QH.EXE Does Not Support Most Cross-Reference Commands

 Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
Article ID: Q99950
1.70 1.83 | 1.70 
MS-DOS    | OS/2
kbtool

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft QuickHelp for MS-DOS, versions 1.7 and 1.83
  • Microsoft QuickHelp for OS/2, version 1.7

SUMMARY

The "Microsoft Professional Advisor Library Reference Manual" documents many cross-reference commands that the QuickHelp utility (QH.EXE) does not support. To use these commands in your help file, you must develop a help viewer application using the functions that the Microsoft Professional Advisor Library provides.

MORE INFORMATION

Cross-reference commands direct the host application to perform an action when the user selects a hotspot. The Reference manual discusses these commands on page 19-21.

QuickHelp, distributed with most Microsoft programming language products, can view help files, but is supports only a small subset of the cross-reference commands. The supported commands are as follows: 

     !B  Back
     !P  Position
     !M  Mark
To use any other cross-reference command in your help file, you must develop a help file viewing application using the Microsoft Advisor Library help engine.

Additional reference words: kbinf kbinf 1.70 1.83 helpmake rtf
KBCategory: kbtool
KBSubcategory: TlsMisc
Keywords : kb16bitonly

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Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
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