Opening help file with context number
 

Hi

I am using the shell command to open a help file, something like:
Shell "hh c:\doc\myhelp.chm", 1

I would now like to open the help file at a specific topic ID (or context
number).
Any suggestions,
Thanks in advance
Martien

Opening help file with context number
 

Martien,

If you have a properly compiled help file this is easy. I have help files
built with Helpmatic Pro (relatively easy to use and good value shareware).
These are different to chm files I believe but I can't really remember the
research I did on this at the time when I settled on my current solution.

On a form I would have something like this

Private Sub cmdHelp_Click()
XHelp 32 'launch topic 32
End Sub

'in a general module
Public Sub XHelp(nContextID As Integer)
Dim strHelpFile As String
strHelpFile = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\EFA USER TOOLS.hlp"
Application.Help strHelpFile, nContextID
End Sub

Robin Hammond
www.enhanceddatasystems.com

"Martien Janssen" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am using the shell command to open a help file, something like:
Shell "hh c:\doc\myhelp.chm", 1

I would now like to open the help file at a specific topic ID (or context
number).
Any suggestions,
Thanks in advance
Martien

Opening help file with context number
 

Martien,

I am using the shell command to open a help file, something like:
Shell "hh c:\doc\myhelp.chm", 1

I would now like to open the help file at a specific topic ID (or context
number).

See the following page for two ways to open a specific help topic from
the command line.

http://helpware.net/FAR/far_faq.htm#HHEXEParams

If you need instructions on how to set up the help file to use context
IDs, the best places to look a

http://www.mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/h...s.html#mapping
http://helpware.net/htmlhelp/how_to_context.htm

--
Pete (Microsoft Help MVP)

Opening help file with context number
 

Thanks Robin for your reply. There is one problem though.
Application.Help does not seem to work with chm files, at least not with
mine (which I created with Help&Manual, not freeware or shareware but
quite recommendable).
I therefore use pete solution with a shell command launching the hh.exe
command needed for the chm files.

Thanks again,
Martien



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