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Failed to Launch Help
« on: April 04, 2022, 03:52:24 PM »
I was trying to do something where I felt like I should temporarily check my man-card and read the directions, so I clicked on the box of interest and pressed F1, and got the above error.   I tend to do a pretty minimal DMD install so thought I might not have installed help, so I did a Repair install, which indicated that help was in fact installed, but I ran it anyway.   After the install, help opened once and now is back to displaying that error, whether invoked from within ladder or via the menu.   Any ideas?
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Re: Failed to Launch Help
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2022, 05:05:26 PM »
Bring up a System Config dialog or an instruction editor dialog, and try F1.

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Re: Failed to Launch Help
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2022, 06:10:44 PM »
Weird.   Not only did that work, but now it works from the menu and also by clicking on a box and hitting F1 without opening the editor dialog for the box, which is what I was doing before.
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Re: Failed to Launch Help
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2022, 08:03:21 PM »
OK, it's specifically ENDC.  If I click on that and hit F1, or try to open Help from the Menu while clicked on and ENDC, I get the error.

If I'm clicked on another box, say a MATH, and either hit F1 or open Help from the menu, I get help on MATH.   I guess I never realized that opening Help from the Menu (which I don't do much) is context sensitive to cursor position.  I assumed it would just open to the beginning of the help file.

Click on an ENDC and see if it opens.
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Re: Failed to Launch Help
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2022, 09:29:02 AM »
Duplicated it.  That instruction just isn't "hooked" to the specific ENDC Help Topic.  Easy fix.

F1 is CONTEXT help - not just launch Help.  If you are in a dialog box, F1 brings up the Help for that dialog box.  If you are on an instruction, it (should) bring up the Help for THAT instruction.

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Re: Failed to Launch Help
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2022, 10:28:36 AM »
Exactly.  I knew that F1 would give help on the cursor-location instruction, I just was not aware that opening help from the DMD menu would as well.
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