execCommandShowHelp method

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Displays help information for the given command identifier.

Syntax

HRESULT retVal = object.execCommandShowHelp(cmdID, pfRet);

Parameters

  • cmdID [in]
    Type: BSTR

    BSTR that contains an identifier of a command. It can be any command identifier given in the list of Command Identifiers.

  • pfRet [out]
    Type: VARIANT_BOOL

    Pointer to a VARIANT_BOOL that receives VARIANT_TRUE if successful, or VARIANT_FALSE otherwise.

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

Do not invoke the IHTMLDocument2::execCommand method until after the page loads.

This method is a wrapper function for the Exec method to enable scriptable execution of some command constants. Exec provides better performance and greater versatility than this method. You can obtain an IOleCommandTarget interface by calling QueryInterface on the IHTMLDocument2 interface using IID_IHTMLDocument2 for the IID.

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