Connecting HTML Help to C++/MFC Programs

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project. You can get these structures from the API Text Viewer that came with Visual Basic. …. David Liske’s help subclassing tutorial and modules …

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Connecting HTML Help to C++/MFC Programs
by Don Lammers
Copyright 1999-2001 by Don Lammers. All rights reserved.
Last updated 2001-02-22
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Contents
Scope…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
Connecting Context Sensitive WinHelp to C++/MFC Programs ……………………………………………………………. 2
Opening HTML Help Directly from Your C++ Code …………………………………………………………………………. 11
Training Cards from C++……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 18
Resources …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19
Scope
Although optimized for WinHelp (as of Visual Studio 6), MFC provides several hooks for easily connecting to
any online help, including HTML Help and HTML based help. In addition, you can call the HtmlHelp API from
anywhere in your program for additional access to help. The Connecting Context Sensitive Help to C++/MFC
Programs section shows how to connect to the built in hooks that MFC provides, and is therefore specific to
programming with MFC. The remainder of the document should be easily adaptable to any version of C++, as it
sets forth the Windows calls and command line interface for HTML Help.
Acknowledgements
The following information is from my own experimentation and from people who have walked this path before
me. Thanks to all of the following:
Microsoft HTML Help WorkShop Help, Microsoft Knowledge Base, The Developer’s Guide to WINHELP.EXE
(Jim Mischel), Building Windows 95 Help (Nancy Hickman), Paul…