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Subject:Re: How to print a CHM file with the TOC? From:PD -dot- Lees -at- btinternet -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Wed, 21 Jan 2004 03:32:17 -0700
Andrea,
> One option is to decompile the CHM file with a utility like Helpware's FAR.
> The extracted HHC file is your table of contents. The HHC file contains the
> topic titles and structure, but they're embedded in some unfriendly HTML.
> However, I think FAR can print an HHC file.
Yes, if you open the .hhc file in FAR's TOC & Index Editor (Authoring >
TOC & Index Editor), you can use the Export to HTML command on the File
menu to convert it to a plain HTML file. Then you can open this file in
your Web browser and print from there.
