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Subject:FWD: RoboHelp Questions From:"Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 27 Mar 1998 05:47:07 -0700
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>Thanks in advance for your help!
>(I called RoboHelp Tech support about a week ago.
>They were supposed to send some info, but I have not received it as yet.)
>
>I am developing a Windows 95 application (Visual C++ 5.0) that uses a
>help file created using RoboHelp. I could not get the F1 and SHIFT F1
>context sensitive help to work properly.
>
>F1 and SHIFT F1 were both doing the same thing: the help for the dialog
>is displayed even if a control has the focus. The help for the specific
>control should be displayed.
>
>I fixed this problem by handling the following two windows messages:
>WM_COMMANDHELP and WM_HELPHITTEST
>I actually invoke the CSHContextHelp() method myself. I did not think I
>had to do this.
>
>Now I am down to the following problems:
>
>1.
>When I hit SHIFT F1 the cursor changes to the Help cursor (Question Mark
>and Arrow) and the What's This Help is displayed for the control that
>has the focus. The only thing that should happen is that the cursor
>should change. I can't figure out why the Help window is displaying. How
>can I stop this behavior??
>
>2.
>In another dialog when I hit F1 a window flashes that displays "no topic
>found for this ID", then the actual Help window for the dialog displays.
>It's acting like there is no topic but yet it finds it and displays it
>appropriately. Has anyone seen this behavior before, and how can I fix
>it??
>
>THANKS for any HELP on the above issues.
>
>Gladstone -dot- Alexander -at- LibertyMutual -dot- com