Goto Helpfile - Microsoft Access / VBA

John

Hello,
How can i goto the helpfile i made in Help&manual with a button ore the menu
in my application. Not with F1. Tell me please.

Thanks
John

Nov 12 '05 #1

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Mike Storr

I believe
Shell "Winhelp <path to help file>", vbNormalFocus
Should work.

If the path is not known, you can use just the help file name. WinHelp will
ask for it's location if it cannot be found. After pointing the way once,
WinHelp will create a registry key for it and not ask again.

Mike Storr
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Hello,
How can i goto the helpfile i made in Help&manual with a button ore the menu in my application. Not with F1. Tell me please.

Thanks
John

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