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Multiple HTML Help Files from the FoxPro menu.
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21/04/2000 17:00:37
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
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00362103
Message ID:
00362371
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Thanks Barbara and Ed,
I ended up creating a small menu that I call at startup, with a bunch of chm's in there, and adding calls to some of those in my start menu.

Daniel


>>Hi,
>> I think I read somewhere about how to get multiple HTML help files to appear on the foxpro menu, so that you can get to which ever one you want. Now I can't find the article, and don't remember where I read it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
>>
>
>Easiest would be to add a small piece of code to the menu that launches the desired .CHM on demand. ShellExecute() does this easily:
>
>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN Shell32 Integer, STRING @,STRING @,STRING @,STRING @,Integer
>=ShellExecute(0,"OPEN",full path of .CHM,0,0,1)
>
>This is not in conjunction with VFP's context-sensitive help.
>
>I've found that dropping shortcuts to the MSDN, NTFAQ and HACKFOX.CHM in my QuickLaunch bar on the taskbar is much more useful, since I often need them outside of VFP.
EMail: danielj@ryte-byte.com
"If I'm paddling so hard, how come I'm going backwards?" - Pinocchio (while the whale was swallowing him...)
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