WD97: Error Message: 'The RTF File .\<Filename> Is Corrupted at Offset...' (164012)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q164012 SYMPTOMS When you attempt to compile a Word 97 Rich Text Format
(RTF) file in the Help Compiler that ships with Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 or the
Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Help Workshop, you may receive the following error
messages: HC4002: Warning:
The RTF file
.\<filename> is corrupted at offset <###> HC4005: Warning: The .\<filename> help file has not been
created. CAUSE Word 97 writes a few new RTF flags. The older Help
Compilers do not correctly discard the new RTF flags and instead attempt to
process them. Since the flags are new, the Help Compiler fails during the
compilation process. RESOLUTION This problem is corrected in Help Workshop version
4.03. The following
file is available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center: For
additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
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Help Workshop version 4.02 is available through the
following sources:
Microsoft Office 97, Developer Edition
Microsoft Developer Network - Library - Jan 97
Updated Microsoft Help Workshop 4.02\HELPSHOP\SETUP.EXE
Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows Version 5
Enterprise and Professional Editions
\DevStudio\Vc\Unsupported Tools\Hcw
: Visual Studio 97 ships the older 4.01 compiler.
MORE INFORMATION Help Workshop is a program that you use to create Help
(.hlp) files, edit project and contents files, and test and report on help
files. Help Workshop takes the information in the project (.hpj) file to
combine the topic (.rtf) files, bitmaps, and other sources into one Help file
that can be viewed using the Microsoft Windows Help program.
Help
WorkShop 4.02 compiles help files from RTF written both by the 16-bit versions
of Word, such as Word 6.0, and also the 32-bit versions such as Word 7.0 and
Word 97.
Help Workshop 4.02 does not compile projects created in the
MS-DOS version of the Help Compiler.
A help file created in Help
Workshop 4.02 does not run under Windows 3.x because the Help Workshop 4.02
creates 32-bit help files and Windows 3.x is a 16-bit operating environment.
REFERENCES For additional information about the Microsoft Office 97
Developer Edition, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base: 162962
New Features in MS Office 97 Developer Edition Tools
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/5/2004 |
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