Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:

> > this computer doesn't find htmlhelp.dll, only .lib and .h
>
> Maybe because the dll in question is actually hhctrl.ocx? The .a doesn't
>   have to be named the same as the .dll.
>
> >     * In C:\Program Files\HTML Help Workshop\lib there's a library file
> > htmlhelp.lib. Put a copy in C:\MinGW\lib under the name libhtmlhelp.a. Renaming
> > to the MinGW convention is not actually necessary, but it makes the nature of
> > the file clearer.
>
> Have you tried not renaming it? Just use the full path to the .lib.
> Maybe if you rename it to .a it expects a different format.


f:/mingw/lib/htmlhelp.lib:
 file not recognized: File format not recognized

so you can put a whole path in there, good to know "f:/mingw/lib/htmlhelp.lib"

maybe a bad file = htmlhelp.lib = 1,536 bytes

LoadLibraryA
RegOpenKeyExA
RegCloseKey

running out of ideas

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