Comments on: CHM: Compiled HTML Archive

By: qiqian

qiqian — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:36:51 +0000

omg… how come all the xml formating strings are disapperad !!!

Ok, in the simple form…

Open info.plist in BetterZip, and search for “chm”, you will find 2 main entries
The 1st one calls dict/array/string/com.microsoft.chm-archive, and the second one include 3 chm strings calls dict/string/com.microsoft.chm-archive

delete both entry from the dict level, and add them to info.plist in quichchm, just below dict/array/string/dyn.ah62d4rv4ge80g4dr, in parallel, not inside !

Not very easy to explain xml… but if you know xml, it seems obvious…

By: qiqian

qiqian — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:27:31 +0000

Try this

Open info.plist in BetterZip, and remove these

CFBundleTypeRole
QLGenerator
LSItemContentTypes

com.microsoft.chm-archive

UTTypeConformsTo

public.data
public.archive

UTTypeDescription
Compiled HTML Archive
UTTypeIconFile
CHM
UTTypeIdentifier
com.microsoft.chm-archive
UTTypeTagSpecification

public.filename-extension

chm

Open info.plist of quickChm, and add these, so it looks like

CFBundleDevelopmentRegion
English
CFBundleDocumentTypes

CFBundleTypeRole
QLGenerator
LSItemContentTypes

dyn.ah62d4rv4ge80g4dr

CFBundleTypeRole
QLGenerator
LSItemContentTypes

com.microsoft.chm-archive

UTTypeConformsTo

public.data
public.archive

UTTypeDescription
Compiled HTML Archive
UTTypeIconFile
CHM
UTTypeIdentifier
com.microsoft.chm-archive
UTTypeTagSpecification

public.filename-extension

chm

CFBundleExecutable
quickchm
CFBundleIdentifier
com.apple.quickchm
CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion
6.0
CFBundleName
quickchm
CFBundleShortVersionString
1
CFBundleVersion
1.1
CFPlugInDynamicRegisterFunction

CFPlugInDynamicRegistration
NO
CFPlugInFactories

E2C38A8F-80B7-47B2-A1AB-9CB508FF29CA
QuickLookGeneratorPluginFactory

CFPlugInTypes

5E2D9680-5022-40FA-B806-43349622E5B9

E2C38A8F-80B7-47B2-A1AB-9CB508FF29CA

CFPlugInUnloadFunction

QLNeedsToBeRunInMainThread

QLPreviewHeight
600
QLPreviewWidth
800
QLSupportsConcurrentRequests

QLThumbnailMinimumSize
17

By: loraxe

loraxe — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:17:23 +0000

again i removed the entries in the betterzip plugin, but the chm plugin doesnt work still, even after relaunching the finder. which plugin are you using? im using the quickchm plugin from the x86_64 folder…

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:35:35 +0000

I just removed both entries about CHM files in “BetterZipQL.qlgenerator/Info.plist” and it worked for me. Just open it with TextEdit and search for “chm”.

By: loraxe

loraxe — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:58:24 +0000

i had the same problem. i went into the package and backed up the info.plist in the betterzip plugin, then deleted all the dict entries for the chm stuff. i was able to relaunch finder and prevent betterzip from opening the chms, however… i wasnt able to open the chms with quickchm, i tried all 4 versions of the quickchm plugin and have not had any success in getting the plugin to work.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:45:30 +0000

Has this been resolved yet? I have the same problem! Betterzip has taken over the chm viewer AND I’ve removed the Betterzip quicklook plugin from the System\Library\Quicklook folder.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:51:53 +0000

Same issue here. BetterZip plugin will take over the Quickchm. Any resolutions between the developers?

By: Mario

Mario — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:03:38 +0000

I’ve got problems with this plugin..actually with BetterZip, which opens .chm files instad of this CHMplugin.
Is there any way I could tell BetterZip plugin to avoid .chm files?