topic Re: Help Files in Software Archive

Help Files

takis — Wed, 05 Dec 2001 20:53:08 GMT

How can one , call a .chm topic from an .f90 file ?
If this cannot be done , is it possible to call a browser to display an .htm file
instead ?

Re: Help Files

Jugoslav_Dujic — Thu, 06 Dec 2001 00:23:36 GMT

There is (relatively new) HTMLHelp api. Usage is relatively simple (similar to WinHelp):

HWND HtmlHelp(HWND hwndCaller, LPCSTR pszFile, UINT uCommand, DWORD dwData);

See Win32 help (HTMLHelp API reference) for details. Fortran interface may or may not exist depending on your CVF version (it's almost surely there in 6.6, don't know about earlier). Even if it doesn't, I'm about to convert existing .hlp to .chm for my app on CVF5.0D, so I'll put .f90 header file on my home page within a week or so.

HTH
Jugoslav

Re: Help Files

Intel_C_Intel — Fri, 07 Dec 2001 11:53:34 GMT

Two that I've tried:
(1)use ShellExecute,
(2)use the Common Dialog ActiveX Control with the showhelp method.
-Ken

Re: Help Files

Jugoslav_Dujic — Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:51:12 GMT

The header file is there if you're still interested (untested). You have to use .lib which comes with HTML Help Workshop.

Jugoslav