How to display selected .chm help topic

[Jaco_Too]

In .hlp you just click on a topic once in the TOC or index and that topic displays. In .chm you have to click twice to display the topic. How can I get my .chm to work like .hlp?

I'm running RH X5 on XP. Did not find anything about this in help or forum.

[RoboWizard]

Hi Jaco Two

.CHM should work the same way from the Table of Contents. A single click on a topic page should open the corresponding topic. The index is different though. Normally you have to select the term and click the Display button. Or Double-click the topic.

Books in the TOC may behave by double-clicking to open and close them. But that is a setting you may change.

Cheers... Rick

[Jaco_Too]

THanks, Rick. Let me elaborate.

How it worked with .hlp:
User is running the app. Help is not running. To see help on an item, user right clicks on an item, call it Item A. A menu is displayed. User selects "Help" from this menu. The help opens with Item A's help topic automatically displayed.

How it works with .chm:
User right clicks on Item A, selects "Help", and the help opens with Item A's topic name highlighted in the index but Item A is not the displayed topic. To display Item A help topic, user must press Enter or double-click on Item A in the index. We want the help for Item A to display automatically. True, it requires only a double click to display the topic but we would prefer the .hlp way.

Can we do this or are we going to have to settle?

[Captiv8r]

Hi again

I think you will be able to accomplish it, but your developer will need to become accustomed to coding things differently. After all, you aren't using WinHelp any more. You are now in the world of the compiled .CHM file! The calls will be different.

Unfortunately, I'm not a good source for advising how the calls should change. I'm not a developer and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, so I can't tell you what needs to change. I'm thinking that your developer will need to visit a forum to ask how to properly connect the application to a compiled .CHM file. You might start at the links below for info.

Microsoft Help MVP Rob Chandler's site
Former Microsoft Help MVP David Liske's site

Hopefully something here is helpful... Rick

[Jaco_Too]

Thank you, Rick. I will forward your reply to the developer.