Creating Help File for use in VB Projects

[Guest_imported]

Hello Everybody. I want to create a help file for my project. I have completed all the documentation required (in MS-WORD)for my project and saved the file with the extension name .hlp. But vb is giving some error.

Please suggest what exactly I have to do.

 

[sdh]

what you need to do it create a document in rich text format
(using word if you prefer)
compiling it with the microsoft help file compiler
(free from thier website)
call it with an api call

basically the code after you have created and compiled is
declarations
Private Declare Function WinHelp Lib "user32" Alias "WinHelpA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal lpHelpFile As String, _
ByVal wCommand As Long, ByVal dwData As Long) As Long

Private Const HELP_CONTENTS = 3
Private Const HELP_FINDER = 11


Public Sub helpfile()
Dim lResult As Long
Dim sHelpFile As String
Dim lCommand As Long, lOption As Long


sHelpFile = "[your help files name]"
lCommand = HELP_CONTENTS
lOption = 0
lResult = WinHelp(frmMain.hWnd, sHelpFile, lCommand, lOption)
End Sub

 

[JohnYingling]

Also look into the free MS HTML Help Workshop. It is less complicated than the old Help and seemd to be where MS is driving Help.

http://WWW.VBCompare.Com

 

[sunaj]

I agree with JohnYingling, the HTMLHelp is nicer.
If you want to use the old help compiler you do not need to use an API function to open the help project, you can also use the CommonDialog.

Good luck,
Sunaj