Has anyone successfully used a custom help file?

[jgoodman00]

I have spent the day creating a custom help file which has in itself proved a nightmare. Anyway, I have used the HTML Help workshop to create it. I read the Microsoft Access help documentation on this & placed my compiled help file (help.chm) in the same folder as the db. I then followed the instructions in the HTML workshop help file to the letter on how to create a context sensitive popup as follows:

File 1, called AdvancedQuery.txt contains the following:
.topic IDH_ADVANCEDQUERYFORM
The Advanced Query Form displays a list of custom queries which have been created by the currently logged in user.
File 2, called AdvancedQuery.h contains the following:
#define IDH_ADVANCEDQUERYFORM 1001


I then added these files to the project exactly as the help file states, & set the help context id for the form in Access to 1001.
I then compiled the help file & placed it in the directory with the db.
I then opened the form concerned & pressed F1. It looks like the help file starts to load, but then it pops the error message of 'HH_HELP_CONTEXT called without a [MAP] section'. I have specifically created a MAP section in the help project, & checked it exists over & over.

So, has anyone else tried anything like this? Did it work? Does anyone know why this continues to error even though from what I can see it is correct.


N.B. I have tried assigning the popup a different ID, but it always results in the same error message...



James Goodman

 

[calian]

What version of Access are you using?

 

[jgoodman00]

Access XP, Visual Studio 6... James Goodman