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How to Specify a Help File for Your Component

To specify a Help file for your component

  1. On the Project menu, click Project Properties to open the Project Properties dialog box, then click the General tab.

  2. In the Help File Name box, enter the path and name of the Help file you‘ve created for your component.

  3. In the Project Help Context ID box, enter the context ID for the specific Help topic to be called when the user clicks the "?" button while your component’s type library is selected in the Object Browser.

For More Information   "Providing Help and Browser Strings for Objects" gives the procedure for linking objects and their interface members to Help topics. User assistance features available for components are listed in "Providing User Assistance for ActiveX Components."