Installing Help in your database

[wizcow]

Hi

I have a little help program that I made with ccviz/Helpmaker.
(its quite a nice program)
Now I would like my users to be able to open it from a menu inside my Access database.

Where do I start?

Thanks
Tom

 

[MStef]

Hello Tom!

I solved this on my way.
Look at "DemoHelpFormA2000.mdb".

 

[wizcow]

MStef

Thanks your for the reply!

What I had in mind is something a bit different.
I have built a help file using a program called ccviz/Helpmaker.
It is its own program. It has the nice blue dot with the white question mark in it for an icon.

To be more precise, I want to open an outside program(ccviz), using a menu command.

Tom

 

[spacepro]

Wizcow,

If this database is multi-user , do the other users have the program installed or is the generated help file in a global file extension that windows recognise.

Could you provide a link to the software?

If you are opening a program then it should be as simple as:

1)Creating your menu
2)Create a public function to shellexecute the program.
3) Assign the public function to the menu item.

I tend to use CHM files for my help files.

Andy

 

[wizcow]

Andy

Thanks for the reply!!

My program generates chm files.

Could you be more explicit about 'creating the public function shellexecute'?

I'm new to this concept.

Thanks
Tom

 

[ghudson]

Searching the forum is a great way to discover and learn the answers to your access programming questions.

Open a custom help-file

Shell()

 

[spacepro]

Andy

Thanks for the reply!!

My program generates chm files.

Could you be more explicit about 'creating the public function shellexecute'?

I'm new to this concept.

Thanks
Tom

Tom,

I use the following code:

'Call Shell and Reference HTML Help Executable
'otherwise you will get the windows file open warning

Shell "C:\Windows\Hh.exe C:\Path to Help File",vbnormalfocus

HTH
Andy