Make Help Button Work.

[matnace]

Hello All

I'm try to link the help button to a help file using the msgbox function. I don't know what it is but when I press the button nothing happens. The 'OK' Button works fine and I can test for it too. Do I need to do something to make the help button work when using a msgbox? Here is the code that I have so far...

Button click...
Dim oErrors As New MakeSomeErrors()
Try
oErrors.TestDivideException()
Catch ex As MyExceptions
Dim stemp As String
Dim msgResult As New MsgBoxResult()

msgResult = MsgBox(ex.Message, msgBoxStyle.MsgBoxHelp, "Error")
If msgResult = vbMsgBoxHelp Then
MsgBox("Hello")
End If
End Try


Matthew

[Iouri]

' The first argument is a Control object that works as the
' parent for the help dialog box.
Help.ShowHelpIndex(Me, "c:\myhelpfile.chm")

(You can also use a URL that uses forward slashes as separators.) The other method, ShowHelp,
is overloaded to provide access to different portions of the help document:

' Display the contents of the help file.
Help.ShowHelp(Me, "c:\myhelpfile.chm")
' Display the index page of the help file.
Help.ShowHelp(Me, "c:\myhelpfile.chm", HelpNavigator.Index)
' Display the search page of the help file.
Help.ShowHelp(Me, "c:\myhelpfile.chm", HelpNavigator.Find)
' Display the help page for a specific keyword.
Help.ShowHelp(Me, "c:\myhelpfile.chm", "mykeyword")
' Display the help page for the specific topic #123.
Help.ShowHel (Me, "c:\myhelpfile.chm", HelpNavigator.Topic, 123)

[matnace]

Thanks for the help but is there any way to make the help button thats display on the msgbox to cause an event when pressed.

Matthew

[Evad]

If theres a way, then I haven't found it.. The only button objects listed are

OKOnly
OKCancel
AbortRetryIgnore
YesNoCancel
YesNo
RetryCancel

An API Might be the best solution.

[matnace]

Yeah I've tried everything and still no go. Well thanks for the help though.

Matt

[§tudz]

hi,

There is a way to do to add a help button to msgbox, there is a document somewhere that tells you how to 'hack' the msgbox function.

or

you could just create you own msgbox, using a form. it's a lot quick and you make it do what ever you like. that's what I had to do.