On 25/05/2009 4:40 PM, Charles Annis, P.E. wrote:
Dear R-helpers:
I created a folder containing R on a read-only CD and use it by having the
R-icon, located on the Windows desktop, point to the CD
(R-2.8.1\bin\Rgui.exe) for the "Target," and to a Windows Desktop folder for
"Start in."
This works nicely EXCEPT that the R help() function cannot display anything,
and presents a screen message saying "This program cannot display webpage."
This is especially frustrating because on the left of what would be the help
window is the exhaustive list of all the functions for which R can provide
help (but can't display anything).
Can anyone provide guidance?
Here is the obligatory session information:
....................
sessionInfo()
R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22)
i386-pc-mingw32
locale:
LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United
States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United
States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
attached base packages:
[1] splines tcltk stats graphics grDevices utils datasets
methods base
other attached packages:
[1] mh1823_2.5.4.1 survival_2.35-3 RColorBrewer_1.0-2 RODBC_1.2-5
....................
Thanks!
This sounds like a Windows security feature, because .CHM is a risky
format. There's a page here
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896054
that tells you how to turn it off. Alternatively, you can choose one of
the other help formats in R besides CHM help.
Duncan Murdoch
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