Getting the Text from a Help File (.chm)

[jbc1]

Hi,

I want to be able to get the text inside a compiled help file during my programs execution and add it to a data structure.

For example a window like the one in the attached JPEG.

Is this possible in AutoIT?

Thanks,

jbc1

Edited March 23, 2009 by jbc1

[big_daddy]

You can use the _IE* functions to interact with a .chm file.

Here's an example of attaching to the AutoIt Help File.

#include <IE.au3>

; Register the IE.au3 Error Handler
_IEErrorHandlerRegister()

; Attach to the helpfile browser window
$oIE = _IEAttach("AutoIt Help", "Embedded")
If Not IsObj($oIE) Then
    MsgBox(48, "Error", "Could not attach to the help file.")
    Exit
EndIf

[jbc1]

You can use the _IE* functions to interact with a .chm file.

Here's an example of attaching to the AutoIt Help File.

#include <IE.au3>

; Register the IE.au3 Error Handler
_IEErrorHandlerRegister()

; Attach to the helpfile browser window
$oIE = _IEAttach("AutoIt Help", "Embedded")
If Not IsObj($oIE) Then
    MsgBox(48, "Error", "Could not attach to the help file.")
    Exit
EndIf

That's excellant.

Thank you!

Regards,

jbc1

[Skizmata]

The .chm format is just compressed html you can decompress it with 7zip http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...094&hl=7zip and then treat it like html to parse.

I would love to see what you end up with!