HtmlHelper not loaded in tutorial example - cakephp

Question

I followed the tutorial to create a blog for CakePHP 1.3 up to this step but keep getting error when running the app:
Notice (8): Undefined property: View::$Html [APP\views\posts\index.ctp, line 27]
Line 27:
echo $this->Html->link($post['Post']['title'], array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'view', $post['Post']['id']));
Apparently CakePHP doesn't load the HtmlHelper class, I check over and over again in my controller, the Html should be loaded properly.
class PostsController extends AppController {
var $name = 'Posts';
var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form');
function index() {
$this->set('posts', $this->Post->find('all'));
}
}
When I added this line to the view (index.ctp), it works
$this->Html = &$this->loaded['html'];
But apparently I can't do that for every ctp file. I'm running Windows 7, WAMP 2, PHP 5.3.5, CakePHP 1.3.7 stable.
Anyone has a clue?

Answer 1

Like the comment by mtnorthrop above:
Is the FormHelper being loaded in your
views? What do you get if you do
pr($this->Html) in your view? How
about pr($html)? Until CakePHP 1.3,
helpers were accessed directly instead
of through the View object. In CakePHP
1.3 both methods should work. Does the plain $html->link() or $form->input()
methods work for you? – mtnorthrop 51
mins ago

Answer 2

From the book:
"The HtmlHelper is available in all
views by default. If you're getting an
error informing you that it isn't
there, it's usually due to its name
being missing from a manually
configured $helpers controller
variable."
You shouldn't need to specify it in your controllers. Perhaps somehow doing so is interfering with the core? BTW, you don't need to specify Form either.