Helpfiles

Is there a proceedure or application that I could use to generate a custom
help file for the users of the database I am building? I know if the front
end was built out of VB I could build a custom helpfile.

Hi Cameron,

Try some of the following KB articles:

OFFXPDEV: How to Create Context-Sensitive HTML Help Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296231

OFFXPDEV: Custom Help File Is Displayed in Access Help Window
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/275117

How to create an HTML Help system by using either the HTMLHelp
API or the HTML Help in Access
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828419

How to Display Context-Sensitive Help for the What'sThis Button
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/202314

How to create pop-up context-sensitive Help by using Windows API
WinHelp()
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210166

How to Programmatically Display a Help File
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/209843

How to Start a Custom Help File in a Run-Time Solution
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243568

OFFXPDEV: How to Display Context-Sensitive Help for the What'sThis Button
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306370


There are also commercial packages that you might want to check out. Here
are some of them, which I found with a quick Google search. I am not
necessarily endorsing any of these:

http://www.ec-software.com/hmpage.htm
http://www.helpdevelopmentstudio.com/
http://www.macromedia.com/software/robohelp/


Tom Wickerath
Microsoft Access MVP

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"Cameron" wrote:

Is there a proceedure or application that I could use to generate a custom
help file for the users of the database I am building? I know if the front
end was built out of VB I could build a custom helpfile.