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Subject:FWD: Another Help Question From:"Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 7 Nov 1997 17:53:46 -0700
Forwarded on request. Eric
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>Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 17:24:51 -0500
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>I am unable to subscribe to the list so I was wondering if you would be so
>kind as to post this item for me (I have coworkers who can monitor any
>responses). Thank you for your help.
>
>Tracy Kiehm
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>I know this question has been addressed before, but I'm still confused. . .
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>I am currently creating and editing context-sensitive help with RoboHelp 95.
>Our developers are using VB 4.0 and we cannot get consistent results using
>F1 or Shift+F1. We only have consistent control over the display of
>context-sensitive help when we use the "What's This" button. (The decision
>to allow access to context-sensitive help using F1 and Shift+F1 was made
>long before I started working on this particular help project.)
>
>When I consulted Blue Sky on this issue they told me certain parameters
>could be set on the development end that would force F1 to consistently
>display in the proper window (as opposed to the default main window it now
>displays in). Blue Sky faxed me a very technical document which I handed off
>to our development staff. I naively believed this would solve the problem.
>However, now I am told there is nothing they can do to fix the problem and
>the document I gave them is useless.
>
>I am now wondering if this problem can be fixed at all. Is it possible to
>control how F1 (or Shift+F1) displays help from within the application (I
>thought there were specific WinHelp API commands that could be used to
>designate this sort of thing)? Is this something that can be done with VB
>5.0? Any input provided will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Tracy Kiehm
>Bankers Systems, Inc.
>tkiehm -at- bsi -dot- mhs -dot- compuserve -dot- com
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