TotalCmd.CHM, Ctrl+F (Find) & F1 or [Help]

[Balderstrom]

Win2K, TC7.56a

1. Open TC Help file (.chm)
2. Ctrl+F (to find text on current help page)
3. Go back to TC.
4. Press F1 OR [HELP] button on any of TC's dialogs that have one.
5. Crash.

Looks like TC Needs to check for existance of the Find Dialog and confirm the TC Help.chm is the parent --- and dismiss it. Or even better, open a new Instance of the Help file if the find dialog exists and is the child of the last TC Help.chm window.

[HolgerK]

Can't confirm.

TC7.56a IE9 Vista32 SP2.
- TC: Help-> Index
- CHM: Ctrl+F
- TC: Configuration -> Options...
- TC: [Help] -Button
- CHM: Ctrl+F dialog is closed automatically.
- CHM: "TOTALCMD.CHM::/dlg_config.htm" is displayed.

Regards
Holger

[Balderstrom]

Ok.
Try this one:
1. Open TC Help file (.chm)
2. Ctrl+F (to find text on current help page)
3. Go back to TC.
4. Press F5 - to open Copy Dialog
4. Press F1
5. Crash.

[petermad]

I cannot confirm this either (Windows XP and Windows 7 x64)

I get the same as HolgerK except that the Ctrl+F dialog is not closed here - it stays open.

Ok.
Try this one:
1. Open TC Help file (.chm)
2. Ctrl+F (to find text on current help page)
3. Go back to TC.
4. Press F5 - to open Copy Dialog
4. Press F1
5. Crash.

I cannot confirm this one either.

2Balderstrom
Have you tried to reproduce the bug with all your AHK scripts disabled? - just a thought.

[HolgerK]

Ok.
Try this one:
1. Open TC Help file (.chm)
2. Ctrl+F (to find text on current help page)
3. Go back to TC.
4. Press F5 - to open Copy Dialog
4. Press F1
5. Crash.

Same result as previous mentioned:
- no crash
- Crtl+F dialog closed automatically.
- "TOTALCMD.CHM::/menu_fileoperations.htm" is displayed

Maybe a different behavior of the used hhctrl.ocx

Code: Select all

C:\Windows\System32\hhctrl.ocx	2008-01-21 04:22		6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)

Regards
Holger

[Balderstrom]

The second one still crashes with my AHK script disabled or enabled - it has no F5 overrides.

[petermad]

2Balderstrom
When you write "Open TC Help file (.chm)" - I read it as you open the totalcmd.chm file by doublecliking or pressing Enter on it in the file panel - is that correct? - That means that you are actually trying to open two Help files - one by doubleclicking, and one by pressing F1/Help button.


2HolgerK
"- TC: Help-> Index" - sounds like you are opening the Help file from the menu - is that correct? - In that case I can confirm that the Ctrl+F box is closed, when I later press F1 in TC.

In neither of the two situations I get a crash - and I don't think the hhctrl.ocx matters - I have testetd with two different OS's.

[MVV]

XP SP3 - all right.

2K w/o any SP - all right too.

It seems that you have buggy help viewer. BTW, TC doesn't work with help file AFAIK, it just calls help file with corresponding page and OS does the rest (closes find dialog etc).

[HolgerK]

"- TC: Help-> Index" - sounds like you are opening the Help file from the menu - is that correct?

Yes.
If i open the Totalcmd.chm from the file panel and press later <F1> from a modal TC dialog, a second help window opens.

and I don't think the hhctrl.ocx matters - I have testetd with two different OS's.

But there are chances that the hhctrl.ocx version on Win2k is older than the version used on WinXP/Vista/Windows7.

Regards
Holger

[Balderstrom]

I was using Drop down menu as HolgerK said. If it's just a Win2K issue, then meh. I believe the help-system is installed via Internet Explorer, so possibly an IE 6 issue.

[Sir_SiLvA]

Cant reproduce it either (a) WinXp SP3 with IE8 b) Win7 SP1 with IE9)
what makes me wonder is CTRL+F does nothing for me when viewing CHMs? I have to press ALT+S to search?

[Balderstrom]

You have to click on the "page" to give it focus, then CTRL+F works...

[Sir_SiLvA]

Not for me neither on WinXp SP3 IE8 German nor on Win7 SP1 IE9 CTRL+F does anything...
(not matter how much i click on the page)

[petermad]

2Sir_SiLvA
Maybe it is a different short-cut for German Windows - just like searching in older Internet Explorers (pre v. 7) used Ctrl+B in stead of Ctrl+F in Danish Windows.

Try Ctrl+S or Ctrl+B

[Sir_SiLvA]

That did it! CTRL+S works the same way ALT+S does...