CHM file not working

[TraceyG]

Hello everyone, I am using Access 2010 and I'm having a problem with my custom CHM file...

I've created a small personal database to track my coupons (hey, I can hear you laughing from here.....). I cannot even call myself a weekend coder.. I'm not a coder at all, but rather self-taught.

I created a custom CHM file and attached it to one of my forms, but when I press F1 on that form, it still calls Access Help.

I know that the HelpFile property has to include the entire path of the help file, and the help file is stored in the same folder as the DB.

I've attached my DB here. I created my own navigation form (I have trouble with Access' built in navigation form when referring to other forms from it, sigh). The navigation form loads at startup and it is the form I have chosen to experiment with the CHM file.

Any help would be so greatly appreciated, and please remember, my experience is very limited, so be gentle... Thanks in advance!

 

[spikepl]

Did you set help topic ID in the chm file and in Access? Is the Chm File enabled? (right click, choose Properties, see if there is a Security/Enable button displayed, click on it if you see one)

 

[TraceyG]

Thank you so much for your help! I don't need context sensitive help. I left the topicID "0" in Access. I understood that this would call the help file. I don't have a security/enable option on the help file. It does open though, I did test that...

 

[TraceyG]

I managed to figure out where I went wrong. 2 days later and probably 18 hours of research, chuckle.

I didn't realize my .chm file needed a header. I thought that if I didn't want context specific help, I didn't need to include anything other than the individual html help pages. Well, I was wrong. Yeah, the help in Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop is abysmal...

Once I created a header and re-compiled my help... Taa Daa... my help now works.