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Q88128: BUG: Minimized Windows Help Yields Incorrect Icon

Article: Q88128
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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In a Microsoft Windows Help file, when a topic is displayed in a secondary
window, the icon specified in the ICON statement in the [OPTIONS] section of the
Help project (.HPJ) file does not appear when the user minimizes the Help
application. This condition persists even after the user closes the secondary
window.

CAUSE
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The topic in the secondary window is stored in a separate Help file. The icon
from this file displaces the icon for the main Help file.

RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, modify the ICON statement in the [OPTIONS] section
of the .HPJ file that contains the topic for the secondary window to specify the
same icon as the main Help file.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Microsoft Windows Help version 3.1.
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: buglist3.10 3.10 WinHelp HC31 HC31.EXE HCP HCP.EXE ICON=icon-file

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1

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