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Window 3.x Help File of Tool KB Articles
Last reviewed: June 6, 1996
Article ID: Q141043
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b

SUMMARY

Download VFKBTOO1.EXE, a self-extracting file that contains Knowledge Base (KB) articles about using Visual FoxPro tools, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • The Microsoft Network 

          On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location
      Type mssupport
      Double-click the MS Software Library icon
      Find the appropriate product area
      Download VFKBTOO1.EXE (size: 1106317 bytes)
  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download VFKBTOO1.EXE (size: 1106317 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the Softlib\Mslfiles directory
      Get VFKBTOO1.EXE (size: 1106317 bytes)

MORE INFORMATION

For more Windows 3.x Help files containing KB articles on other topics, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q141044
   TITLE     : Windows 3.x Help File of Programming KB Articles

   ARTICLE-ID: Q141045
   TITLE     : Windows 3.x Help File of General KB Articles
For the Windows 95 version of this Help file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q140509
   TITLE     : Windows 95 Help File of VFP Tools KB Articles

CONTENTS OF README.TXT

VFKBTOO1.EXE contains a Windows 3.x Help file that consists of Microsoft Visual FoxPro Knowledge Base articles about topics other than Programming or using Visual FoxPro Tools.

USING VFKBTOO1.EXE

  1. Place VFKBTOO1.EXE in the directory that you want to contain the Help
file. 2. From a command prompt, run VFKBTOO1.EXE to uncompress (extract) it. When uncompressed, this file creates the following files: 

   VFKBTOO1.HLP  The Help file
   VFKBTOO1.IDX  The Index for the Help file
   SOURCES.TXT  Other Sources of Microsoft Support Information
   README.TXT    This file
   FTENGINE.DLL System File Needed for Full-Text Search Capabilities
   FTUI.DLL     System File Needed for Full-Text Search Capabilities
   MVAPI.DLL    System File Needed for Full-Text Search Capabilities

  • If your Windows SYSTEM directory does not already contain the three .DLL files listed above, or if they have older file dates than the ones extracted from VFKBTOO1.EXE, place the three new .DLL files in your Windows SYSTEM directory.

    Notes About the Size of VFKBTOO1.EXE

    VFKBTOO1.EXE contains a Help file for Windows 3.x systems. In order for Windows 3.x Help to perform a full-text search, an index (.IDX) file is needed. This index file is usually larger than the Help file (.HLP) itself. This means that VFKBTOO1.EXE, which contains both the .HLP AND the .IDX file, may be quite large.

    However, a Windows 95 (and Windows NT 3.51) Help file does not require an index file to perform full-text searches, and therefore the self-extracting file containing it is much smaller than its Windows 3.1 counterpart. For the Windows 95 Help file containing the same Knowledge Base articles, obtain VFKBTOOL.EXE.

    • Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00b VFoxWin helpfile softlib online
    on-line full-text search full text search
    KBCategory: kbother kbfile kbhelpfile
    KBSubcategory: FxotherGeneral

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    Last reviewed: June 6, 1996
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