I need help with the help feature in VB5

Tico · Jul 27, 1999

The only reference I found about help in VB5 tells me I need to "invoke" help from a Common Dialog structure. !? 
 
I followed that and what happens is that it invokes the subjects of the help file but not the Contents file. So the user has no way to go to the "Table of contents" to select a different subject once he is in help mode. 
 
BUT if I press F1 I get to the Table of contents and from there I access the different subjects with no problem. Plus With F1 the "window" I'm defining works. 
 
Any clue?

hug · Jul 27, 1999

Use a simple win API Call 
 
Private Declare Function OSWinHelp% Lib "user32" Alias "WinHelpA" (ByVal hWnd&, ByVal HelpFile$, ByVal wCommand%, dwData As Any) 
 
on then form load event 
 
SetAppHelp Me.hWnd 
 
 
on the unload event 
 
QuitHelp 
 
If you want to use help on controls and forms, set the HelpContentID property to the value of the help you want

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I need help with the help feature in VB5

Tico

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