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Tooltip help links to .chm help files don't work in recent Excel versions #106
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It looks like this works again, with the latest office updates of Excel 2016 64 bit. i.e when hovering over the function name and clicking then the right topic is opened. maybe somebody else could verify this on other Excel versions. |
@nVenticDW Do you mean before for the version of IntelliSense before the change I tried: 646c4ed |
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The tooltip form become a help link when hovering on the function name.
If the function is registered with help text, IntelliSense attempts to open the help url, or the chm file and topic using a call to
System.Windows.Forms.Help.ShowHelp
.Help file links and the
Help.ShowHelp
call don't work anymore under recent Excel versions - see also https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/308412/is-the-latest-version-of-excel-365-blocking-htmlhe.htmlWe might examine trying to call
Application.Help
instead.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: