INFO: Limiting the Scope of MSDN Help Topics in Visual FoxPro

ID: Q191714

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SUMMARY

When working with the Microsoft Developer Network Library that ships with Visual Studio and Visual FoxPro 6.0, it is possible to make use of subsets to limit the scope of Help topics that are viewable. However, Help topics unrelated to the subset still appear in the list, but they are unavailable.

MORE INFORMATION

It is possible to view only the Visual FoxPro Help file topics when using the Microsoft Developer Network Library. After installing the Microsoft Developer Network Library and the Visual FoxPro documentation, you can configure Visual FoxPro to use the FoxHelp.chm file as the default Help file using one of the following methods:

Use the following command in the Visual FoxPro Command window:
SET HELP TO <full path to the FoxHelp.chm file>
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From the Tools menu, choose Options. In the Options dialog box, click the File Locations tab and change the default help file location so that it points to the path of the FoxHelp.chm file on your computer.

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Add the following line to the Config.fpw file:

HELP = <full path to the FoxHelp.chm file>

To set the Help back to the normal Microsoft Developer Network Help, repeat step 2 using the Msdnvs98.col file in place of the FoxHelp.chm file name. This sets the Help file to the more general form of Help.

REFERENCES

Visual FoxPro Help; search on: "set as default"

Additional query words: kbVFp600 kbDocs

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo