Why does SHED say that my WinHelp 4.0 macro isn valid?
First, make sure that you are using the short form of any macro commands (e.g., EF rather than ExecFile). IF you still get errors, it’s usually because SHED.EXE was not updated for WinHelp 4.0, and it doesn’t recognize any of the new macros. In this case, you can safely ignore the warning, provided you’ve checked your macro, and use the short form macros. Paul O’Rear suggests testing and debugging macros where they’ll be used in the Help file. He does this by pressing Ctrl+Shift+J while the relevant help topic is displayed. This displays a dialog box where you can enter any WinHelp macro. Enter the macro just as you would for a hotspot, including the exclamation mark. (It’s a good idea to copy and paste your macro while testing). Once you’ve got the macro working properly, you can paste it into the RTF file or SHED.
