Excel 2.20: Using Custom Help in a Custom Dialog Box

 Last reviewed: October 7, 1997
Article ID: Q51948
2.20 MACINTOSH softlib appnote ME0185

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, when a custom dialog box is brought up, the status bar indicates to press COMMAND+? for help. To access a custom Help file for a custom dialog box, place the reference to the Help file item in the upper-left corner of the dialog box definition table.

With myhelp!5 in the upper-left cell of the dialog box definition table, item 5 in the Help file "myhelp" will be brought up if Help is called upon by pressing COMMAND+?.

For more information about creating custom Help files, call Microsoft Product Support Services at (425) 454-2030 and ask for the application note titled "Using Custom Help."

This application note can also be found in the Software/Data Library by searching on the keyword ME0185, the Q number of this article, or S12983. ME0185 was archived using the Compact Pro file-compression utility. You will need Extractor or a licensed copy of Compact Pro to unarchive this file.

For more information about custom dialog boxes or custom Help, see pages 164-179 of the "Microsoft Excel Functions and Macros" version 2.2 manual, or query on the following keywords: 

   custom and help and dialog and box

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Last reviewed: October 7, 1997
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