Creating a Custom Help File for a Form

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Eric

I have a database in Access 2000 and would like to create
a custom help file for a few of the forms. I can view the
properties of the form and find the (Help File/Help
Context ID) properties but I don't know how to create and
compile the help file. Looks like you will need Microsoft
Help Workshop for which I can't seem to find.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Eric
 
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I have a database in Access 2000 and would like to create
a custom help file for a few of the forms. I can view the
properties of the form and find the (Help File/Help
Context ID) properties but I don't know how to create and
compile the help file. Looks like you will need Microsoft
Help Workshop for which I can't seem to find.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Eric
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You can always just create a report with the information
you want in it and have a button that links to the report
in your form.
 
You can also do the help as .html or .doc and access as a hyperlink from a
label on your form
both of these formats let you paste screen captures with the text.

Tom
 
Eric,
... I don't know how to create and compile the help file. Looks
like you will need Microsoft Help Workshop for which I can't seem
to find.
Click to expand...

There are some links on the following page to the downloads for Help
Workshop (for .hlp files) and HTML Help Workshop (for .chm files):

http://helpware.net/htmlhelp/basics.htm

For instructions on how to connect a WinHelp file to an Access
application, see:

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/accshelp.htm

And for instructions on how to connect an HTML Help file, see:

http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/htmlhelp/hhaccess.html
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/office2000/proddocs/opg/part2/ch13.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/three/55t3_2.htm
http://www.helpcommunity.ehelp.com/robohelp/downloads/htmlhelp/
 
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