Apple-2-Tools/ciderpress
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/fadden/ciderpress.git synced 2024-05-28 11:41:32 +00:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Wiki Activity
508475a094
ciderpress/app/Help/html/t262.htm

42 lines
4.7 KiB
HTML
Raw Normal View History

WinHelp to HtmlHelp conversion, part 1 The original version of CiderPress used a WinHelp help file, built with an application called HelpMatic Pro. This app used a proprietary format, and had no facility for exporting to "raw" HPJ + RTF files, so I decompiled the HLP and imported it into HelpScribble. Using HelpScribble, I cleaned up the help file formatting a little, fixed up the table of contents, and exported as "raw" HtmlHelp (HHP, HHK, HHC, and a whole bunch of HTML). I also split the pop-up help text, which isn't supported by HelpScribble, into a separate text file that Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop understands. I'm checking in the files that HTML Help Workshop needs to generate a CHM, so anyone can update the help text. I'm also checking in the CHM file, rather than adding the help workshop to the build, so that it's not necessary to download and configure the help workshop to build CiderPress. This change adds all of the updated help, but only updates the Help and question mark button actions for one specific dialog. A subsequent change will update the rest of the dialogs. This change is essentially upgrading us from a totally obsolete help system to a nearly-obsolete help system, but the systems are similar enough to make this a useful half-step on the way to something else. The code will centralize help activation in a pair of functions in the main app class, so any future improvements should be more limited in scope. This also adds a build step to copy the CHM to the execution directory.
2014-12-09 06:34:34 +00:00
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>Appendix - Administrator Privileges</TITLE>
<OBJECT TYPE="application/x-oleobject" CLASSID="clsid:1e2a7bd0-dab9-11d0-b93a-00c04fc99f9e">
<PARAM NAME="Keyword" VALUE="administrator">
<PARAM NAME="Keyword" VALUE="win2k">
<PARAM NAME="Keyword" VALUE="winxp">
</OBJECT>
<META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="Copyright (C) 2014 by CiderPress authors">
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="HelpScribble 7.8.8">
<STYLE> span { display: inline-block; }</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#800080" ALINK="#FF0000">
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="4">Administrator Privileges</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Windows 2000, Windows XP, and presumably any subsequent version of Windows requires "administrator" privileges to access logical and physical devices directly.&nbsp; This is required because the direct block access bypasses normal file access control mechanisms.&nbsp; You either need to log in as an administrator to use the device-access features of CiderPress, or upgrade the privilege level of your non-administrator account.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Most Win2K/XP users are set up with administrator access, but some may not be.&nbsp; CiderPress will tell you if devices are failing to open because of access permissions.&nbsp; To gain administrator access, you have to start by having administrator access to the machine.&nbsp; Yes, this is a bit of a chicken and egg problem, but there's no way around it.&nbsp; If you don't know how to log in as administrator, ask the person who set up your computer.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Windows 2000:</FONT></P>
<UL STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">From the "Start" menu, select "Settings" and then "Control Panels".</FONT>
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Open the "Users and Passwords" control panel.&nbsp; If you're not allowed to do this, you're not an administrator, and cannot proceed further.</FONT>
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">You should see a list of users on the machine.&nbsp; Find the username you log in as, and make sure that "Administrator" shows up in the list of groups.</FONT>
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">If you're not in the "administrator" group, click on the "Advanced" tab, and click the "Advanced" button to bring up the "Local Users and Groups" dialog.</FONT>
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Click on the "Users" folder on the left side, then click on your user name on the right side.&nbsp; From the "Action" menu select "Properties".</FONT>
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Click the "Member Of" tab.&nbsp; Click the "Add" button to open the "Select Groups" dialog.</FONT>
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Click on "Administrators".&nbsp; Click "Add".&nbsp; Click "OK" in this dialog and the previous one.</FONT>
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Close the dialog boxes.&nbsp; You should be all set.</FONT></UL>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Windows XP:</FONT></P>
<UL STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:17pt;"><LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">From the "Start" menu, select "Control Panel".</FONT>
Fixed some typos
2023-01-14 22:42:17 +00:00
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Click on "User Accounts".&nbsp; If you only see the current account, and it says "limited user", you're not an administrator and cannot proceed further.</FONT>
WinHelp to HtmlHelp conversion, part 1 The original version of CiderPress used a WinHelp help file, built with an application called HelpMatic Pro. This app used a proprietary format, and had no facility for exporting to "raw" HPJ + RTF files, so I decompiled the HLP and imported it into HelpScribble. Using HelpScribble, I cleaned up the help file formatting a little, fixed up the table of contents, and exported as "raw" HtmlHelp (HHP, HHK, HHC, and a whole bunch of HTML). I also split the pop-up help text, which isn't supported by HelpScribble, into a separate text file that Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop understands. I'm checking in the files that HTML Help Workshop needs to generate a CHM, so anyone can update the help text. I'm also checking in the CHM file, rather than adding the help workshop to the build, so that it's not necessary to download and configure the help workshop to build CiderPress. This change adds all of the updated help, but only updates the Help and question mark button actions for one specific dialog. A subsequent change will update the rest of the dialogs. This change is essentially upgrading us from a totally obsolete help system to a nearly-obsolete help system, but the systems are similar enough to make this a useful half-step on the way to something else. The code will centralize help activation in a pair of functions in the main app class, so any future improvements should be more limited in scope. This also adds a build step to copy the CHM to the execution directory.
2014-12-09 06:34:34 +00:00
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Click on the account you want to change.</FONT>
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Click on "Change my account type".</FONT>
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Click the "Computer Administrator" radio button.&nbsp; Click "change account type".</FONT>
<LI><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Close the dialog boxes.&nbsp; You should be all set.</FONT></UL>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE="2">Win9x/ME does not have the concept of user privilege levels, so none of the above is necessary.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">
</P>
</BODY></HTML>
Reference in New Issue Copy Permalink