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 | 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.