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Q76069: PRB: Help File Missing Green Text Using WACOM Tablet

Article: Q76069
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 18-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When the Windows Help application is run on a system with a WACOM tablet
installed, context jumps and glossary entries do not appear on the screen.

CAUSE
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The default color for Windows Help hypertext keywords is light green. The
recommended settings for using Windows with the WACOM tablet disable the green
video signal.

RESOLUTION
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Two settings in the WIN.INI file allow the user to specify a different color for
the hypertext keywords. Use a text editor to modify the WIN.INI file. Find the
[Windows Help] section. Add two lines that resemble the following:

  " JUMPCOLOR=(255,0,0)
  POPUPCOLOR=(255,0,0) " (without the quotation marks)

This process will change the hypertext keywords to red. The value to the right of
the equal sign represents a red, green, blue (RGB) color-value triple. While any
color can be specified, because the green signal is disabled, changing the green
parameter will make no difference in the color selected.

Additional query words: 1.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinPenSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWinPen100
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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