How to create pop-up context-sensitive Help by using Windows API WinHelp() (210166)
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SUMMARY One alternative to displaying your application's online
Help system in a separate window is to display it in a small, shaded pop-up
window in your application. To do this, you can use the Windows API
WinHelp() function with its HELP_CONTEXTPOPUP argument. This article shows you
how to implement such a Help system.
This article assumes that you
are familiar with using the Microsoft Windows Help Workshop to create Windows
Help files. REFERENCES
For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
828419
How to create an HTML Help system by using either the HTMLHelp API or the HTML Help in Access
242433 How to create context sensitive HTML Help files
For more information about HelpContextID, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type helpcontextid property in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.
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