HTML Help Workshop error msg out of memory

[Joe8915]

Need some suggestion here. I just completed a custom help file with HTML Help Workshop. I have tested and every thing works great. But when I added it to the database, I get an error message out of memory can not run. I know I have enough ram to run, but there is something going on that I don't understand.

Does anyone have any ideas, on what I can do.

Running Access 2003
Thanks

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Ah, yes, the infernal Windows "Out of memory" message....

Windows does not respect memory at all. Does nasty things with it. Here is what I would do to try to find out what memory you are out of. Because you see there are "flavors" of memory.

Find the Windows Performance Monitor. If you've never used it, try following Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> System Tools. Somewhere there in the drop-down you should be able to find a system monitor or system performance monitor. Start it. Play with it a bit until you can identify the memory-related items. (Some versions allow you to select some items for real-time graphing.) You want to monitor swap-file space, physical memory, and resource space. Plus any other memory items that look like they might mean something.

OK, minimize but do not stop the monitor. Start your program that has the resource hog. IMMEDIATELY maximize the perf. monitor and see which resource you just ran out of.

I'm betting either "swap space" or "resources" but it could be GDI objects, too. With Windows it is hard to predict what you'll run out of first.

(Actually, no it's not.... you'll run out of patience first.)

 

[Joe8915]

DOC MAN

I found information at MS errors on "HTML workshop" on looking a little more in depth. Any thoughts

SYMPTOMS
When trying to view a .chm file from within the HTML Help Workshop, the following message appears:


There is not enough memory available for this task.

Quit one or more programs to increase available memory, and then try again.
CAUSE
It is not possible to view a child window from within the HTML Help Workshop. This error can be caused by creating a window type that has the Child window property on the Styles tab selected.
RESOLUTION
You can view a child window by invoking HTML Help programmatically, for example, from within a Microsoft Visual C++ or Visual Basic application.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.


Can anyone give me idea for what I am looking for in my form? Or is there some type of code where I can by pass this?

 

[Joe8915]

DOC

Just completed the Performance Monitor. That appear to be ok. But what I did find out, it seens like I am looping thru the help file. The Help file runs ok by itself. The Database runs good by itself. But when I attach the two together is where I run out of memory.

So the best I can figure out is, it must how I have the two attach.

Anybody have any other ideas?

Sure whould like to get this to work correctly.

My complied file is named Historical Data.chm If I changed it to one word like HistoricalData.chm, would that make any difference? Just reaching for any ideas.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

The name of the file is not as important as it is that the file exists.

It has been a long time since I played with Help Workshop, and then it was the .RTF rather than the .HTML version. Still,

What you might be looking for is a case where you have a help item that is a hyperlink to another screen and when you examine the properties of that link, it includes the "Child" property. (As opposed to the behaviour that just moves the "current window" to the linked page.)

Stated another way, your browser has the ability to open a child page (e.g. in IE, right-click a link to get a pop-up list, then Open In A New Window.) BUT apparently you cannot do that in the HTML version. The old .RTF version allowed you to specify a pop-up child window, but that didn't use the browser implicitly.

So I'm guessing (emphasize GUESSING) that this is one of those things that didn't translate well in the upgrade from the .RTF help version to .HTML version. Yet they somehow left the facility intact. Which is why it is being acknowledged as a bug.

 

[Joe8915]

Problem solved

you can not have 2 words as a chm file. It has to be one word only. In my case I had it called Historical Data. I renamed the file as Historicaldata and it work great. So DOC man thanks for your help