Question and Answer Database QNA :bc5 help error unable to display find tab #177 Category :On-Line Help Platform :Windows95 Product :BC++ 5.x Question: Using bc5 help I get an empty dialog box with a red X. After I press cancel several times It opens a dialog titled "preparing help files for first use" then generates an error saying "unable to display find tab error #177". I have already deleted all my .gid files in /help and then I used openhelp and limited my selection to one topic, But I still have this problem Answer: This error is a result of a corrupted .gid and or a missing winhelp.ini reference. There are several fixes for the bc5 help errors. I will go through these in the respective order. 1> View the \Windows\winhelp.ini file. remove any references to previous Borland product ie: bc45. Save 2> Delete all of the .GID files in the bc5\help directory, 3> bring up \BIN\OPENHELP.EXE,and reduce the number of files in the search range. This should cause the corrupted file to be recreated. 4> open a help file for bc(start menu|borland c++|help|filename) 5> If this fails, there might still be an invalid bc5 help file refrence in the winhelp.ini to be sure rename the \Windows\winhelp.ini to a .old and start over at step 2. 7/2/1998 10:32:32 AM
Last Modified: 01-SEP-99