>> Can one open up the VS Help System (document explorer) with a specific

"Tian Min Huang" <timhuang@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Ben,
>
> Thanks for your post. I'd like to share the following information with
you:
>
> >> Can one open up the VS Help System (document explorer) with a specific
> topic?
>
> 1. Based on my experience, DExplore.exe does not provide a switch to open
a
> specific topic. You can execute the following command to view a list of
> available command line options of Microsoft Document Explorer:
>
> DExplore.exe /?
>
> Where DExplore.EXE is usually installed in the
> %ProgramFiles%\Common\Micrsoft Shared\Help folder.
>
> As you can see, it only offers a command-line parameter "/helpcol
> ms-help://<collection>" to point to a particular "*.hxn" collection file,
> which in turn points to the *.HxS files.
>
> 2. Opening the Document Explorer URL (say, ms-help://.../blahblah.htm) in
> IE is a good methods. As you know, MSDN Library is also online at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/, I strongly recommend you offer the
> links to MSDN Online in your PPT.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> HuangTM
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
> MCSE/MCSD
>
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