Button Parameter

Use the Button parameter to create a button that will invoke a command when clicked. You can select from several button styles.

Applies to

• ALink
• Close
• HH Version
• KLink
• Related Topics
• Shortcut
• TCard
• WinHelp

Valid Values

The following table shows the syntax used to create various types of buttons.

Syntax	Description	Notes
<PARAM name="Button" value="Text:button text">	Button with a text label.	You can enter text of any length for the label. The text will not wrap.
<PARAM name="Button" value="">	"Chiclet" button.	To specify a chiclet button, you can remove the Button parameter entirely or use empty quotation marks (value="").
<PARAM name="Button" value="Bitmap:shortcut">	Button with a shortcut icon.	...
<PARAM name="Button" value="Bitmap:path to .bmp file">	Button with a bitmap image.	You can specify an absolute or relative path.
<PARAM name="Button" value="Icon:path to .ico file">	Button with an icon.	You can specify an absolute or relative path.

 

Example

The following example uses a button with a bitmap image to call the HH Version command.

<OBJECT
   id=bitmap
   type="application/x-oleobject"
   classid="clsid:52a2aaae-085d-4187-97ea-8c30db990436"
   codebase="Hhctrl.ocx#Version=5,02,3790,1194"
   width=100
   height=100
>
   <PARAM name="Command" value="HH Version">
   <PARAM name="Button" value="Bitmap:bmpbutton.bmp">
</OBJECT>

Remarks

• You can invoke a command using the Click method instead of a button.
• Be sure to include all graphic files in the [FILES] section of your HTML Help project (.hhp) file.

Related topics

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