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Julian Thomas schrieb:
>
> My help setup is not working well for me. I'd like to have help 
> working for my programs that
> seem to be calling view - all I get is newview throwing an empty 
> screen with a usage box popup.
>
> For example, ZOC has, in its directory, g:\zoc4\zoc.hlp which I can 
> open with newview by
> clicking directly on the file, but invoking help from the menubar does 
> not work.
>
> I'd like to be able to have one easy way to access help, whether it be 
> for OS2 commands, TCP/IP
> commands and functions, REXX, or the applications as well.
>
> If I open newview and then click open, I need to specify a directory 
> (whether it be x:\os2\help or
> x:\tcpip\help or y:\os2progs\help and then I can select from a list of 
> files; many with cryptic and
> unintuitive names.
>
> I don't mind going to an open cmd window and entering HELP REXX or 
> HELP FTP or whatever.
>
> Is this as good as it gets?
>
> 

It looks like that your environment is not setup right.

For *.hlp files the enviroment variable named HELP should be set up like:

SET 
HELP=H:\MPTN;H:\MPTN\HELP;H:\ecs\help;H:\OS2\HELP;H:\ecs\system\
wps\help;H:\ECS\SYSTEM\AMouse;H:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;H:\TCPIP\HELP;H:
MMOS2\HELP;H:\PROGRAMS\4OS2;e:\tools\os2\which;E:\UNIMAINT;

and for onle books the environment variable BOOSHELF should contain all 
pathes to files *.inf

SET 
BOOKSHELF=H:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;H:\OS2\BOOK;H:\ecs\book;H:\EMX\BOOK;
:\TCPIP\HELP;H:\MMOS2;H:\PROGRAMS\4OS2

Yes, the old IBM view.exe is replaced in eCS with newview.exe that gives 
more comfort. One of this is that it seeks not ony HELP but BOOKSHELF 
for onlene books.

So you should check your config.sys for HELP and BOOKSHELF, check them 
for syntax errors and/or missing pathes.

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