Are you running hhc on a Windows machine, or under WINE on Debian? I had a similar problem when running hhc under WINE. I solved it by configuring WINE like this:
Get a copy of itircl.dll, itss.dll, itcc.dll, and hhctrl.ocx using the information from http://code.google.com/p/htmlhelp/wiki/HHW4Wine (you can see me asking about this problem if you look in the comments on that page).
Set the WINEDLLOVERRIDES environment variable to: "itircl=native;itss=native;itcc=native;hhctrl.ocx=native"
Copy all the files in step 1 to [wine_prefix]/drive_c/windows/system32
Run the following commands, in order:
wine regsvr32 /s 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\itircl.dll'
wine regsvr32 /s 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\itss.dll'
wine regsvr32 /s 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\itcc.dll'
wine regsvr32 /s 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\hhctrl.ocx'
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Stefan Berndt <> wrote:
Hey,
thank you for your reply. I'm using docbook with Debian.
the output from the stylesheets is compiled with hhc.exe htmlhelp.hhp.
if i put set htmlhelp.use.hhk to 0, i get an empty Indexlist.
Hope this will help.
Sincerly,
Stefan Berndt
On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:17:13 -0800, Sam Fischmann <>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I might have some useful advice because I have seen this before, but I
> have
> some questions first (my experience may not be applicable):
>
> What operating system are you using?
> What are you using to turn the output from the stylesheets into a .chm
> file?
> Do you get different results if you set htmlhelp.use.hhk to 0?
>
> -Sam
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Stefan Berndt <>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have problems to set up indexterms to the index in HTML Help
> (windows).
>> I set this to my stylesheet:
>>
>> <xsl:param name="generate.index" select="0"/>
>> <xsl:param name="htmlhelp.use.hhk" select="1"></xsl:param>
>>
>> and indexes are created for the Windows help.
>>
>> my xml file :
>>
>> <chapter id="MAIN">
>> <title>title
>> <indexterm>
>> <primary>1st level</primary>
>> </indexterm></title>
>>
>> <section id="SPEC">
>> <title>title<indexterm>
>> <primary>1st level</primary>
>>
>> <secondary>level2_1stentry</secondary>
>> </indexterm></title>
>>
>>
>>
>> ....text.....
>>
>> </section>
>>
>> <section>
>> <title>title<indexterm>
>> <primary>level1</primary>
>>
>> <secondary>level2_2ndentry</secondary>
>> </indexterm></title>
>> ....text...</section>
>>
>> <section>
>> <title>title<indexterm>
>> <primary>level1/primary>
>>
>> <secondary>level2_3rdentry</secondary>
>>
>> <tertiary>level3_under3rdentry</tertiary>
>> </indexterm></title>
>>
>> ....text...
>>
>> My Index lookw now in Windows help like this:
>>
>> level1
>> level1
>> level2_1stEntry
>> level1
>> level2_2ndEntry
>> level1
>> level2_3rdEntry
>> level3_under3rdentry
>>
>> but i want this as the result:
>>
>> level1
>> level2_1stEntry
>> level2_2ndEntry
>> level2_3rdEntry
>> level3_under3rdentry
>>
>> How can i do this?
>>
>> I want also, if i jump via clicking an index on a section, that the
>> topicoverview goes also to the section's topic.
>> This also does not work.
>>
>> Thank you for help a lot.
>>
>> Sincerly,
>>
>> Stefan Berndt
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