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There might be a wmf graphic in a shg file you are using. HyperHelp
5.0 does not support wmf files or wmf in shg files. HyperHelp 5.1,
however, supports both.
Hope this helps,
Bruce Covell
San Jose, CA
> I'm using HyperHelp 5 to compile UNIX help files created with
> Forehelp 2 on the Windows 3.1 platform. I get the following error
> message:
> Error: MESSAGE 825: ASHELP.RTF Windows Metafiles unsupported
> I've checked the files in the appropriate directory and there aren't
> any .wmf files to be found. I've also opened the ASHELP.RTF file in
> Microsof Word and searched for references to the .wmf extension and
> there are none. I'm not using any embedded windows.
> Forehelp and HyperHelp customer supports have been unable to provide
> any answers. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Are there any
> suggestions? Thanks, Jed
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email: brucec -at- cctech -dot- com 1601 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road
phone: 408.342.5630 Cupertino, CA 95014
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