Windows API help files (Installation question)

[Steve Burck]

I've been working in LabWindows/CVI for a few weeks, and have added some API calls.  They work fine.  However, when I go to Help/Windows API, I get the following message:

"The Win32 API documentation has not been installed.  You can install the documentation from the LabWindow/CVI Platform DVD."

I have the Developer's suite DVDs, and ran the installer on the first, selected a custom install of LabWindows/CVI and saw that all the help files were installed, as were all the Windows API support files.  In fact, the only things which weren't installed were the wizards for VS 200x.  I tried installing the MSDN files, which is a bit of a help (I can go search on it), but, it's a bit big and slow compared to a normal help file.

What am I missing to install this?

[LuisG]

Hi Steve,

There was a problem with the MSDN help installer that shipped with VS 2009. It installs the help correctly, but CVI 2009 is not able to link to them because of a registry incompatibility. You have a couple of possible workarounds:

a) if you have CVI 9.x, and you still have the "MSDN Library Documentation" DVD that came in that package, you should install it and the help link from CVI 2009 should then work.

b) or you can simply get the same help online. Just browse to msdn.microsoft.com and enter the name of the function that you want to get for.

Luis

[Steve Burck]

Luis,

I did install the MSDN, but the help link isn't seeing it.  Is there a registry fix which could fix this?  Online search is not an option here - it's at a secure customer site where internet is not available on their network (I could go down the hall to their network-disconnected 'internet room', but it's already to search the local MSDN installation).

Thanks for the info.

[LuisG]

In my first workaround option, I meant install MSDN from the 9.0 (or 9.0.1) CVI package. Do you happen to have it? I that realize installing MSDN from the 2009 platform DVD isn't working. Let me know if you're able to install it from the 9.0 package. Otherwise, we'll try to come up with some other workaround.

Luis

[Steve Burck]

Took me a while to find out, as I'm new here.  No, the last version available is 8.5, they skipped an upgrade here.

[LuisG]

Hi Steve,

In that case, the best course of action is probably for us to send you a CVI 9.0 package from which you can then install the MSDN help. In order to contact you directly, I'll need your permission to obtain your email address from the forum administrators. If you agree, please reply acknowledging your permission.

Luis

[Steve Burck]

No problem, please contact via my email.