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Why can the programmers can make correct tab show in Help Topics?

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Why can the programmers can make correct tab show in Help Topics?

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There are a number of issues here. First, check with the programmer to see how the Help Contents command was implemented. In WinHelp 4.0, the WinHelp API function has a new HELP_FINDER command (value = 11, or 0x0B) that specifies the Help Topics dialog box. If the programmer is still using HELP_CONTENTS or HELP_INDEX, change it to HELP_FINDER. If the programmers are attempting to use the HELP_TAB function, they should be notified that the documentation is incomplete and/or incorrect. From what we can tell it, works like this: Programmers must define the command HELP_TAB = 0x000F (decimal 15). Then, to use the HELP_TAB command with the WinHelp API function, the dwData value (as integer) seems to work as follows: If there are custom tabs defined, a value of 1 calls the first custom tab, 2 the second custom tab, etc. To call the standard tabs, use -3 for Contents tab, -2 for the Index tab, and -1 for the Find tab. Calling HELP_TAB with any value greater than or equal to zero to a help sys

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