>>The idea here is to learn how to make context-sensitive HTML help the right way. I can see that people are doing it in various ways. I want my context-sensitive help to be the same HTML help I've already written for the help menu, using the regular help window. I also want to use similar generic methods for my Access programs.
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>Hi Bret. Have you looked at Rick's HTML help builder. You can download it from www.west-wind.com

All right, I downloaded it and played with it some. The files it created were a good sample. I will have to evaluate its usefulness as a more general-purpose HTML help builder. In particular, I wonder if the syntax of the #define commands in the context-sensitive .h file would be understood by Access. I haven't tried that yet.

There seem to be different ways to make context-sensitive help happen, similar in theme but different in details. The method suggested in the HTML Help Workshop help describes context-sensitive popup help which puts the actual help text in the .h file with the topic references, and uses different syntax. It isn't HTML, and it doesn't use the existing HTML help topics or the regular HTML help window. *Bleach*

By the way, when I compile a help file, either directly in HTML Help Workshop or from West Wind HTML Builder, I get the error "HHC6003: Error: The file itircl.dll has not been registered correctly.
Microsoft HTML Help Compiler 4.73.8198" It still seems to build my .CHM successfully, except that the Search tab never finds a word. I downloaded HHW quite recently, so I think I should have the most recent version.