Visual Basic/HTML Help Confusion in MSDN

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“In the manual pages of Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Programmer’s Guide, it’s written that. when you use the application setup wizard, the necessary files …

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Visual Basic/HTML Help Confusion in MSDN
Updated February 27, 2003
David E. Liske
Delmar Computing Services, Tecumseh, Michigan
http://www.mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter
I had received the following email from a gentleman in Benelux*:
“In the manual pages of Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Programmer’s Guide, it’s written that
when you use the application setup wizard, the necessary files will be included in your
application to work with HTML Help. It’s also written that these files aren’t necessary
enough to work properly for all users. So, I think it must be possible to use the HTML Help
files without Internet Explorer as long as you include the necessary files (.dll, .ocx, …) What
I want to know is what are the minimum number of these files you need to include to work
properly. I know it’s easier to distribute Internet Explorer with the application but my
superiors don’t want to force their clients to install Internet Explorer, although most of them
already have it installed, I suppose.
Thanks in advance,
Frederik”
Taking a look around the July 1999 MSDN, I found the following in the Visual Basic Concepts
section, which could certainly lead to the confusion evident…