' Paste this section into a module... Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, _
ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long
Global Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Function StartDoc(DocName As String) As Long
Dim Scr_hDC As Long
Scr_hDC = GetDesktopWindow()
StartDoc = ShellExecute(Scr_hDC, "Open", DocName, "", "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL)
End Function
Sub LaunchFile()
' Paste this section, less sub/end sub, into the control (menu, button, etc.) ' that will invoke the help...
Dim tempvar&, filetoopen$
' Use the filename that you need for the context in question. ' Note that this reference includes App.Path, which is the ' path to the application.