MS Help Workshop V1.0 HHC3004 error message

Subject: MS Help Workshop V1.0 HHC3004 error message
From: alfred wild <derflawild -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:54:20 -0700 (PDT)

Hi all,

Iâve encountered a strange problem in MS Help Workshop with one of my Help 1.0 (CHM) projects. I created the 1,300+ HTM and GIF files in it using DreamWeaver and have maintained them on this project for over five years, periodically (once or twice a year) having to make some changes and recompile. Iâve sometime gotten compiler crashes, but have always been able to identify and fix the problems fairly easily.

But this time when it compiles (using the FAR utility), the error log lists (as usual) each of the files as theyâre processed, but after going throug the entire list takes exception to a single one of them, for which it produces the following warning messages, followed by the âCritical Errorâ message shown below:

HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "#ÅÂÃÂÃ.ÂÃzÅL,âPÃÂÂÃÃ:âÂ<ÂÃkÃÅ Ã8ÃÂÃÃ<ÃÃÃà -at- -ÃÃBsÃL -dot- -dot- -dot- " is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "ÃIÃzÃÃÅÃÃÃÂ" is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "ÃÆ" is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "Ãâ4Ãâ -at- ÃâÃ8Ë6ââÃÃâ1TâY Ë6YâH9ââÃâÅÂ?â ÃÂÂÂ(âà âÂH+Â..." is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "Ã \Ã |Ã ÅÃÅ
Åp YâÂà ÃÅÃÂÂ+à |ÃyWÅÃ'~ Ãà ÃÃÃG~Ãà \..." is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "Ãt\ÃtâÂÃzÂÃ|ÃÃ~ÃÃÃâ Ãâ<Ãâ\Ãâ|ÃËÅÃÅÂÃÅÃÃÅÃàÃâ<Ã..." is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag " gÃÃc|Ã .Ã7ÃÃ ÂÃ ÃÃ ~Ã -at- ÃÃ ÅÃ " is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "ÃÂÃÃÃÂÃÃ=+Y.ÃÃÃÃÃÃÃ " is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag ")Ã1ÃÃÂO?à 4PA%ÂP ÃLÃÂ:ÃÃÂQ=â4RI'ÂÂRK/à (DÃ\âÂFÃ|..." is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "Â=âÃÃÃÂCÅÃ3^ÂÃÃ.+ ânÃÂÃÂDÃmÂ~#,Ã'1ÃÃLÂÃÆÂ$ ÃÂJV..." is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "Ã:[ÃÃH -at- uÂUÂjVâÃÃÂâuÂe=kZÃÃÃâ ÃÂuÂk^ÃÃàvÂ]Âka ÃÃÃ..." is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "$DÃ ÃÃNÅ5 tÃMÂEktBb Ec$Ã ÃÃ%<CÂââ)ÅFALÃBÂAÅEu$ÃmÃ..." is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).
HHC3004: Warning:
agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm :
The HTML tag "ÃÃ?ÃV=ÃÃÂÃc -at- 6ÃC^ÃÂÂÃE" is not a valid HTML tag (it does not begin with an alphanumeric character).

*** Critical Error ***
FAR detected that MS Compiler hha.dll has crashed during compilation.
Please check your code carefully for errors.
For more info please see: http://helpware.net/FAR/far_faq.htm#HTML_Help_Compilation
Try restarting this application to clear the error.
*** Critical Error ***

Done: Warnings: 0; Errors: 0;

The offending file is one of the 230+ ones that contain a screen capture in GIF format. Here are its contents:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Agreements Form Insurance Bond Tab</TITLE>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR>
<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="abm-style.css">
</HEAD><body>
<!-- FOLLOWING CODE PLACES A "BACK" BUTTON IN TOP LEFT OF FORM JUST RIGHT OF TITLE -->
<!-- GOES IMMEDIATELY AFTER <BODY> TAG -->
<div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; left:85px; top:37px; width:75px; height:25px; z-index:1">
<form>
<input type="button" value="Continue" onClick="history.back();" name="button">
</form>
</div>
<!-- ************************ END OF COMMENT ************************************* -->
<H3 class=heading>ABM Help</H3>
<H1 class=heading>Agreements Form Insurance Bond Tab</H1>
<img src="gifs/agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.gif">
<!-- COMMENT OUT
<p>Use the <img src="gifs/back-button.gif" border="1"> button to return to the
previous page</p>
END COMMENT -->
<!-- CODE FOR BUTTON TO "PREVIOUS" SCREEN -->
<table>
<tr>
<td width="95%" size="1" colspan="2">
<form>
<input type="button" value="Continue" onClick="history.back();" name="button">
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- END OF "PREVIOUS" SCREEN BUTTON CODE -->
</BODY></HTML>

This file, like the others containing an anchor tag pointing to a GIF file, is created from boilerplate code (lines 1 â 14 and 18 â 33) which is identical in all of them (except for the value of the <TITLE> tag.

I have not been able to work around this problem despite the following actions (taken in the order listed):

â Commenting out the line
<a href="agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm">Show me an example</a>
in the three files where it occurs.
â Creating a new âagreement-form-insurance-bond-tab.htmâ file from the boilerplate.
â Searching in vain in the GIF file for any of the binary strings complained about in the warnings (for example, "#ÅÂÃÂÃ.ÂÃzÅL,âPÃÂÂÃÃ:âÂ<ÂÃkÃÅ Ã8ÃÂÃÃ<ÃÃÃà -at- -ÃÃBsÃL -dot- -dot- -dot- ").
â Removing the offending file "agreements-form-insurance-bond-tab.htm" from the list in FAR compiling step "3. Choose Content Files"

Whatever I do, I get the same âunlucky 13â HCC3004 warnings. Just as puzzling, since the error log reports:

âDone: Warnings: 0; Errors: 0;â

I donât understand whatâs causing the âCritical Errorâ crash or how to fix it

Any ideas or suggestions would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Alfred Wild





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