Microsoft KB Archive/105861

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WD: WordBasic Examples: Help Commands

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Q105861

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

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SUMMARY
This article contains a sample macro that demonstrates the use of the following WordBasic statements or functions:

HelpActiveWindow

HelpContents

HelpExamplesAndDemos

HelpIndex

HelpKeyboard

HelpPSSHelp

HelpQuickPreview

HelpSearch

HelpUsingHelp This article supplements the information in online Help. To open this Help topic in Word for Windows, click Contents on the Help menu and then choose the "Programming with Microsoft Word" topic. In Word for the Macintosh, click the Help icon and select Microsoft Word Help.

MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact a Microsoft Certified Partner or the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about Microsoft Certified Partners, please see the following page on the World Wide Web:

"http://www.microsoft.com/partner/referral/" For more information about the support options available from Microsoft, please see the following page on the World Wide Web:

"http://support.microsoft.com/directory/overview.asp" The commands listed in the "Summary" section of this article are single line commands that you can use in a macro to allow a user easy access to help. Below is a sample macro that shows how you can use these commands.

Example
  Sub MAIN Begin Dialog UserDialog 201, 108, "Help!" OKButton 9, 79, 88, 21 CancelButton 102, 79, 88, 21 OptionGroup .HelpChoice OptionButton 12, 6, 180, 16, "Help Contents", .OptionButton1 OptionButton 12, 23, 180, 16, "Examples/Demos", .OptionButton2 OptionButton 12, 40, 180, 16, "Active Window Help",.OptionButton3 OptionButton 12, 57, 180, 16, "Help on Help!!", .OptionButton4 End Dialog Dim dlg As UserDialog GetCurValues dlg n = Dialog(dlg) If n = 0 Then Goto bye Select Case dlg.HelpChoice Case 0 HelpContents              ' Any of the above commands would Case 1                         ' work inserted here On Error Resume Next HelpExamplesAndDemos Case 2 HelpActiveWindow Case 3 HelpUsingHelp End Select bye: End Sub Additional query words:

Keywords : kbmacro kbprg kbdtacode kbmacroexample winword macword word6 word7 word95 kbhelp

Issue type : kbhowto

Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch kbWordMSearch