Hi Cindy,


>The last MSDN Library that could be used through VFP as a CHM was the October, 2001 library.

Really? I've only had luck with April 2001 when it comes to context sensitive help. I guess I could try Oct. 2001 again.


>So I was curious if we could use the new help files without creating a custom menu link.
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>I opened the File Locations dialog and went to the Help File entry. I chose the Collection option and put "ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.2002JUL.1033" (without quotes) in the Help collection URL reference. (I install the MSDN Library in the default location and I haven't installed the October version which is sitting here.) When I chose Help from the Help menu I got the latest MSDN Library. When I highlighted a word and used F1 then sometimes I got the MSDN Help and sometimes the VFP Help CHM. The The Help menu Help seems to revert to the VFP CHM after a few uses.
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>The above works for both VFP7 and VFP8 Beta. I'm still not sure how the Help filter works in this context. If I set the filter and then closed Help, when I reopened it the filter was still on. If I closed my session of VFP and then went back in to VFP and Help the filter was gone.


Yeah, it seems a little buggy. For VFP 7 help via the menu URL link that Sergey recommend, I tried:

ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.2002OCT.1033/fox7help/html/vfp7startpage.htm

However the main MSDN start page still comes up. The first time I tried it, the Contents Filtering was totally blank, nothing in the dropdown or anything. After I closed it and re-opened it a few times, it seemed to "come around". Now the Contents default to VFP 7, but the start page was still MSDN default.

I also tried to set the Tool/Options/Help file to the URL and seem to be getting the same results as you when using F1.

Hopefully by the time VFP8 ships, they will have VFP fully integrated back into the MSDN Library, context sensitive help and all.


Thanks,

- Brian