - nmake -f Makefile.vc htmlhelp
    Will build both html help sets and the unified index file. Then, the
    call to the help workshop fails, but the files are in win\Release_VCxxxx\html

    I tried to put info on the help system here:

    https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/wiki?name=How+to+edit/test+tcl+man+pages&p

    Any help appreciated,
    Harald

    Harald,

    I made the htmlhelp target as you've suggested and it does make the HTML
    files and merges the index.html files as desired. I don't remember
    exactly what I did when I first posted this but I certainly didn't
    realize it was making HTML files before the .chm and so never looked for
    them.

    Thanks for your help and patience. The makefile is a bit tough to
    understand but the rules.vc file helped alot.

    -mike
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  • From William Bresler@wbresler+c.l.tcl@gmail.com to comp.lang.tcl on Thu Oct 31 15:51:27 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    Michael Soyka wrote:
    On 10/14/2024 2:59 PM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
    Am 14.10.2024 um 17:03 schrieb Michael Soyka:
    On 10/13/2024 7:14 AM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
    Am 11.10.2024 um 03:19 schrieb Michael Soyka:
    On 10/10/2024 1:07 PM, Michael Soyka wrote:
    I've downloaded the tcl900-src.zip file from SourceForge and am trying to build it using the "buildall.vc.bat" script with Visual Studio 2022.
    Other than defining INSTALLDIR, I've changed nothing. The executables and packages appear to build without error but not the help files which
    fail like so:

    : make-manpage-section: not table of contents.
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'win\Debug_VC1941\tclsh90.exe win\.. \tools\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=win\Debug_VC1941\html"' : return code '0x1'
    Stop.
    *** BOOM! ***
    DONE!

    Note that I've shortened the paths in the above error message for clarity.

    Can anyone help?

    -mike

    To answer my own question, the work-around, at the moment, is to not build the docs.  This means not using the shell script but invoking nmake
    directly:

       nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc release
       nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc install

    This allows me to test my apps using 9.0.  The docs issue can be addressed later.


    Your observation is correct.
    On the other side, if the help workshop is available, it works. I always test this. The result is semi-optimal anyway...

    Thanks,
    Harald
    Thanks for your reply.  I've had past experience with the help workshop but when I upgraded to Windows 10, it never occurred to me to download it
    again- who knew?

    Anyway, since the Tcl/Tk sources come with man-pages in nroff format and the unix makefile creates HTML pages, it occurred to me to port those
    makefile targets to makefile.vc.  Thus far, I've made the HTML help files for both Tcl and Tk but each has its own index.html file and the build
    process does not merge them.  That's the next mystery.

    -mike

    The help files are only merged, if:
    - tcl and tk source is in a common sub-folder and there is no other tcl/ tk subfolder in the same directory.
    - cd tcl9.0.0\win
    - nmake -f Makefile.vc
    - nmake -f Makefile.vc htmlhelp
    Will build both html help sets and the unified index file. Then, the call to the help workshop fails, but the files are in win\Release_VCxxxx\html

    I tried to put info on the help system here:

    https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/wiki?name=How+to+edit/test+tcl+man+pages&p

    Any help appreciated,
    Harald

    Harald,

    I made the htmlhelp target as you've suggested and it does make the HTML files and merges the index.html files as desired.  I don't remember exactly
    what I did when I first posted this but I certainly didn't realize it was making HTML files before the .chm and so never looked for them.

    Thanks for your help and patience.  The makefile is a bit tough to understand but the rules.vc file helped alot.

    -mike

    Although Microsoft essentially discontinued the HTML Help Workshop, and
    the links to download it are now broken, the Internet Archive's Wayback
    machine often comes to the rescue. I ran into this same issue in June
    2023 while trying to build Tcl/Tk on a Windows 11 system so I poked
    around various old postings about HHW until I found a reference that I
    could plug into the Wayback Machine.

    I just checked and the files are still there. Here are the links:

    htmlhelp.exe: https://web.archive.org/web/20160201063255if_/https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/9/0A939EF6-E31C-430F-A3DF-DFAE7960D564/htmlhelp.exe

    helpdocs.zip: https://web.archive.org/web/20160314043751if_/http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/9/0A939EF6-E31C-430F-A3DF-DFAE7960D564/helpdocs.zip

    (Sorry for the extra long lines.)

    The first is the installer. IIRC you should run this as Administrator, or
    from an elevated command prompt session. The second contains .CHM files for the HHW itself. I have no problems building the docs for Tcl/Tk 8.6.15 and I am planning on trying out a build of Tcl/Tk 9.0 in the next few days.

    I hope this will prove useful for anyone who finds the .CHM files valuable. Best of luck.

    --- William Bresler

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  • From Michael Soyka@mssr953@gmail.com to comp.lang.tcl on Fri Nov 1 12:10:33 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    On 10/31/2024 3:51 PM, William Bresler wrote:
    Michael Soyka wrote:
    On 10/14/2024 2:59 PM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
    Am 14.10.2024 um 17:03 schrieb Michael Soyka:
    On 10/13/2024 7:14 AM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
    Am 11.10.2024 um 03:19 schrieb Michael Soyka:
    On 10/10/2024 1:07 PM, Michael Soyka wrote:
    I've downloaded the tcl900-src.zip file from SourceForge and am >>>>>>> trying to build it using the "buildall.vc.bat" script with Visual >>>>>>> Studio 2022. Other than defining INSTALLDIR, I've changed
    nothing. The executables and packages appear to build without
    error but not the help files which fail like so:

    : make-manpage-section: not table of contents.
    NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'win\Debug_VC1941\tclsh90.exe win\.. >>>>>>> \tools\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=win\Debug_VC1941\html"' :
    return code '0x1'
    Stop.
    *** BOOM! ***
    DONE!

    Note that I've shortened the paths in the above error message for >>>>>>> clarity.

    Can anyone help?

    -mike

    To answer my own question, the work-around, at the moment, is to
    not build the docs.  This means not using the shell script but
    invoking nmake directly:

       nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc release
       nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc install

    This allows me to test my apps using 9.0.  The docs issue can be >>>>>> addressed later.


    Your observation is correct.
    On the other side, if the help workshop is available, it works. I
    always test this. The result is semi-optimal anyway...

    Thanks,
    Harald
    Thanks for your reply.  I've had past experience with the help
    workshop but when I upgraded to Windows 10, it never occurred to me
    to download it again- who knew?

    Anyway, since the Tcl/Tk sources come with man-pages in nroff format
    and the unix makefile creates HTML pages, it occurred to me to port
    those makefile targets to makefile.vc.  Thus far, I've made the HTML >>>> help files for both Tcl and Tk but each has its own index.html file
    and the build process does not merge them.  That's the next mystery.

    -mike

    The help files are only merged, if:
    - tcl and tk source is in a common sub-folder and there is no other
    tcl/ tk subfolder in the same directory.
    - cd tcl9.0.0\win
    - nmake -f Makefile.vc
    - nmake -f Makefile.vc htmlhelp
    Will build both html help sets and the unified index file. Then, the
    call to the help workshop fails, but the files are in
    win\Release_VCxxxx\html

    I tried to put info on the help system here:

    https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/wiki?name=How+to+edit/test+tcl+man+pages&p >>>
    Any help appreciated,
    Harald

    Harald,

    I made the htmlhelp target as you've suggested and it does make the
    HTML files and merges the index.html files as desired.  I don't
    remember exactly what I did when I first posted this but I certainly
    didn't realize it was making HTML files before the .chm and so never
    looked for them.

    Thanks for your help and patience.  The makefile is a bit tough to
    understand but the rules.vc file helped alot.

    -mike

    Although Microsoft essentially discontinued the HTML Help Workshop, and
    the links to download it are now broken, the Internet Archive's Wayback machine often comes to the rescue.  I ran into this same issue in June
    2023 while trying to build Tcl/Tk on a Windows 11 system so I poked
    around various old postings about HHW until I found a reference that I
    could plug into the Wayback Machine.

    I just checked and the files are still there.  Here are the links:

    htmlhelp.exe:
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160201063255if_/https:// download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/9/0A939EF6-E31C-430F-A3DF- DFAE7960D564/htmlhelp.exe

    helpdocs.zip:
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160314043751if_/http:// download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/9/0A939EF6-E31C-430F-A3DF- DFAE7960D564/helpdocs.zip

    (Sorry for the extra long lines.)

    The first is the installer.  IIRC you should run this as Administrator, or from an elevated command prompt session.  The second contains .CHM files for
    the HHW itself.  I have no problems building the docs for Tcl/Tk 8.6.15
    and I
    am planning on trying out a build of Tcl/Tk 9.0 in the next few days.

    I hope this will prove useful for anyone who finds the .CHM files valuable. Best of luck.

       --- William Bresler

    Thank you for the Wayback machine reference and links. I've heard of
    this site before but keep forgetting about it.

    By coincidence, a few days ago I looked at some old system backups, my
    own personal Wayback machine, and found the same files you've listed
    above. I installed the htmlhelp app and tried to build the help files
    for version 9 and encountered two problems.

    First, the makefile.vc references a file named contents.htm which the
    help compiler couldn't find (error HHC5003). Nonetheless, it created
    the .chm file but when I launched it, a message popped-up about a
    missing Internet Explorer DLL file: //ieframe.dll/dnserrordiagoff.htm#

    The build process does create an index.htm file but if I blindly replace contents.htm with index.htm in the makefile, the same errors occur
    (HHC5003- can't compile index.htm).

    Truth be told, I'm good with the HTML pages but the above errors irk me
    and so this is still a work in progress (in my spare time).

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  • From Harald Oehlmann@wortkarg3@yahoo.com to comp.lang.tcl on Fri Nov 1 17:27:10 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    Thank you for the Wayback machine reference and links.  I've heard of
    this site before but keep forgetting about it.

    By coincidence, a few days ago I looked at some old system backups, my
    own personal Wayback machine, and found the same files you've listed above.  I installed the htmlhelp app and tried to build the help files
    for version 9 and encountered two problems.

    First, the makefile.vc references a file named contents.htm which the
    help compiler couldn't find (error HHC5003).  Nonetheless, it created
    the .chm file but when I launched it, a message popped-up about a
    missing Internet Explorer DLL file:  //ieframe.dll/dnserrordiagoff.htm#

    The build process does create an index.htm file but if I blindly replace contents.htm with index.htm in the makefile, the same errors occur
    (HHC5003- can't compile index.htm).

    Truth be told, I'm good with the HTML pages but the above errors irk me
    and so this is still a work in progress (in my spare time).


    Dear Michael,
    for me, the make target "htmlhelp" runns without issues with installed
    help compiler and MS-VS2015.
    But the resulting file TclTk90.chm shows an error message in the main
    widget planes (not an error box) when started:
    Vergewissern Sie sich, dass die Webadresse
    //ieframe.dll/dnserrordiagoff.htm# stimmt.
    says something like: Be shure that the web address ... is correct.
    There is only a search tab on the left side, no contents ans items.

    The current maintainer Ashok has abandoned this type of help.
    I can imagine, that it will be removed soon.
    Even Microsoft does not see any future.

    Nevertheless, I use Ashoks TCL 8.6.10 chm file (from his web site) on a
    daily basis for quick offline reference - one file - all manuals !

    Take care,
    Harald

    no access on this page:

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  • From Michael Soyka@mssr953@gmail.com to comp.lang.tcl on Fri Nov 1 13:33:10 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    On 11/01/2024 12:27 PM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
    Thank you for the Wayback machine reference and links.  I've heard of
    this site before but keep forgetting about it.

    By coincidence, a few days ago I looked at some old system backups, my
    own personal Wayback machine, and found the same files you've listed
    above.  I installed the htmlhelp app and tried to build the help files
    for version 9 and encountered two problems.

    First, the makefile.vc references a file named contents.htm which the
    help compiler couldn't find (error HHC5003).  Nonetheless, it created
    the .chm file but when I launched it, a message popped-up about a
    missing Internet Explorer DLL file:  //ieframe.dll/dnserrordiagoff.htm#

    The build process does create an index.htm file but if I blindly
    replace contents.htm with index.htm in the makefile, the same errors
    occur (HHC5003- can't compile index.htm).

    Truth be told, I'm good with the HTML pages but the above errors irk
    me and so this is still a work in progress (in my spare time).


    Dear Michael,
    for me, the make target "htmlhelp" runns without issues with installed
    help compiler and MS-VS2015.
    But the resulting file TclTk90.chm shows an error message in the main
    widget planes (not an error box) when started:
    Vergewissern Sie sich, dass die Webadresse //ieframe.dll/ dnserrordiagoff.htm# stimmt.
    says something like: Be shure that the web address ... is correct.
    There is only a search tab on the left side, no contents ans items.

    The current maintainer Ashok has abandoned this type of help.
    I can imagine, that it will be removed soon.
    Even Microsoft does not see any future.

    Nevertheless, I use Ashoks TCL 8.6.10 chm file (from his web site) on a daily basis for quick offline reference - one file - all manuals !

    Take care,
    Harald

    no access on this page:

    Hi Harald,
    You have exactly reproduced my experience. The HTML version serves me
    well so making the .chm is more "intellectual curiosity" than anything else. Thanks for your help!

    -mike

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  • From bohagan@brian199@comcast.net to comp.lang.tcl on Fri Nov 1 19:22:49 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    Here's what I use to build the CHM file for TCL/TK 9.0: http://paste.tclers.tk/6027
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  • From Michael Soyka@mssr953@gmail.com to comp.lang.tcl on Fri Nov 1 20:49:00 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    On 11/01/2024 3:22 PM, bohagan wrote:
    Here's what I use to build the CHM file for TCL/TK 9.0: http://paste.tclers.tk/6027

    Brian,

    Thanks for the script (and web site capability)- it told me what's wrong
    with the project makefile makefile.vc.

    Makefile.vc uses a "inline file" to create HHPFILE. However, it lists
    the files with a .htm extension but the files being referenced have a
    .html extension. When I corrected the extensions and changed
    "contents.htm" to "index.html", the build succeeds. Case closed.

    I will open a ticket for this.

    -mike
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  • From Ashok@apnmbx-public@yahoo.com to comp.lang.tcl on Sat Nov 2 12:11:05 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    I abandoned the CHM format because of sporadic crashes in htmlhelp when content was changed. Just minor edits to content would make the crashes disappear (or reappear!). It really is an obsolete format so I do not
    plan on resurrecting it.

    Brian's batch file is a workaround for anyone still desiring that format.

    /Ashok

    On 11/2/2024 6:19 AM, Michael Soyka wrote:
    On 11/01/2024 3:22 PM, bohagan wrote:
    Here's what I use to build the CHM file for TCL/TK 9.0:
    http://paste.tclers.tk/6027

    Brian,

    Thanks for the script (and web site capability)- it told me what's wrong with the project makefile makefile.vc.

    Makefile.vc uses a "inline file" to create HHPFILE.  However, it lists
    the files with a .htm extension but the files being referenced have
    a .html extension.  When I corrected the extensions and changed "contents.htm" to "index.html", the build succeeds.  Case closed.

    I will open a ticket for this.

    -mike

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  • From Ashok@apnmbx-public@yahoo.com to comp.lang.tcl on Sat Nov 2 12:12:13 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    Forgot to add, I'll make the change you suggested in any case.

    On 11/2/2024 6:19 AM, Michael Soyka wrote:
    On 11/01/2024 3:22 PM, bohagan wrote:
    Here's what I use to build the CHM file for TCL/TK 9.0:
    http://paste.tclers.tk/6027

    Brian,

    Thanks for the script (and web site capability)- it told me what's wrong with the project makefile makefile.vc.

    Makefile.vc uses a "inline file" to create HHPFILE.  However, it lists
    the files with a .htm extension but the files being referenced have
    a .html extension.  When I corrected the extensions and changed "contents.htm" to "index.html", the build succeeds.  Case closed.

    I will open a ticket for this.

    -mike

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