Help files

[Vanguard-MnC]

How do i make it so if i click something my help file will appear? and is there a place where i can get a good help file maker? thx

[Nightwalker83]

There's that comes with vb. I downloaded a really good hfm but I can't remember when I got it from.

[Vanguard-MnC]

cool but i want to know how to put it in my project.

[cafeenman]

With CommonDialog
  .HelpFile = APP_HELPFILE
  .HelpCommand = cdlHelpKey
  .HelpKey = "Contents" ' change to whatever topic you want opened
  .Action = 6
End With

[Vanguard-MnC]

thanks for the code but how do you use it?

[Nightwalker83]

1. Click on the properties option of ur project.

2. Enter the directory of the helpfile along with the helpfile name into the HelpFile textbox.

[cafeenman]

you put it in your mnuHelpContents menu. It should be App.Helpfile, not App_Helpfile. That's a property from my projects, but not the way it's normally done.

[Vanguard-MnC]

goodie! thanks cafeen man. you helped me out a lot.

[Vanguard-MnC]

oh yeah... and nightwalker too

[sandin]

hi..
there is some software which connect to the vb namely,"HTML HELP WORKSHOP" by this software or u can use a software provvided by the vb tool.

In this software , first u have to create the html files in which u describe the help topic in it....
then by this software u give the ip to the html file then use this ip to assign the help to perticular form at the same time assign the hotkey for the help so that when u press the hotkeys the help will appear .
sandin