Program Help

[elliots]

Mark

The help within the program doesn't display the detail -- I'm guessing this is a generic Vista problem. The web site FAQ and Documentation sections go a long way towards helping, but the detailed help file would help even more. Is there a way that could be made available?

Elliot

[Mark]

Hi Elliot,

This should work, and I don't believe it is a wide-spread problem. It works okay on Vista here. What specifically happens when you choose "Help / Contents..." from the main menu? Do you get some error, or does just nothing happen? If you look in the folder where you installed Fund Manager, do you see a file "fm.chm"? What happens if you double click on this file?

[elliots]

Mark,

When I open HELP, I can go to the index and select a topic. Neither double-clicking on the item or hitting Display while the item is highlighted does anything (no error message and no other window opens). If I double-click on the "chm" file, it opens the help window but again I can't get to actual the help text.

[Mark]

Hi elliots,

To the right of the index listing should be a big window section, where whatever you double click on in the index, its contents are displayed there. Do you see this section of window? If so, what is in it now? If not, maybe your window is half off the screen, or re-sized too small. Try maximizing your window, or moving it back onto the screen, or you can re-position the vertical divider between the index on the left and this window on the right.

[elliots]

Mark,

You nailed it! Help was opening a window that only showed the left pane -- it was sized exactly to that pane and there was no horizontal scroll bar so I didn't know the other pane was there.

Thanks,

Elliot