Help on Help

[bigfoot]

Does anyone create their own help?<br><br>All I want to do is call the win32.api and display the contents or index or search...<br>Nothing big.&nbsp;&nbsp;I went to the MS site and kept going in circles (what a surprise).<br>Got the api working for contents, but not for index.<br>I used robohelp to create the .hlp file and it works good.<br><br>Thanks<br>Gary

 

[MichaelRed]

Hi Gary,<br><br>I have attempted to wend my way through the tangle of (MiS) info on &quot;Help&quot;.<br><br>I could not order the MiS book on Win Help.<br><br>I could get the MiS Book on HTML Help, however it refers to ver 1.1 of HTML Help, while the current version is ~ 1.3.<br><br>The MiS book on HTML Help includes URL references for Updates &/or &quot;feedback&quot; (both reference MS sites).&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither is valid.<br><br>Sending E-Mail to MS to point out the URLs which are in error only gets a return e-main stating that I did not complete the bug report properly (some - obviously non-applicable info not included ... what URL did I attempt to address this URL from ...)<br><br>The (out-of-date) MS book on HTML Help consistiently points out the &quot;advantages&quot; of HTML Help over Win Help.<br><br><br>I Think the foregoing is sufficient information for anyone to draw the conclusion.<br><br>Michael

 

[bigfoot]

Michael, I'm sorry you had so much trouble.<br>Try these Links:<br><br><A HREF="

http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/office/Manuals/OPG/part2/ch13.asp"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/office/Manuals/OPG/part2/ch13.asp</A><br><A

HREF="

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/officedev/odeopg/decondisplayinghelpbyusinghtmlhelpapi.htm"

TARGET="_new">

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/o...isplayinghelpbyusinghtmlhelpapi.htm</A><br><A

HREF="

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/tools/htmlhelp/wkshp/download_main.htm"

TARGET="_new">

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/tools/htmlhelp/wkshp/download_main.htm</A><br><br>This

one's the best:<br><A HREF="

http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/"

TARGET="_new">

http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/</A><br><br>I

hope this 'helps'<br><br>Gary<br>

 

[Zyrenthian]

I know this is an old thread but I was running into problems because VB 6.0 would not display the contents tab from the Help Workshop file i created.

I downloaded HTML Help Workshop and converted my .rtf file but there were problems in the conversion and it got all mucked up. I tried to conform the my new HTML help file but after spending 2 weeks creating macros and writing my rtf file I was not up for spending another few weeks fixing the html code.

Here is what I came up with:

Instead of the HelpContents being defined as &H3 it must now be &HB. <-- that is a letter &quot;b&quot; in capital... not an 8

I hope this saves some people the headache I went through.

Yes, I do understand that the HTML Workshop offers MUCH more functionality but after learning the old Help Workshop I did not want to spend the time learning a whole new Help system. For future upgrades I will most likely convert to the HTML style but for now, i am &quot;content&quot; (hehe) with the old style

Matt

 

[bigfoot]

I purchased RoboHelp Office. It does both, but is a little on the high side.