Years ago I did a lot of WinAPI stuff in PB and remember having context sensitive, offline help just by pressing F1 in the Editor. This is extremely helpful and a true time saver. Again, that was a long time ago and the new SDK's don't work because they won't install offline help files anymore. I could live with that if at least I will be redirected to the correct page on MSDN by pressing F1 but it doesn't work with Windows 10 SDK or Windows 7.1 SDK. I tried Windows Server 2003 R1 too but I won't let me install because I get "error 1606" every time.
So who is using Windows 10, the latest PB version 5.60 and got any PSDK offline help to work in the editor?
Last Windows SDK working with PB5.60 and Windows 10 x64
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Last Windows SDK working with PB5.60 and Windows 10 x64
Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit / Whose Hoff is it anyway?
Re: Last Windows SDK working with PB5.60 and Windows 10 x64
Got Visual Studio installed?
If so, open HlpViewer.exe and add/download "Windows Desktop Application Development"
Compiler following code to PbHlpViewer.exe (edit commandline to fit your needs, I'm using VS2015 Community)
Create a new IDE Tool entry
Place the cursor over an API command and press the Shortcut.
If so, open HlpViewer.exe and add/download "Windows Desktop Application Development"
Compiler following code to PbHlpViewer.exe (edit commandline to fit your needs, I'm using VS2015 Community)
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If CountProgramParameters() = 1
search$ = ProgramParameter(0)
If Right(search$, 1) = "_"
search$ = RTrim(search$, "_")
RunProgram("C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Help Viewer\v2.2\HlpViewer.exe", "/catalogName VisualStudio14 /launchingApp Microsoft,VisualStudio,14 /helpQuery " + Chr(34) + "method=f1&query=" + search$ + Chr(34), "")
EndIf
EndIf
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Commandline: ...\PathTo\PbHlpViewer.exe
Arguments: %WORD
Event: Menu Or Shortcut
... and pick a Shortcut
Et cetera is my worst enemy
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Re: Last Windows SDK working with PB5.60 and Windows 10 x64
Nope. Anyway, I found this download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downloa ... x?id=12261chi wrote:Got Visual Studio installed?
Ignore the "PSDK-FULL.exe", just download the cabinet files. Right-click "PSDK-FULL.1.cab" and extract (requires WinRAR).
It's pretty outdated but I works great, especially combined with auto-complete for API functions.
Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit / Whose Hoff is it anyway?