programmatically open help

[miguelc]

Is there a way to programmatically open a help file linked to a VI through the VI Properties under documentation? As if you have the context help over the icon on the front panel and you presses "Detailed Help". I know there is a VI Property Help->Help Path, and I could open it with the System Exec.vi, but it doesn't check if the file is already open. Any ideas?

Michael

[Wiebe@CARYA]

There is a pallete Dialog & User Interface>Help (not sure if you are
refering to that).

This pallete has a function "Control Help Window", "Get Help Window Status"
and "Control Online Help". The second one returns if the window is open or
not.

Regards,

Wiebe.

[miguelc]

Perfect. The first two you refer to, "Control Help Window" and "Get Help Window Status" are specific to the Context Help window, but the third does exactly what I want; opens my compiled Help file (.chm), and if I use it again while the Help file is open, it just brings it to the front instead of opening a duplicate like System Exec. Thanks!

Michael