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    Finally. Help after Running Winhlp32.msi on windows 10/W10

    This seemed too easy, just run the winhlp32.msi and clicking on my help.chm file, I do get the help displayed, but as a separate task.

    I call this progress. But there is no link to the help file inside my W10 vb app available.

    Do you suppose something can be kludged together to make it work?
    One can dream.
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    Re: Finally. Help after Running Winhlp32.msi on windows 10/W10

    If you're asking how to open a *.chm file in vb6 from your program it should work just to use the "Shell" statement.
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    Re: Finally. Help after Running Winhlp32.msi on windows 10/W10

    Thanks. But I want to display the context help I programmed into my app.

    If I do shell, Is there a way to switch to the shelled help when the user right clicks on help?
    A caveat; my w10 is 32 bit.
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    Re: Finally. Help after Running Winhlp32.msi on windows 10/W10

    Winhlp is the old help system, unrelated to CHM files at all. "Running" a CHM file is nearly as demented an idea.

    It might be worth looking at this attachment which uses several ways to get CHM help in context. There are probably other samples in the CodeBank.

    The HTML Help API function itself is documented in the CHM help for the HTML Help Workshop tool.
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    Re: Finally. Help after Running Winhlp32.msi on windows 10/W10

    Thanks but what is this help demo? There's no doc telling me what this does. I installed it and ran the vb code and nothing happens. Click on the ? just hangs.
    It's a bunch of code with no comments.

    I am able to get my original .hlp to run from the desk top, but is it only because I have w10 32 bit machine? I would prefer to run this way.
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    Re: Finally. Help after Running Winhlp32.msi on windows 10/W10

    I guess you don't know how "What's this?" help works. You click the ? and then click the control you want help for. With "F1" help you select the control and press F1.

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    Re: Finally. Help after Running Winhlp32.msi on windows 10/W10

    Your right. I never did get an explanation for "what's this" Thanks.
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