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Asked: 2026-05-11T17:47:09+00:00

I’m going to have to write a number of vba modules for a project

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I’m going to have to write a number of vba modules for a project I’m working on, and would prefer to use SciTe to the built in editer in Office.

SciTe allows you to redirect the effect of hitting F1 to a arbitary command with the selected text as an argument. Is there anyway of using this functionality to search the relevant .chm files?

I’m guessing not, given that the help for vba is spread across multiple files, but I’m hoping someone can prove me wrong…

I’m especially interested if anyone can suggest a way to find out which chm file a particular libraries help resides, just from the fully delimitered name of the function.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The main files are held (for Office 2003 anyway) in Program Files\OFFICE11\1033, but accessing pages within them could be a bit tricky as Microsoft have gradually had to reign in the ability to delve into CHM files over the years due to security concerns.
    This page (download) has some good info on what might still be possible as far as linking to specific pages inside a CHM

    Having said that, I don’t think this file is the default help shown to most users nowadays, but it’s close enough, missing only the Office 2007 pimping most of the time. The online help seems to be set as default unless you specifically disable it during the Office install. The URLs are, I think, not very SEO friendly so couldn’t be guessed. I suppose you could borrow a sneaky trick from scammers and craft URLs that point to the top link on Google, thusly: Range.

    EDIT: Google cache link?

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