To create context-sensitive help (for CHM-files), I follow a rather involved procedure, and I was wondering if some steps could be omitted.
The steps I follow go something like this:
Add a line to file context.h, which is #INCLUDEd in every form. Sample line: #define IDH_MYFORM 157 (I use consecutive numbering - the next form would be 158, in this example).
In the Form.Init(), put a line like: This.HelpContextId = IDH_MYFORM
Write at least a placeholder HTML-file with FrontPage Express. Save it as MyForm.htm, in folder Forms (under the folder that contains the help project).
Open the help project with NotePad, and add the following line to the [ALIAS] section: IDH_MYFORM = forms\MyForm.htm
Add the help file to the help project table-of-contents.
I was wondering, can some of these steps be omitted? Some sort of "more direct" assignment, like assigning the number directly. I don't actually use the constant IDH_MYFORM - both the help compiler and VFP convert this to a number!
It may not be worthwhile (for readibility), but I was wondering whether the descriptive constant can be omitted, and the number used directly.
TIA, Hilmar.
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