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BUG: API Return Code Is Inconsistent in HTML Help

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Article ID:235258
Last Review:October 16, 2002
Revision:1.0
This article was previously published under Q235258

SYMPTOMS

The HTML Help Application Programming Interface (API) does not always return NULL when it fails during an HH_DISPLAY_TOPIC command.

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CAUSE

HTML Help uses Internet Explorer to display and access .chm files. If the HTML Help API fails due to the HTML Help control, a NULL will be returned. If the failure is due to Internet Explorer, a NULL will not necessarily be returned.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

An example of this inconsistency would be the creation of a window with a topic displayed in it. If creating the window fails, a NULL would be returned because this failure occurs in the HTML Help control. If navigating to the window fails, a non-NULL value would be returned because the creation of the window succeeded and the failure came from Internet Explorer.

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft HTML Help 1.3
•Microsoft HTML Help 1.0
•Microsoft HTML Help 1.1
•Microsoft HTML Help 1.2
•Microsoft HTML Help 1.21

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