A post on the forums reported that the Visual Studio 2013 integrated documentation installer (posted to the AutoCAD Developer Center) isn’t working correctly in some situations. This is the installer that allows you to view the ObjectARX documentation in Visual Studio by highlighting an AutoCAD API class/method/property/event and hitting F1.
The problem appears to be caused if you try to install the ObjectARX 2013 documentation when you’ve already installed the 2012 version. The two don’t work well side-by-side and only the 2012 version displays. Here are the steps I have found will allow you to replace the 2012 integrated docs with the 2013 ones. I don’t see a way to make them work together:
- Uninstall the 2012 documentation.
- Delete or rename the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\HelpLibrary\content\Autodesk, Inc (e.g. to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\HelpLibrary\content\Autodesk, Inc.old).
- Install the 2013 version of the integrated docs.
Another thanks to Lee for telling me step 2.
Let me know via a comment if this doesn’t work for you, and we can take another look at any additional steps needed.
Update September 14th 2012:
If you find the above folder location is empty or doesn’t exist, the you can find the correct location from the ‘Choose online or local help’ option in the Help Viewer:
And Maxence tells me he fixed his problem by repairing his help viewer installation from his add/remove programs control panel.
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