Linking a Help file (.chm) to an Access Form

[ExcelMan]

I've created an HTML Help File -- a .chm file -- and I want it to appear
when the user hits F1 when he is in a form in my Access application. Even
better, I would like a specific topic in the help file to come up depending
upon which form my user is on.

Is there an easy way to use the HelpFile and HelpContext properties of a
form to do this? Also, how do I assign a HelpContext ID to specific topics
in my help file?

I have seen some documentation about context-sensitive help, but that
requires creating header files and completely rewriting my topic files as
text files instead of HTML. There must be a simple way to make use of a
standard .chm file.

Your assistance is appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I looked into but was confused by inbuilt help systems in Access. Therefore,
as a workaround to the .chm file use and inbuilt help files, I create a
standard html document with bookmarks within the html doc, and then create an
image (a question mark), put that image on required parts of my forms and
then make the image a hyperlink to specific bookmarks in my .html document.
Of course you then have to distribute the html doc with your database. But
this was a relatively painless way to include help with you app. Instead of a
hyperlink you may choose to link it to the keypress F1 somehow.

Hope this helps.

Griffo.