Windows cannot find hcw

Question

I am trying to migrate an old MFC project to VS 2012 and one of the errors I get is this one:

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From what I read is that it has something to do with Help Files, which are not supported on Windows 7.

I thought that maybe Windows is searching for the hcw path so I added to the Environment Variables, but I still get the error. From the code I can see that the command is called inside .mak files:

start /wait hcw /C /E /M "hlp\$(InputName).hpj"

Anyone has an idea how can I get rod of the error ?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '14 at 17:01

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Just ran into the same issue. VS 6 project promoted to VS2013.

To eliminate the error. remove the Projectname.hpj file from the project.

answered Mar 19 '14 at 17:01

JustDave

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I tried this, it doesn't work. I still have the error – Gura Oct 20 '14 at 13:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '14 at 14:12

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Your project requires Microsoft Help Workshop.

answered Feb 10 '14 at 14:12

KonstantinL

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I have installed MHW but do I need to set this somewhere in the project ? – Adrian Feb 10 '14 at 14:38
Just PATH. Try to specify a full path to hcw in mak file. – KonstantinL Feb 10 '14 at 14:53
@KonstantinL And if we want to delete MHW from the build, how can we do that? – Gura Oct 20 '14 at 13:44

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 10 '14 at 14:08

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Could be a problem in the post build step.

answered Feb 10 '14 at 14:08

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