How to integrate Help chm file with Access App

[moondaddy]

How do I integrate an chm help file with my Acces 2003 app? I have a help
authoring tool and have built some documentation for our app. I saw some
documentation on msdn saying that I need to register the chm file with the
registery, but it didnt say how. Also, the way I distribute this app is to
install a .Net 1.1 windows app on each client which they use to login via
web services. after successfuly logging in, the .net app loads the Access
app. Is it possible to register the chm file for the MS Access app via an
installshield installation which installs a .net winforms app?

2nd quesiton: if we choose to use html help pages residing on a web server,
do we still need to register anything in the client machine's registery?
and how do we get the correct html page when hitting F1 from a control in
Access App?

 

[privatenews]

Hello,

Thank you for your post in MSDN newsgroup.

I understand that you'v two questions regarding chm and Access 2003
integration:

1. You want to know if you could register chm files via a installshield
installation that installs a .net Winform app.

2. If you use html pages and you 'd like to know how to get the correct
html page when hitting F1.

If it is not correct, please let me know.

Based on my research, you could include chm files in installshield package
if you want. However, in Access form, usually you need to add a button so
that you could go to the proper help page you want. Please refer to the
following articles for details:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/modcore/html/deconAddingHelpToYourCu
stomSolution.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/modcore/htm
l/decondisplayinghelpinformsdocuments.asp

209843 ACC2000: How to Programmatically Display a Help File
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;209843


If you use Access runtime, you may want to Microsoft Agent ActiveX control
to implement Office agent and use it to display help.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/modcore/htm
l/deconusingassistantwithaccessrun-timeapplications.asp


As for your question on html page on Web server, I think it is not be able
to integarte into Access as CHM file. You may want to add button in the
form directly which link to the html page you want.

If you have any questions on this, please feel free to let us know. Have a
great day!

Best Regards,

Peter Yang
MCSE2000/2003, MCSA, MCDBA
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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[privatenews]

Hello,

Just want to check if you have any questions on this issue. Please feel
free to post back if you need have any comments.

Best Regards,

Peter Yang
MCSE2000/2003, MCSA, MCDBA
Microsoft Online Partner Support


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