>>I have written an EXE in vfp50. I want to create a HELP system for
>>this EXE, but I am not sure where to start. Can someone help me get started?
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>Up front I would decide what type of help system you wish to create. If you want a basic simple system then the old style .hlp files (as per the VFP manual) are fine. They're fast and if you have a word processor that can output RTF like Word or Wordperfect, easy to develop and maintain. You can add some features such as a button bar on top etc.
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>If you want really slick help files that can look more like web pages then check out HTML help (VFUG March newsletter or on the MS site). You write HTML help using an html editor like MS frontpage or you can use Word (with Internet Assistant) or Wordperfect 7 or more and save output as html. I prefer using a real html editor like Frontpage, etc. The advantage is you can create help files with many options including check boxes, popups, lists, comboboxes, option groups, active-x controls, audio, video, links to web sites, email forms and basically anything you can do on the web. Using javascript you can really create an interactive help system far more advanced than the .hlp files.
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>In addition M$ has announced that it will no longer support the .hlp system and has moved all of their people on this over to working on HTML help systems.
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>HTH

thanks Todd... I will check it out..rob