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"Vladimir Stefanovic" <antivari@po.sbb.co.yu> wrote:

>I want to open the Help file (di.chm) by ShellExecute().
>How can I influence to the window position and size?
>
>This is my code:
>
>   int rc = (int) ShellExecute( Application->Handle,"open", Help.c_str(),
>                                NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWDEFAULT ) ;
>
>In Win32API Help it says:
>
><quote>
>   SW_SHOWDEFAULT Sets the show state based on the SW_ flag
>   specified in the STARTUPINFO structure passed to the CreateProcess
>   function by the program that started the application. An application
>   should call ShowWindow with this flag to set the initial show state of 
>its
>   main window.
><quote>
>
>But I do not know how to use that...

It's the Windows Help Engine that should be obeying the flag, not your
code. You just tell it to start.

Alternately, do not use ShellExecute. Use the HtmlHelp API, which allows
you the control you want..

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