RE: Opening .exe from .chm file

["Leslie Johnson" <lesliej -at- microsoft -dot- com>]

Glenn suggested...

<<snip>>A workaround: a help file (HLP) macro can start an executable.
If your CHM
file started the help file, the help file could fire off the executable.
Granted, you will probably still get a silly dialog box about opening
the
help file. But once the user says that it is okay to open it (and if
your
macro is on the topic that is displayed), you could eventually get the
executable started.<</snip>>

Thanks, Glenn...unfortunately, .hlp can't be part of the solution. I
think I'm on the trail of a solution involving Active X controls, but
it'll take the weekend to figure it out. In the meantime, if you have
any ActiveX tips & tricks, I'd love to hear them - this is a whole new
world for me!

Thanks again!
Leslie Johnson


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