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Doug, No matter what development tool you're using, the process of calling a custom help file is fairly similar. Your applications responds to a user request for Help (clicking a Help button, pressing F1, or whatever) by calling WinHelp and instructing it to open a specific compiled Help file. In…

Thanks for the tips. I don't know if that's a perfect solution, but it's good advice. Paul

I'm working on a couple of applications which, as part of their miscellaneous options, offer the user the option to use either a small or large font (actually they toggle between 8.25 and 9.75 points) for displaying text boxes, listboxes, etc. However, I've noticed that when the switch is made,…

I'd like to butt in here with the opposite view. I think the documentation of the API is totally inadequate. The ability to make API calls is essential to the ability to create decent programs with VB (as demonstrated by the heavy use of API calls in the sample programs…

You're right, I sort of backed into the solution and ended up doing more than was necessary. All you really need to do is put the ctrols inside a Picture box–the frame isn't needed. The Picture box lets you set AutoDraw to TRUE, eliminating the need to redraw the Framing…

The three lines of code in my previous message should read: IF PICTURE1.AUTODRAW=TRUE THEN EXIT SUB PICTURE1.AUTODRAW = TRUE CALL PicFrame(FORM1.PictureControl, ControlToFrame)

I liked the VBTIPS viewer so much I started playing around with its FRAME routine for a project of my own. I discovered you can speed up FORM.SHOW commands considerably by putting all the controls that you want to FRAME on top of a Frame control which is covered entirely…

Thanks, it worked like a charm. Well, actually I spent a couple of hours figuring out how to popup a menu that didn't appear on the form's main menu bar, but once I did it worked fine. It's certainly easier letting VB's menu routine handle menu selections and jump you…

Jonathan, Thanks for the info. Paul