• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 18.01

Description:
After switching to the setting "HTMLHelp=Y" in alephcom.ini it is not possible anymore to view any help files. A message "Action cancelled" is displayed instead of the help topic.

Resolution:
This happens if the Aleph help files are located on a network drive. It is not a problem of Aleph, but of the security settings of Microsoft Internet Explorer. In order to see the help files, you need to add the following key to the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions

Here you assign a "MaxAllowedZone" between 0 and 4. While "0" blocks any reading access to the files, "4" permits every access. The setting "1" should be sufficient for paths within a local intranet.

Example:
"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000001

Please see also the Microsoft KB item 896054 (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=896054)