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Subject:Re: window-level help From:"Wing, Michael J" <mjwing -at- INGR -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:50:13 -0600
> >| Right now, the topics always pop up in the main window. How can I get
> >| them to pop up in a secondary window??
>
> There's no way to do this in Win 3.x help. For Win 95 (and greater)
> help, alter the topic ID (the # footnote) as follows:
>
> #TOPIC_ID > windowname
>
> This forces TOPIC_ID to open in <windowname> whenever it's accessed.
> Using the greater than symbol in the cnt file only forces the topic
> into the specified window when it's accessed from the cnt window,
> not when it's accessed from another topic or from the search/index
> windows.
>
> HTH
>
> -Sue Gallagher http://pw1.netcom.com/~gscale/susanwg/
> sgallagher -at- expersoft -dot- com http://www.expersoft.com
>
Are you sure about appending the HelpContextId? This causes
"invalid character" error messages in the compile. There is a ">" window
endnote that can specify a window in which to place the topic. However, the
topic is only directed to this window if the topic is accessed via a K-link,
A-link, or through the index or find functions but not through the TOC,
browse, or called as a context-sensitive topic.
