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Show me the command line text please. &nbsp;When I see that I should be able to help.
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Show me the command line text please.  When I see that I should be able to help.

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&gt;&gt; Show me the command line text please. <br />
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I had the command line version in my original message:<br />
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hh.exe -mapID 5 help.chm
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>> Show me the command line text please.

I had the command line version in my original message:

hh.exe -mapID 5 help.chm

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'hh.exe' should be PChar('hh.exe')
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I am having problems passing a .CHM file mapID value into a ShellExecute procedure. &nbsp;Although the .CHM file launches, the context ID (mapID) page does not appear as the default. &nbsp;Here's the code I'm using...<br />
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HelpNullFile: Array[0..128] of Char;<br />
Instance: THandle;<br />
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begin<br />
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StrPCopy(HelpNullFile, ExtractFilePath(Applicatio<wbr />n.ExeName)<wbr /> + 'help.chm');<br />
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Instance := ShellExecute(Application.H<wbr />andle, 'open', HelpNullFile, PChar('-mapid 5'), nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;);<br />
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end;<br />
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If I go to a DOS prompt, and type...<br />
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hh.exe -mapID 5 help.chm<br />
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... the correct page appears. &nbsp;How can I get the correct page to appear when launched within Delphi 3?
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I am having problems passing a .CHM file mapID value into a ShellExecute procedure.  Although the .CHM file launches, the context ID (mapID) page does not appear as the default.  Here's the code I'm using...

HelpNullFile: Array[0..128] of Char;
Instance: THandle;

begin

StrPCopy(HelpNullFile, ExtractFilePath(Application.ExeName) + 'help.chm');

Instance := ShellExecute(Application.Handle, 'open', HelpNullFile, PChar('-mapid 5'), nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL	);

end;

If I go to a DOS prompt, and type...

hh.exe -mapID 5 help.chm

... the correct page appears.  How can I get the correct page to appear when launched within Delphi 3?

Using ShellExecute with hh.exe and parameters (Delphi 3)

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