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SMPLHELP.DLL
(Simple Help)
This is a simple scrolling window for displaying some kind
of help text.
Poke at it and it will act like any other window.
Scroll the text to see more, using either the keyboard
or the mouse on the scrollbar.
To return to the original Help text, select
"Last Help" from the Help menu item, or press F9.
This function lets you switch between this and the
application help, or between two help texts from the application.
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SMPLHELP.C -- a Simple Help Displayer system
This DLL system is used to display a simple help window
to go along with a main application window of choice.
Interface is through three functions, only one of which
is required to be called:
SimpleHelpInit (HAB hab); // optional one-time initialization
SimpleHelpExit (void); // optional clean-up call
SimpleHelp (HAB hab, HWND hwndUser, PSZ achUser, // Required call to display
HMODULE hmodUser, USHORT idType, USHORT idName); // a given text resource.
Help text is stored as user resources in the callers EXE file.
The type and ID of these user resources is passed to SimpleHelp,
which causes the help window to be created if it does not
exist and the described text to be displayed.
SimpleHelp is the primary interface to the Simple Help System.
It is assumed to be called from a user Client Window Proc.
We do what is necessary to get us up and the focus of attention,
and ready to display the requested help text.
On return from this function, the Simple Help window is an independent
top-level window in the same thread as the original caller.
We can be recalled to change the help text even if we are already
open. This allows a user routine to have possibly multiple submenu
entries in his "Help" menu, and the text displayed here can be
switched by the Help menu in the original window.