INFO: Support for Driver Help files on Windows 2000 (254539)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q254539

SUMMARY

Driver writers may provide driver Help files in Windows Help (*.hlp) format. However, because Windows Help was written to run on a 16-bit code base and does not support Unicode, it displays garbage characters for languages that use an extended character set (for example, Eastern European and Far Eastern languages). Further, Windows Help is not supported on the 64-bit code base.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft recommends that driver providers convert their help files to HTML Help (*.chm) format. This new HTML Help format is supported both on 32-bit and 64-bit code bases.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/20/2003
Keywords:kbinfo KB254539
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