Display the Index of a Help File Using API

[TrevorSh]

I have just created a help file using the Help Workshop that came with VS. In my VB app I have one menu option to go to the contents section of the help using the Contents() macro. I would also like to add a direct link to the Index section, this should be possible using the Search() macro, however it doesn't seem to work unless the help file is already loaded.

Does anyone know of a way around this ??

 

[danceman]

LOOK at the winapi winhelp

Public 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

BOOL WinHelp(

HWND hwnd, // handle of window requesting Help
LPCTSTR lpszHelp, // address of directory-path string
UINT uCommand, // type of Help
DWORD dwData // additional data
Parameters

hwnd

Identifies the window requesting Help. The WinHelp function uses this handle to keep track of which applications have requested Help.

lpszHelp

Points to a null-terminated string containing the path, if necessary, and the name of the Help file that the Help application is to display.
The filename may be followed by an angle bracket (>) and the name of a secondary window if the topic is to be displayed in a secondary window rather than in the primary window. The name of the secondary window must have been defined in the [WINDOWS] section of the Help project (.HPJ) file.

uCommand

Specifies the type of help requested. For a list of possible values and how they affect the value to place in the dwData parameter, see the Remarks section.

dwData

Specifies additional data. The value used depends on the value of the uCommand parameter. For a list of possible values, see the Remarks section. Attitude is Everything