Question : MS Access custom help screens

I have a need to add a custom help solution to my Access application.  

I was thinking it would be pretty cool to have the help form display right next to the form the user is working in just like the Property Sheet form that's displayed when in design mode.  The main form resizes to let the help screen share the desktop.

Has anyone done something like this and would be willing to share?

Answer : MS Access custom help screens

In re to resizing, below is one example of dynamic resizing:

You can use the InsideHeight and InsideWidth properties of an Access form to dynamically resize controls at run-time. A form's Resize event as well as firing when a user resizes a form, also fires when a form is loaded.

For example, this code will resize a sub-form within a resized form:

Private Sub Form_Resize()
On Error GoTo ResizeError

    'Turn off screen redraw  
    Application.Echo False
        Me!subfrmTest.Height = Me.InsideHeight -30      
        Me!subfrmTest.Width = Me.InsideWidth - 30
    'Turn screen redraw back on
    Application.Echo False

Exit Sub
ResizeError:

    ' NB: Turn screen redraw back on if an error occurs!
    On Error GoTo 0
    Exit Sub
       
End Sub

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