Using the Standard Menus

Windows Help provides a standard menu bar for use with Help files; this menu bar displays this menu bar whenever you start Help. You must use the standard menus in your Help file. The standard menu bar is shown in figure 13.1.

You can access the standard menu functionality, as long as you use the specified menu IDs. The standard Help menu has the following menus, menu items, IDs, and macro assignments.

Menu / Item ID Macro Description

File menu mnu_file None1 None1
File Open mnu_open FileOpen Displays the Open dialog box.
File Print mnu_print Print Prints the topic displayed in the main window.
File Print Setup mnu_psetup PrinterSetup Displays the Print Setup dialog box.
File Exit mnu_exit Exit Closes Help.
Edit mnu_edit None1 None1
Edit Copy mnu_copy CopyDialog Displays the Copy dialog box.
Edit Annotate mnu_annotate Annotate Displays the Annotate dialog box.
Bookmark mnu_bookmark None1 None1
Bookmark Define mnu_bkdefine BookmarkDefine Displays the Bookmark Define dialog box.
Bookmark list None2 None2 Lists the first nine bookmarks defined in the Help file. These items are displayed only if bookmarks are defined.
Bookmark More mnu_bkmore BookmarkMore Displays the Bookmark dialog box for Help files that have more than nine bookmarks defined. This menu item is displayed only if ten or more bookmarks are defined.
Help mnu_help None1 None1
Help How To Use Help mnu_helpon HelpOn Displays the How To Use Help file in a new Help window.
Help Always On Top mnu_ontop HelpOnTop Displays all Help windows on top of other application windows.
Help About mnu_about About Displays the About dialog box.

1Macros cannot be run directly from the menu bar, only from menu items displayed on drop-down menus.

2The bookmark list is controlled directly by Help and cannot be changed using macros.