Context Help for VBScript

[John Lomonaco]

I have written a fairly large stand alone application implemented in
VBScript. Currently I do context help using .hlp but would like to upgrade
to HTML Help. I recently downloaded the HTML Help tool from Microsoft and
converted my projects. I have been able to display full help by calling
hh.exe from my script. However, I have not found a way to connect VBScript
MsgBox and InputBox help buttons to my context topics. VBScript does not
seem to recognize a .chm file as a usable help file and I'm not sure how to
get IDs mapped to a context number that I include in the MsgBox and InputBox
calls. I have done a lot of searches on the web about the topic and found
one page about how to map an ID to a context number but this seems to be
aimed at VB 6 and I am not sure I understand it. I have found no help about
how to get VBScript to call HH.exe in a MsgBox or InputBox.

Thanks,

John

[John Lomonaco]

Can I assume from the lack of response there is no solution to this problem.
I hope not.

John

"John Lomonaco" <jdlom...@ctc.net> wrote in message
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[Rob Chandler [MVP]]

Hi John
This guy reconds the VBS MsgBox function works with both .hlp and .chm
http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/vbscript/quickref/msgbox.html

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript&tid=c3361fc3-6558-4adc-8841-1d015399b39e&cat=en-us-msdn&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1

You know how to create a Context Help link in a HH project.

It wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't work. When Chm help files came around
a lot of things weren't updated.

Rob

"John Lomonaco" <jdlom...@ctc.net> wrote in message

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[John Lomonaco]

Rob,

When you say this guy reconds the MsgBox function does that mean he has an
update to the VBS function? If so how do I get it? The first link page says
that MsgBox accepts .hlp and .chm files but there is no example of how to do
it. As the second link thread seems to prove the MsgBox function does not
directly work.

I'm confused.

John

"Rob Chandler [MVP]" <sup...@nospam.helpware.net> wrote in message
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[Rob Chandler [MVP]]

Don't know. Might be worth contacting him and asking if it really works as
he's document?

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