[Dev-C++] HTMLHELP help urgently needed!

[Ramana K. <ra...@my...>]

I have been searching for an answer to this problem for a few months. I have
decided to try on the list again, but asking a slightly different question:
Does anyone have or know where to get a ".a" version of the library
htmlhelp.lib?

I think my problem lies in the fact that I am using htmlhelp.lib from
Microsoft and Dev-C++ only likes .a files.

Where are the original sources for htmlhelp.lib and how can I recompile them
into a .a?

My problem is this: I am trying to add help to my program (surely some
people can do it, the Dev-C++ IDE has it!) - that is a Help menu item. I
have got the menu but when I call the function HtmlHelp() nothing happens.
If I try GetLastError() the message box doesn't even show up!

If you know how to add HTML help (chm file) to a program, don't worry about
all the errors I'm talking about above, just please try and help me by going
through it step by step. I've got my .chm file which I made with the
Microsoft Html Help compiler and a shareware Help file builder.

Or, if you know how to make a WinHelp() that would be good, but I prefer
HTMLhelp.

If worst comes to worst, I might have to just open this file like I would
from the command prompt. How do you do that (Like calling system() in DOS
programming eg. system(C:\hello.exe); opens hello.exe from within your
program)?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can post a meaningful reply!

Ramana