Html help window minimised

[mm0000]

I am using HTML Help Workshop to create my help. However when I press F1 to call the relevant html page it opens with the help page minimised. Anyone knows how to get the html page always open maximised?

thanks in advance

 

[baltman]

Does this help?

http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VFPHelp

Brian

 

[mm0000]

Brian, it does not help in solving the problem.

Thanks

 

[baltman]

I think you should look under the HTML Help Workshop Help for the topic "Window types".

Brian

 

[mm0000]

Thw 'Windows Type' option does seem to be the place where the answer lies. However, I've tried all the options and cannot get it to work. Will need to to do more r&d to figure it out. The odd thing is that the first time i press F1 the help window opens maximised and then all further call opens the window minimized.

 

[craigsboyd]

On the toolbar of the workshop there is a button that will let you "Add/Modify window definitions". When you define your own help window you can set it's properties in the "Window Types" dialog box as you have already discovered. In that dialog there is a tab called "Position" and it will let you decide whether it should "Save user defined window position after first use", it's a checkbox. This is most likely the culprit of the help window deciding to remain minimized after first use.

You may try posting your question in the Help forum since this isn't really a VFP related issue, though I am sure it feels like it is.

forum764 if all else fails... You could use ON KEY LABEL F1 DO MyProc or something to get control of the whole thing and in that proc you could bring up your help window and then Maximize it by using API calls. Though this drastic step shouldn't be necessary. Good Luck!

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[mm0000]

Postscript.

My VFP Version 8 has finally been delivered and installed today and now when I press F1 - the window is always maximized! Will now never know why it did not work as expected on VFP6 SP5 or maybe there is an issue with VF6.