CS4 - annoying help system

Hi,
Does anybody know how to switch Flash and other Adobe
applications to use
help system from local drive instead of getting it from
network? Extremly
slow Adobe website forces users to wait eages for response
now.
Regards,
Marek

Nice discovery...thanks for sharing.
"Marek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:gjfjki$8t0$[email protected]..
>> If that isn't enough clues, I will figure it out
exactly when I get home
>> tonight.
>>
>> It is a giant pain. And then of course you can't use
the on-line
>> features.
>
> Wooow! It works !
>
> Window/Extension/Connections then click options, select
offline options
> and check"keep me offline".

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Once you have your html or compile help file, you can use the LabVIEW Help VIs to launch them. For chm files you can open the file and direct to a particular page of the chm file, and for html files all you really need to do is launch the relevant html file in the browser of your choice.
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Q. In reference to html or chm files: "Is this a typical approach for doing a nice job of providing help?"
A. Yes, it is used internally as a standard - chm for windows and html for linux and MAC.
Q. "Or is there some other way to create a Help system that works like the existing LabVIEW help but has content we create?"
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Message Edited by JLS on 08-30-2006 01:57 PM
Best,
JLS
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