CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC Developer Edition

What is CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC Developer Edition?

If you are developing software for Pocket PC 2002/2003 platform, you can distribute the Developer Edition of the CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC with your application to provide your application user with access to your application help system in CHM format.

CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC Developer Edition allows the user of your application to get access to its context-sensitive help system.

Your help system may be any CHM file created with Microsoft HTML Help Workshop or other CHM help authoring tool.

How to integrate your application with the Developer Edition of the CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC

1. Put cebr.exe file into your application folder.

2. When you want to open a page from CHM help file, use the following command line in your application:

\CebrPath\cebr.exe "\HelpPath\Help.chm::/PagePath/Page.htm#Anchor", where
   CebrPath:
     path to cebr.exe file;
   HelpPath:
     path to your CHM help file;
   PagePath:
     path to a HTML file in the CHM internal file system;
   Anchor:
     an anchor inside HTML page (e.g., <a name="Anchor"></a>).

How to create "help on help" section in your application CHM help file

You may use CHMeBook Reader CHM help file as you want: just decompile it, edit, and insert HTML files in your application help system.

How to decompile it on a desktop PC:

> hh.exe -decompile C:\TMP\ cebr.chm, where
   hh.exe
     Windows CHM viewer/decompiler. Usually may be
     found in C:\WINDOWS\system32\;
   C:\TMP\
     directory, where CHM file is decompiled;
   cebr.chm
     the name of the CHM file to be decompiled.